(06/29/09)  All City of West Palm Beach offices, including City Hall, will be closed on Friday, July 3rd, 2009, in observance of Independence Day.

There WILL be garbage, yard waste and recycling pickup as scheduled on both Friday, July 3rd, and Saturday, July 4th, 2009.

When:  Wednesday, May 20, 2009 at 10:30 a.m.
Where:   South Olive Park, 345 Summa Street, WPB

(05/19/08)  The City of West Palm Beach will be hosting one hundred third grade students at a hands-on celebration of Public Works Week on Wednesday, May 20, 2009 at 10:30 a.m. at South Olive Park located at 345 Summa Street.

The event includes visual, hands-on activities for the kids, including demonstrations of the heavy equipment typically used by Public Works employees.

The Department of Public Works provides valuable services to City residents, including road repair, street sign maintenance, hurricane recovery assistance, garbage collection, yard waste removal, and more.

(05/19/09)  All City of West Palm Beach offices, including City Hall, will be closed on Monday, May 25, 2009, in observance of Memorial Day.

There WILL be garbage, yard waste and recycling pickup on Monday, May 25th

 What:  City of WPB President’s Day Schedule.
When:  Monday, February 16, 2009

(02/11/09)  All City of West Palm Beach offices, including City Hall, will be closed on Monday, February 16, 2009 in observance of President’s Day.

Residential garbage, yard waste, commercial garbage and recycling pickups scheduled for Monday, February 16 will be collected as usual.

All City of West Palm Beach offices, including City Hall, will be closed on Thursday, January 1, 2009, for New Year’s Day.

There WILL be recycling pickup on Thursday, January 1, 2009, but no garbage pickup.

All of Thursday’s residential, commercial and yard waste routes will be collected on Friday, January 2nd. Friday’s routes will be collected on Saturday, January 3rd. Saturday’s routes will be collected as scheduled on Saturday.

(12/22/08)  All City of West Palm Beach offices, including City Hall, will be closed on Thursday, December 25, 2008, for Christmas.

There will be no recycling pickup on Thursday, December 25.  Recycling will be picked up the following Thursday, January 1, 2009.

All of Thursday’s residential, commercial and yard waste routes will be collected on Friday, December 26th.  Friday’s routes will be collected on Saturday, December 27th.  Saturday’s routes will be collected as scheduled on Saturday.

The schedule will be the same for the week of New Year’s.

(11/24/08)  All City of West Palm Beach offices, including City Hall, will be closed on Thursday, November 27, 2008, and Friday, November 28, 2008, in observance of Thanksgiving.

Thursday’s residential and commercial garbage routes will be collected Friday, November 28, 2008 and Friday’s routes will be collected on Saturday, November 29, 2008.  Saturday’s routes will be collected on Saturday.

Yard Waste for Thursday will be collected Friday, November 28, 2008 and Friday’s route will be collected on Saturday, November 29, 2008.  

There will be no recycling pick up on Thursday, November 28, 2008.  Recycling will be picked up on the following Thursday, December 4, 2008.

(Tuesday, September 3, 2008)  With hurricane season proving to be active and several named storms currently in the Atlantic basin, the City of West Palm Beach is reminding residents that once a storm has been named, homeowners should NOT cut back trees, bushes or shrubs.  Placing yard waste and vegetative debris at the curb as a storm approaches can lead to clogged storm drains and potentially serious flooding issues.

“Our crews do their best to pick up yard waste, but people should not be placing large piles of debris on the street as storms approach,” said Mayor Lois J. Frankel.  “Once a storm is named, there should not be any major cutting back of trees, plants or shrubs.”

For information about hurricanes and how debris can block water from running off into storm drains, you can listen to a podcast with Director of Public Works John Alford by going to “CityCast”.

At the start of each hurricane season, the City offers an “Amnesty” period.  During this period, the City picks up all vegetative debris free of charge, which encourages residents to cut back trees and shrubs before hurricane season begins.

When: Wednesday, May 21, 2008 at 10:30 a.m.
Where: Currie Park; corner of Flagler Drive and 23rd Street, WPB

(05/20/08) The City of West Palm Beach will be hosting more than one hundred third grade students at a hands-on celebration of Public Works Week on Wednesday, May 21, 2008 at 10:30 a.m. at Currie Park.

The event includes visual, hands-on activities for the kids, including demonstrations of the heavy equipment typically used by Public Works employees.

The Department of Public Works provides valuable services to City residents, including road repair, street sign maintenance, hurricane recovery assistance, garbage collection, yard waste removal, and more.

Thursday, March 20, 2008)  The City of West Palm Beach is asking residents who may have two sets of recycling bins to make sure their old bins get recycled instead of winding up as part of the garbage.

The City will hold a drive to pickup old recycling bins on both Wednesday, March 26, 2008 and Wednesday, April 2, 2008.  City of West Palm Beach residents who have two sets of bins should leave their old bins upside-down at the curb on either of those two dates.  City crews will remove the old, upside-down bins free of charge.

The old bins will be melted down and used to make plastic pallets for storing goods and materials.  This recycling of the old bins will make sure they are reused in a sensible and environmentally-friendly way instead of possibly winding up in local landfills.

The recycling bin collection program applies to City of West Palm Beach residents only.

Residents who do not currently participate in recycling and wish to do so can get recycling bins by contacting the Solid Waste Authority at www.swa.org or at (866) NEW-BINS.