Alice posts Memorial Day sanitation schedule for holiday trash service

Alice put its Memorial Day holiday sanitation schedule on the city’s news list May 12, giving residents a 13-day runway before Memorial Day, which falls Monday, May 25. For households trying to keep cookout cleanup from piling up, the message is simple: watch the holiday calendar closely, because trash and related city services do not always run on a normal routine when the holiday weekend arrives.

The notice landed alongside other recent city alerts, including a May 13 water plant hours notice and a May 11 temporary street closure. That kind of steady posting matters in Alice, where one schedule change can ripple through a whole week of household cleanup, yard work and curbside service.

The City of Alice Sanitation Division handles the collection of brush and garbage and takes it to the city’s landfill. The broader solid waste program covers residential trash, heavy brush and bulky items, recycling and hazardous waste, so a holiday shift can touch more than just the kitchen can or the kitchen-sized cart. In a city where residential garbage pickup is listed at $23.75 per unit, even a missed collection becomes a practical headache fast.

Residents also have one fixed recycling option to keep in mind. The City of Alice operates the Coyote Recyclery at 103 W. Third St. and accepts recycled materials every Wednesday from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. That gives households a steady outlet for paper, cardboard, plastics and other recyclables while holiday trash service moves around the calendar.

Brush pickup is another place where planning matters. Alice provides brush pickup at least two times a year on a route basis, and Zone 1 is scheduled in May and November. That zone covers the area west of Reynolds St. and south of Main St., a detail that will matter for anyone clearing storm debris, trimming trees or dealing with yard waste before the holiday weekend.

Alice’s sanitation schedule reaches far beyond city hall. The city is the county seat of Jim Wells County, a 865.2-square-mile county with a 2020 Census population of 38,891. In a community that size, a holiday sanitation notice is not a minor administrative update. It is the kind of heads-up that helps keep streets clear, trash from overflowing and Memorial Day cleanup from spilling into the rest of the week.