HOLIDAY INFORMATION

non-service days

To best service our customers, the only days we do not collect garbage, recycling, and compostables are Christmas Day (December 25, 2024) and New Year’s Day (January 1, 2025). See our Holiday Collection Service information for details.

office holidays

The Marin Sanitary Service office is closed on the following days:

New Year’s Day
President’s Day
Memorial Day
Independence Day
Labor Day
Thanksgiving Day
The day after Thanksgiving
Christmas Eve
Christmas Day

Customer Service Assistance

For the quickest customers service assistance on a holiday, please use our online form.

Holiday Service UPDATES

The only days we do not collect garbage, recycling, and compostables are:

Christmas Day, Wednesday, December 25, 2024
New Year’s Day, Wednesday, January 1, 2025

Because both days fall on Wednesdays, service for some of our customers will move one day later through Saturday.

WEEK OF CHRISTMAS
Your Regular Collection Day	MONDAY 12/23/24	TUESDAY 12/24/24	WEDNESDAY 12/25/24	THURSDAY 12/26/24	FRIDAY 12/27/24
Service Update	No interruption; service as usual	No interruption; service as usual	COLLECTION MOVED TO: THURSDAY 12/26/24	COLLECTION MOVED TO: FRIDAY 12/27/24	COLLECTION MOVED TO: SATURDAY 12/28/24

WEEK OF NEW YEAR'S
Your Regular Collection Day	MONDAY 12/30/24	TUESDAY 12/31/24	WEDNESDAY 1/1/25	THURSDAY 1/2/25	FRIDAY 1/3/25
Service Update	No interruption; service as usual	No interruption; service as usual	COLLECTION MOVED TO: THURSDAY 1/2/25	COLLECTION MOVED TO: FRIDAY 1/3/25	COLLECTION MOVED TO: SATURDAY 1/4/25

Let's REduce Waste This Season

Discover five easy ways to reduce waste this season, from green gift-wrapping to mindful recycling. Make your holidays memorable and waste-free.

Christmas Tree Collection & Drop Off

Compost Your Natural Trees!

Remove all ornaments, lights, tinsel, and tree stands. Trees that are flocked, decorated, or still attached to a tree stand will not
be picked up.

Any trees over 6 feet in length must be cut in half to fit inside the collection trucks. If placing a cut up tree in your compost cart, the lid must close!

Place your tree on the curb or cut up in your compost cart for your scheduled service day.

PLEASE REMEMBER TO REMOVE ALL TRIM, ORNAMENTS, LIGHTS, TINSEL AND TREE STANDS!

Curbside Collection

Christmas trees can be placed at the curb for collection during your designated service day between January 6 and January 17, 2025.
Trees set out after this date may be collected for $5.00.
Any trees over 6 feet in length must be cut in half to fit inside the collection trucks.
If you are placing a cut up tree in your cart, remember the lid must close!
Trees that are flocked, decorated, or still attached to a tree stand will not be collected.

Drop Off at Marin Resource Recovery Center

For the entire month of January, residents may drop off up to two (2) unflocked trees at no charge at the Marin Resource Recovery Center, 565 Jacoby Street in San Rafael. There is a charge for flocked trees.
Zero Waste Marin has information about other drop off locations in Marin County.

Multifamily Dwellings

Apartment managers/owners may schedule one collective Christmas tree pickup at no charge during the month of January. Please contact your apartment manager for your scheduled date and collection location. The above curbside collection restrictions apply.

What Happens to the Trees?

Some of the holiday trees are ground up and used as mulch or further composted to create a nutritious soil amendment. Other trees are chipped and used as a biomass fuel source at a Co-Generation power plant. These trees replace traditional fossil fuel sources like coal and are considered a carbon neutral fuel source.