Richmond Civic Services will be closed from Wednesday, December 25, 2024 to Wednesday, January 1, 2025 and will reopen on Thursday, January 2, 2025 at 8:15am.

Civic services
While City Hall is closed, many services are accessible 24/7 through the City of Richmond’s website at richmond.ca or the MyRichmond app. Online services include a variety of transactions, interactive tools and data searches. In addition, most information, forms, bulletins and flyers are also available on the website.

City operations such as parks, recreation, cultural centres and the Works Yard will continue during most of the holidays.

Things to do this winter break
Winter break is a perfect time to explore Richmond by wandering through the festive light displays in Steveston Village, City Hall Plaza and other parts of the city. There are also lots of holiday-themed and regular programs this winter break for all ages. A full listing is available at richmond.ca/WinterBreak.

Check the holiday hours for all City facilities at richmond.ca/HolidayHours.

Emergencies
For emergencies such as broken water mains, sewer problems, downed trees on roads, traffic lights out or other problems of this nature, call the City’s 24-hour Emergency Line at 604-270-8721.

You can also stay updated by following the City on social media:
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Richmond Recycling Depot
The Recycling Depot will be closed on December 25 and 26, 2024 and January 1, 2025.

Garbage and recycling collection
Important holiday collection reminder—residents with City Blue Box, Green Cart and Garbage Cart collection collections scheduled for Wednesday December 25 and Thursday December 26 will be two days later than usual and collections scheduled for Wednesday January 1 and Thursday January 2 will take place one day later than usual. Residents with Centralized Blue, Green and Garbage Cart collections scheduled for December 25, 26, 27 and January 1, 2, 3 will take place 1 day later than usual. 

To check your collection day:

• Use the Richmond Recycling app available for free at the Apple and Android app stores
  
• View Richmond's Collection Schedule or visit richmond.ca/recycle.

Christmas tree recycling
There are several ways to recycle Christmas trees:

• Drop off at Richmond Recycling Depot, 5555 Lynas Lane. Visit richmond.ca/depot for operating hours.
  
• Drop off at Ecowaste Industries, 15111 Williams Road. Call 604-277-1410 or visit ecowaste.com for operating hours.
  
• Residents with curbside Green Cart collection can cut up and bundle their tree and place it at the curbside for collection on their regular collection day. Cut and bundle the tree to a maximum size of 3 feet x 2 feet. Branches must be less than 4 inches in diameter and all decorations must be removed prior to bundling to ensure collection.
  
• Support Richmond Firefighters Association - IAFF Local 1286 while giving your tree back to nature. The annual Christmas Tree Chipping event will take place on Saturday, January 4 and Sunday, January 5 from 9:00am to 4:00pm in the parking lot at Garry Point Park, 12011 7th Avenue. Donations are welcome to support Richmond Firefighters Association's charities.

Winter Weather
For updates and information on winter weather impacts, the City’s response plans and preparedness tips, visit richmond.ca/weather.