Unincorporated Palm Beach County residents receive regular collection service on all holidays, with the exception of Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day. If your service falls on one of these holidays, your items will be collected on the next scheduled service day (please see collection schedule below).

Municipal Residents should contact their municipality for holiday collection information. As a service to municipal residents, we have compiled a list of municipal contacts.

Excess Garbage Collection
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SWA understands that there can be an increase of garbage around the Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays, and so it has allowed for residents to place excess garbage at the curb for pick up on the regular collection days that fall between November 26 and 29 and between December 26 and January 1. Residents should note that excess garbage placed outside of a standardized garbage cart must be properly secured in plastic bags (oversized or excess carboard boxes may also be placed beside the yellow recycle bin for collection). All debris should still be placed curbside by 6 a.m. on the scheduled collection day.

Unincorporated PBC Holiday Collection Schedule

Holiday	Date	Item	Next Service Day
Thanksgiving Day	Thursday, Nov. 25, 2021 (no collection)	Garbage	Monday, Nov. 29, 2021
		Recycling	Thursday, Dec. 2, 2021
		Vegetation	Thursday, Dec. 2, 2021
Christmas Day	Saturday, Dec. 25, 2021 (no collection)	Garbage	Wednesday, Dec. 29, 2021
		Recycling	Saturday, Jan. 1, 2022
		Vegetation	Saturday, Jan. 1, 2022

SWA disposal facilities are open and haulers for unincorporated Palm Beach County run regular routes on the holidays listed below. Residents should place all debris normally collected on these days curbside by 6 a.m.

Even though administrative offices are closed there are Customer Information Services team members available to assist with any questions or concerns. They may be reached at 561-697-2700 or 866-792-4636 toll-free.

There will be normal scheduled collection services on the following holidays in unincorporated PBC:

Holiday	Date
New Year's Eve	Thursday, Dec. 31, 2020
New Year's Day	Friday, Jan. 1, 2021
Martin Luther King Jr. Day	Monday, Jan. 18, 2021
President’s Day	Monday, Feb. 15, 2021
Memorial Day	Monday, May 31, 2021
Independence Day	Monday, July 5, 2021
Labor Day	Monday, Sept. 6, 2021
Veterans Day	Thursday, Nov. 11, 2021
Christmas Eve	Friday, Dec. 24, 2021
New Year's Eve	Friday, Dec. 31, 2021
New Year’s Day	Saturday, Jan. 1, 2022