The town’s new holiday schedule for rubbish and recycling pickup takes effect next month, and will require residents to recondition themselves on when to take out the trash.

The new schedule shifts regular collection forward a day when there is a holiday. If the holiday falls on a Monday, as it will on July 5, the entire week is shifted a day and there will be no collection on Monday. When a holiday falls mid-week, only the days following it will shift – for example in November, when Thanksgiving is celebrated on Thursday. Thursday’s trash will be colleted on Friday, and Friday’s trash will be collected on Saturday. Bi-monthly recycling will follow the same schedule.

Source: EnterpriseNews.com, June 28, 2010 and Middleboro Town Website