City of Joliet issued the following announcement on Dec. 19.
Garbage and yard waste pick-up will be one day late starting Tuesday through Friday during the weeks of Dec. 24 and Dec. 31, 2018 due to the Christmas and New Year’s Day holidays. Customers with regularly scheduled Monday pick-up will not be impacted by this change. The regular pick-up schedule will resume January 7, 2019. Please note that yard waste pick-up has been suspended until spring 2019.
City Hall will be closed on Tuesday, Dec. 25 for Christmas Day and Tuesday, Jan. 1 for New Year’s Day. The parking decks will be free of charge and there will be no enforcement of the parking meters on these two holidays.
Waste Management will pick-up live Christmas trees after the holidays if customers follow these guidelines:
Set out in one piece if under five feet in length.
Cut the tree in half if it is longer than five feet.
Set the tree at your usual pick-up site on your regular pick-up day.
Trees will be collected until Jan. 31, 2019.
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