Is There Trash And Garbage Pickup In Florida On Thanksgiving Day?

Trash and garbage pickup on Thanksgiving Day, Thursday, November 28, 2024, in Florida varies by each city, county, or homeowners’ association depending on the holiday schedule in their waste disposal contract.

To find out if there is garbage, trash, recycling, or yard waste pickup on Labor Day in your locality, visit your garbage contractor’s website, which usually has the information.

For areas serviced by Waste Management in Florida, visit Waste Management’s Holiday Schedule and enter your street address.

For areas serviced by Waste Pro, visit https://www.wasteprousa.com/find-your-city/ and enter your city, then click on the holiday schedule link.

Is Thanksgiving Day A Federal Holiday?

Thanksgiving Day has been annually observed in the United States since 1863 when President Abraham Lincoln declared the holiday as the last Thursday in November.

In 1939, there were five Thursdays in November, so President Franklin D. Roosevelt changed the observance date to the fourth Thursday so that retailers would have more time to advertise their products before Christmas during the Great Depression.

President Roosevelt moved Thanksgiving back even further in 1940 and 1941 to the third Thursday in November.

Following an uproar over Roosevelt changing the Thanksgiving dates, the U.S. Congress passed a law setting the date permanently for the fourth Thursday in November which continues to the present day.