Dare County announces Christmas closures and trash collection changes

All Dare County offices will be closed on Friday, December 23, Saturday, December 24, Monday, December 26,  and Tuesday, December 27 in observance of the Christmas holiday.

The Dare County C&D Landfill, Buxton Transfer Station and Manteo Recycle Yard will be closed on Friday, December 23, Saturday, December 24,  and Monday, December 26,  in observance of the Christmas holiday. These sites will reopen on Tuesday, December 27.

Dare County Public Works—which provides trash collection for the unincorporated areas of the county as well as the Town of Kitty Hawk—has announced its revised collection schedule in observance of the 2022 Christmas holiday as follows.

The Week Before Christmas

There will be one residential pickup per area during the week of Christmas, which runs Monday, December 19, through Friday, December 23, as follows:

• Monday, December 19: Kitty Hawk, Colington, Buxton, Frisco and Hatteras
• Tuesday, December 20: Manteo, Wanchese, East Lake, Manns Harbor, Stumpy Point, Rodanthe, Waves, Salvo and Avon
• Wednesday, December 21: No trash collection.
• Thursday, December 22: No trash collection.
• Friday, December 23: Closed – No trash collection.

Commercial trash collection will take place on Monday, December 19, 2022 and Thursday, December 22, 2022. Normal commercial trash collection will resume on Tuesday, December 27, 2022.

The Week After Christmas

Residential trash collection for the week of Monday, December 26, 2022 through Friday, December 30, 2022 will be as follows:

• Monday, December 26: Closed – No trash collection.
• Tuesday, December 27: Kitty Hawk, Colington, Buxton, Frisco and Hatteras
• Wednesday, December 28: Manteo, Wanchese, Manns Harbor, East Lake, Stumpy Point, Rodanthe, Waves, Salvo and Avon
• Thursday, December 29: Kitty Hawk, Colington, Buxton, Frisco and Hatteras
• Friday, December 30: Manteo, Wanchese, Manns Harbor, East Lake, Stumpy Point, Rodanthe, Waves, Salvo and Avon

Commercial trash collection will take place on Tuesday, December 27, and Friday, December 30. Normal commercial trash collection will resume on Tuesday, January 3, 2023.

For more information about the Dare County Public Works Department, visit www.DareNC.gov/PublicWorks and sign up for the latest news and updates.