Merry Christmas from NLSS!

December 17, 2025

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Christmas Schedule
Merry Christmas from our family at NLSS to yours! ðŸŽ„ We hope you're having a wonderful week & enjoying time with family and friends celebrating the holidays. See below for our Christmas Day hours and schedule change for routes.
Christmas Day Hours:
All Routes - Next Day
Transfer Station - Closed
Recycle Center - Closed
Office - Closed
Christmas Day Schedule Change:
Because Christmas Day falls on a Thursday this year, all routes will be pushed by one day throughout the week extending through to Saturday, which means your pick up day could change this week. Please keep your cart out for pick up.
If your regular service is Thursday 12/25, leave your cart out for pickup on Friday 12/26.
If your regular service is Friday 12/26, leave your cart out for pickup on Saturday 12/27.
Thank you for your patience and understanding for our holiday hours. This is the only day in the year our team doesn't run the routes, so they can spend Christmas with their families. Have a holly jolly Christmas!
Go green and compost your evergreen! 🎄
We will start picking up Friday, January 2nd through Friday, January 9th. 
Cut your tree in lengths that fit into your Mixed Compost Roll Cart and place your roll cart out the night before your Mixed Compost pickup day. If you miss your pickup day, you may bring your tree to Schooner Creek Refuse Transfer Station (288 S Anderson Creek Rd.) and have it recycled for free. Remember! Make sure your tree is naked – no tinsel, lights, or ornaments.
Holiday Recycling
Be a smart recycler this holiday and follow these tips to make sure you are diverting the excess from Christmas! Below are some ideas for items we regularly see during this time of the year.
Curbside Recycling - items that can go in your recycling roll cart
- Cardboard
- Christmas magazines
- Paper wrapping paper
Recycling Center - items that can be brought to 1726 SE Hwy 101
- Broken holiday lights
- All types of batteries
- Glass bottles
Curbside Garbage or Reuse - items that we don't want ending up in the recycling
- Plastic tinsel (reuse is best!)
- Bows & ribbon (reuse is best!)
- Styrofoam of any kind
- Plastic or foil wrapping paper
As a reminder, these are the ONLY items that can go into your curbside recycling roll cart.
- Plastic bottles, round containers, buckets, and rigid plant pots (#1, #2, & #5 only, items must be 2" by 2" or larger)
- Metal aluminum and steel cans, scrap metal less than 10lbs. and less than 18"
- Flattened cardboard, paper packaging boxes, food and beverage cartons
- Newspaper, magazines, office paper, paper egg cartons, mail, paperback books, paper bags, and non-metallic gift wrap (no shredding)