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Holiday Waste & Recycle Guide and Mission Country Disposal Holiday Schedule - 2025

Waste & Recycle Holiday Schedule 2025
Holiday waste and recycle pick-up schedule for Los Osos; includes special dates for Christmas tree disposal.

Mission Country Disposal will be taking Christmas Day off, and therefore making trash pick up one day late for Thursday and Friday pick ups ending on Saturday!

That means, if your normal pick-up day is Thursday, they will come on Friday. If your normal pick-up day is Friday, they will come on Saturday. 

New Years Week the schedule will be back to normal, and they will pick up on New Years Day.

Christmas Tree Recycling
recycling symbol Christmas Tree

Waste Connections: Mission Country Disposal - Accepts Christmas trees for recycling after December 25. Trees must be cut into 4 foot or shorter lengths, with no tree parts greater than 6 inches in diameter. Place tree parts in your green waste cart. Tinsel, ribbons, light strands, tree stands, and all other decorations must be removed. Flocked trees are not accepted and must go to the landfill or cut and fit into the trash cart. 

If you do not have a green waste collection, contact your service provider for pick up. Christmas trees not in a cart and placed on the curb are subject to additional fees. If you would like further information, please call your service provider at (805) 543-0875.

*Christmas lights are trash.

SLO County Holiday Recycling Guide: Blue Bin for recyclables, Green Bin for organics, Gray/Black Bin for landfill waste.
The image outlines items that shouldn't be recycled in SLO County: musical cards (E-Waste), batteries (hazardous), wrapping/tissue paper (garbage), and Christmas lights (E-Waste).

 

Upcoming Holiday Schedule for the CSD

 The Offices will be closing December 23rd at 3PM and will be closed December 24th - December 26th, and January 1st. If you have a water emergency on any of those days, please call our office at 805-528-9370 and the afterhours answering service will get in touch with our stand-by Water Crew team member to help. 

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