Results tagged “trash”

Lots of reports came in yesterday that one half of the heralded "green" arm of the city's Summer Youth Jobs Program, the Mayor's Conservation Corps, had hit the streets around town to pass out paper fliers that are designed to hang on people's doors, except that many of them just ended up as trash on the street. Head over to Scott's Take for the best coverage we've seen so far.

The D.C. Department of Public Works hit up almost every major listserv in the city with the message that most of their services are on hold for the President's Day holiday on Monday. Trash and recycling pickup will both work on a sliding schedule; so whatever day your refuse is usually picked up, it's a day later this week. Also, parking meters, residential parking, and rush hour lane restrictions are all lifted, as are all scheduled street and alley sweeping -- if you've got a friend in town who needs a free parking space tomorrow, well, consider it your lucky day.

An item we missed (hat tip WTOP) is that the District Department of Public Works sent around word late last week that trash and recycling collection days for many D.C. residents will change starting Dec. 1. Beginning this weekend, residents who will be affected by the changes will start seeing signs posted on their streets and receive doorknockers with the relevant details. A good clue as to whether your trash day might change: if you currently only get trash pickup once a week and also live within Wards 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, or 8, your trash day is probably going to change. Keep an eye out for those signs and doorknockers.

...and it has to do with trash.