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Republic Services is expecting to resume trash and recycling pickup on Tuesday, February 16 with services moving forward "on a one day delay for the remainder of the week."

Lafayette Consolidated Government has announced the trash pickup schedule for the Christmas and New Year's holidays.

The shift in schedule is so that employees can celebrate Thanksgiving with their families too.

Hurricane Delta forced Republic Services to suspend trash and recycling collection on Friday.

Trash pickup will not be affected by the upcoming holiday, however, several other services will be curtailed for the Independence Day observance.

The nationwide delay is in response to potential issues raised by protests over the death of George Floyd. However, trash will be collected today.

Republic Services says the normal pickup schedule will run through the holiday weekend, with one major exception for next week.

Almost 13,000 complaints had been lodged against Republic Services over the past three years.

Throughout February and March, Republic Services was late on garbage pickup, in some cases days late. As a result, Mark Dubroc, public works director for LCG says Republic will face "a very substantial" fine.