Alachua County Thanksgiving Schedule and Waste Collection

Other than emergency services, all Alachua County government offices will be closed on Thursday and Friday (Nov. 28-29, 2024) in observance of the Thanksgiving holiday.

Garbage and Recycling Collection:

The Thanksgiving holiday will not affect curbside residential solid waste and recycling collection services scheduled for Monday, Tuesday or Wednesday in the Alachua County curbside collection area. However, Thursday and Friday services will be delayed one day. For Thanksgiving week, Thursday's collection will occur on Friday. And Friday's collection will be on Saturday. The regular collection schedule will resume on Monday, Dec. 2.

The five Alachua County Rural Collection Centers, the Hazardous Waste Collection Center and the Leveda Brown Environmental Park and Transfer Station will be closed on Thanksgiving Day. These facilities will reopen on Friday, Nov. 29. The Office of Waste Collection will be closed beginning Thursday and reopen on Monday, Dec. 2. For more information, contact Alachua County Solid Waste and Resources Recovery Director Gus Olmos at 352-338-3233.

Animal Resources:

The Alachua County Animal Shelter (3400 NE 53rd Ave., Gainesville) will be closed on Thursday and Friday, Nov. 23-24. The shelter will reopen on Saturday, Nov. 25. Animal Resource Officers respond to public safety matters and animals in immediate danger 24 hours a day, seven days a week, including holidays. Citizens should dial 911 to report such emergencies on Sundays, holidays and nightly between 6 p.m. and 8 a.m. During regular hours (Tuesday through Saturday, from 10:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., excluding holidays). For more information, contact Alachua County Animal Resources at 352-264-6870.

The Alachua County Animal Shelter (3400 NE 53rd Ave., Gainesville) will be closed on Thursday and Friday, Nov.28-29. The shelter will reopen on Saturday, Nov. 30. Animal Resource officers respond to public safety matters and animals in immediate danger 24 hours a day, seven days a week, including holidays. Citizens should dial 911 to report such emergencies on Sundays, holidays and nightly between 6 p.m. and 8 a.m.

During regular hours, Tuesday through Saturday, from 10:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., excluding holidays, please call 352-264-6880 for officer assistance or 352-264-6870 for shelter assistance.

For more information, contact Alachua County Communications Director Mark Sexton at 352-264-6979 or [email protected].

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