holiday calendar

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).

Calendar icon for December 25
No collection service on December 25.
Calendar icon for January 1
No collection service on January 1.

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

To best service our customers, 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.

Your Regular Collection Day

MONDAY

12/23/24

12/30/24

TUESDAY

12/24/24

1/31/24

WEDNESDAY

12/25/24

1/1/25

THURSDAY

12/26/24

1/2/25

FRIDAY

12/27/24

1/3/25

Service Update

No interruption, service as usual 

No interruption, service as usual 

Collection moved to THURSDAY

12/26/24

1/2/25

Collection moved to FRIDAY

12/27/24

1/3/25

Collection moved to SATURDAY

12/28/24

1/4/25

Holiday Service

To best service our customers, the only days we do not collect garbage, recycling, and compostables are:

  • Christmas Day, December 25, 2023 (Monday)
  • New Year’s Day, January 1, 2024 (Monday)

Because both days fall on Mondays, service will move one day later through Saturday.

Your Regular Collection Day

MONDAY

12/25/23

1/1/24

TUESDAY

12/26/23

1/2/24

WEDNESDAY

12/27/23

1/3/24

THURSDAY

12/28/23

1/4/24

FRIDAY

12/29/23

1/5/24

Service Update

Collection moved to TUESDAY

12/26/23

1/2/24

Collection moved to WEDNESDAY

12/27/23

1/3/24

Collection moved to THURSDAY

12/28/23

1/4/24

Collection moved to FRIDAY

12/29/23

1/5/24

Collection moved to SATURDAY

12/30/23

1/6/24

Christmas Tree Collection & Drop Off

Decorated Christmas tree illustration

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.

Christmas tree cut in half illustration

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!

Christmas tree next to green cart for collection illustration

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

Christmas Tree Recycling

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 over the holiday period. We announce the tree collection schedule in the fall.
  • 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.

Tree Drop Off at Marin Resource Recovery Center

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.

Christmas Gift

Six Tips to Reduce Holiday Waste

We see a big increase in waste over the holiday. These six tips will help you make your holiday an environmentally-friendly occasion.
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