Turns out, the trash trucks deserve a long weekend, too.
Plant City residents get a break from more than the office this Labor Day. With Monday, Sept. 7, marking the holiday, the city’s solid waste crews are taking the day too: no residential trash, recycling, or yard waste pickup Monday, with normal service resuming the rest of the week. Yard waste collection will stay the same, Wednesday, Sept. 9. Commercial customers on Monday-Tuesday routes will see their pickup pushed to Tuesday, then back to normal.
The holiday itself dates back further than most curbside calendars. The first Labor Day parade stepped off in New York City in 1882, organized by the Central Labor Union, and the holiday became federal law in 1894 under President Grover Cleveland, in the wake of the Pullman Strike. More than a century later, it still marks summer’s unofficial last call — one long weekend, minus the garbage truck.
