Bemidji garbage pickup shifts to Tuesday after Memorial Day holiday
Bemidji’s Monday garbage route moved to Tuesday, May 26, for Memorial Day, affecting residential customers on the city refuse run. City Hall and Public Works also closed Monday.
City of Bemidji residential refuse customers who normally received Monday pickup were told their carts would be emptied on Tuesday, May 26, because of the Memorial Day holiday. The one-day shift affected households across Bemidji and meant residents had to hold carts one extra day rather than leave garbage out on the holiday schedule.
The city said its residential refuse service uses green poly carts, and that detail matters for families trying to keep curbside pickups on track. Bemidji does not offer city recycling service, instead directing residents to other recycling locations for paper products, plastic, cans and glass, so the holiday change applied to trash collection only. For homes that set carts out the night before, the delay meant a different routine and a curbside wait through the holiday.
City Hall and Public Works offices were closed Monday, May 25, for Memorial Day as well, making the refuse delay part of a broader holiday shutdown in municipal operations. The city posted the same message on its website: Monday pickup would move to Tuesday, May 26. That kind of advance notice helps keep a routine service from turning into a neighborhood problem when offices are closed and people are traveling, hosting gatherings or cleaning up after the holiday weekend.
Bemidji’s current city website says the city is home to 14,574 people, underscoring how many residents can be touched by even a one-day change in collection timing. The notice was specific to City of Bemidji residential refuse customers normally scheduled for Monday pickup, not every route in town, and that distinction helped narrow the impact for households planning around the holiday.
The same Monday-to-Tuesday Memorial Day adjustment has been used before, including in a prior Bemidji City Hall Facebook post that carried the same wording. For residents on the city refuse route, the message was simple: set carts according to the Tuesday schedule and expect the holiday backlog to clear after Memorial Day.
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