Garbage pickup changes for Martin Luther King holiday

The usual holiday closings will take effect Monday, Jan. 18, for Dr. Martin Luther King Day.

Governmental offices and schools will close, and some businesses may also.

The holiday will affect garbage collection in New Albany, but not Union County outside the city limits.

In the city, there will be no solid waste pickup Monday. The usual Monday route will be collected Tuesday and the Tuesday route will be moved to Wednesday.

Although county offices will close, county garbage collection will proceed as usual. Workers will be given an alternate day off. Typically, the county garbage collection only changes for Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year’s Day.