The City of Laurel will be closed on Thursday, December 25th and Thursday, January 1st, in observance of the Christmas and New Years Holidays. During these weeks we will have an adjusted trash, recycling, and composting collection schedule:
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday collections are unchanged.
- Thursday collections will be on Wednesday, December 24th and December 31st, the day before the holidays.
- There will be no yard debris or bulky item collections on Wednesday, December 24 or December 31.
- The next yard debris and bulky item collection will be on Wednesday, January 7th, following the holiday.
The City will also begin our live christmas tree collections on Wednesdays in January. While you are not required to contact the City to request a tree pickup, doing so is strongly encouraged to ensure your tree is not missed. Please reach out to us by phone at 301-725-0088 or by email at DPW@laurel.md.us to add your address to our Christmas tree collection list!
To prepare your tree for pickup please do the following:
- Remove all decorations, lights, wires, tree skirts, stands and nails
- Do not use plastic snow or spray-on fake snow on your tree. Trees with fake snow cannot be collected for recycling and will require a Bulky Item pickup to be scheduled.
- Do not put the tree in a plastic tree bag. You may set the tree out on top of a plastic tarp or an old sheet or blanket. If you do use a plastic tarp or sheet it will not be collected with the tree.
- Place the tree at the curb by 7 AM Wednesday morning for pickup (we recommend putting it out Tuesday evening).
- Trees inside of plastic bags will not be accepted.