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How will Labor Day affect DeKalb County trash collection?

The county Sanitation Division services more than 170,000 customers.
The county Sanitation Division services more than 170,000 customers.
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Sept 2, 2021

Apologies for the headline, and you probably could’ve guessed — but Labor Day will push back trash collection in DeKalb County by one day.

Next week, residents who normally have their garbage, recycling and yard waste picked up on Mondays will have it collected on Tuesday. Tuesdays on Wednesday. And so forth.

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The North Transfer Station — where commercial-type folks can dump their solid waste (no “construction and demolition material,” “municipal sludge” or “contaminated soil,” please) — will stay open on Monday. But only from 7 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.

The Central Transfer Station, Seminole Road Landfill and customer call center will all be closed for the holiday.

Call 404-294-2900, email sanitation@dekalbcountyga.gov, visit dekalbsanitation.com, or follow @DKalbSanitation on the Twitter for more information.

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Before taking over the AJC's Sports Daily newsletter, Tyler Estep spent two years writing the A.M. ATL newsletter. A Gwinnett County native and University of Georgia graduate, he has been with the AJC since 2015 and previously worked as a reporter on the breaking news, hyperlocal and local government teams.

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