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The Lee County Solid Waste Department has announced that all unincorporated areas of Lee County, the city of Bonita Springs and the town of Fort Myers Beach will have garbage, recycling and yard waste collections delayed for one day the entire week starting Monday in observance of the Labor Day holiday.

If your normal garbage pick up day is on Monday, it will be Tuesday; if it is normally on Tuesday, then it will be Wednesday. Wednesday’s pick up will be on Thursday, Thursday’s on Friday, and Friday’s on Saturday. 

The schedule is only in effect from Monday through Sept. 6. Regular scheduled collections will resume on Sept. 8.

Visit the Lee County Solid Waste Department on the Web at: www.leegov.com/solidwaste.