In observance of the Christmas and New Year’s Day holidays, employees of E.J. Harrison & Sons will be taking the day off on Thursday, Dec. 25, and Thursday, Jan. 1. As a result, Harrison will collect trash, recycling and yard/organics waste one day later than usual during those weeks, delaying pickup for Thursday and Friday customers only. Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday customers will not have a delay. The regular schedule will resume the following weeks.
As an extra holiday service this year, Harrison customers may put out twice the usual amount of residential trash free of charge for two weeks after Christmas. On your pickup days between Friday, Dec. 26, and Monday, Jan. 12, you may place bags of extra trash alongside your waste cart at the curb. Please make sure to put the extra trash in bags. You can also put out extra recyclables next to your blue cart, but please flatten all boxes.
As another special holiday feature, Harrison makes it easy for customers to recycle their Christmas trees into mulch. During the two weeks after Christmas, from Dec. 26 through Jan. 12, just remove everything, including ornaments, hooks, lights, tinsel and other items you put on the tree. Then cut the tree into 4-foot sections and put them in your organics/yard waste cart. (This is the preferred method, which we highly encourage.) Otherwise, place the whole Christmas tree at the curb on collection day. Flocked trees are accepted.
Remember that Harrison’s residential customers can place all three carts curbside every week, as Harrison collects all waste weekly – including food waste, which is recyclable. All food waste should be placed in closed paper or plastic bags and the bags should be tossed in the organics waste cart. This prevents food waste contamination because food waste and yard waste are processed separately. Even if you only have food waste bags and no yard waste, you can still put the food waste bags in your organics waste cart and take it to the curb every week for pickup. For more information, visit www.ejharrison.com.
