Unified Government of Wyandotte County and Kansas City, KS

06/29/2022 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 06/29/2022 07:56

Residential Trash and Recycling Delayed

Residential Trash and Recycling Delayed

Published on June 29, 2022

In observance of Independence Day, Waste Management will not collect residential trash and recycling in Kansas City, Kansas, on Monday, July 4, 2022.

Residential trash & recycling collection will be delayed by one day this week:

  • If your normal day is Monday, place your items at the curb or street edge on Tuesday, July 5
  • If your normal day is Tuesday, place your items at the curb or street edge on Wednesday, July 6
  • If your normal day is Wednesday, place your items at the curb or street edge on Thursday, July 7
  • If your normal day is Thursday, place your items at the curb or street edge on Friday, July 8
  • If your normal day is Friday, place your items at the curb or street edge on Saturday, July 9

To learn more about Solid Waste Management, read frequently asked questions, and view helpful tips, visitwycokck.org/Waste. To report a service issue, call3-1-1or visitmywyco.wycokck.org.

What Are the Trash & Recycling Holidays in 2022?

There are six holidays on which residential trash and recycling are not picked up:

  • New Year's Day
  • Memorial Day (Monday, May 30, 2022)
  • 4th of July (Monday, July 4, 2022)
  • Labor Day (Monday, September 5, 2022)
  • Thanksgiving Day (Thursday, November 24, 2022)
  • Christmas Day

On these holidays, collection is moved back one day.

Trash & Recycling Tips

Has your trash or recycling pick-up been late? Is it your regular trash day and the cans are still full at the street? Before you report your items as missed, keep the following in mind:

  • Put your trash and recycling out by 7 AM.
  • Don't report a missed collection to Waste Management.
  • Always report services issues to 3-1-1. Reporting to 3-1-1 allows Public Works' Solid Waste Team to directly follow up with Waste Management to get your items off the ground.
  • If your trash was not picked up - don't take it back in! Leave your missed items at the curb or street edge until they're collected. Bringing your missed trash or recycling back into your garage or placing it on the side of your house can result in it being missed again.
  • Sometimes recovering your missed items can take a day or two. Put your trash and recycling in sealed containers to keep it from spilling out and blowing all over your neighborhood. If your items still haven't been recovered after a day or two, report it again!
  • Sometimes trash and recycling are missed because crews are working hard to pick up bulky items. Bulky item collection slows everything down, so avoid putting bulky items out whenever possible. The faster drivers can collect trash and recycling at your neighbor's house, the faster they can get to yours!
  • Please be patient. We know missed trash and recycling collection is frustrating, and Public Works' Solid Waste team is committed to working with Waste Management on ways to keep these misses from happening.

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