EWSU Shares Holiday Schedule, Trash Collections, Christmas Tree Disposal

Press release from the City of Evansville:

Evansville Water and Sewer Utility business offices will be closed Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, December 24 and 25, and New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day, December 31 and January 1, 2021. Customers with a water or sewer emergency should call the After Hours Emergency number 812-421-2130.

Republic Services will not operate on Christmas Day or New Year’s Day. Both holidays fall on a Friday. City residents scheduled for trash collections on Friday, December 25, and Friday, January 1, 2021, will have their trash picked-up the next day on Saturday, December 26 and Saturday, January 2.

EWSU will offer the annual Christmas tree disposal service starting Monday, December 28, through Friday, January 15, 2021. Republic Services will collect Christmas trees on the day of the regular trash pick-up.

Trees should be placed next to the regular trash cart. The service is for city residents who pay for trash and recycling services with their monthly water and sewer bill. It is not available to apartment complexes, mobile home communities or retail and commercial businesses.

Live Christmas trees will be accepted at the annual Christmas tree recycling drop-off hosted by the Vanderburgh County Solid Waste District on Saturday, January 9, 2021. The event will be held from 8 a.m. until noon at the old Walmart west parking lot on University Drive. Christmas trees will be converted into mulch by a local tree service company to help save landfill space.

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