Kansas City Recycling & Trash Collection Delayed This Week

Press releaseFrom the City of Kansas City:

February 7, 2021

Chiefs Kingdom, due to snow operations all weekend, we will run this entire week as a Monday holiday, so trash and recycling will be on a one-day delay. With snow on the ground and more in the forecast, KCMO is suspending all trash and recycling services for Monday, Feb. 8, so these drivers are available to plow snow. Over 130 employees from Public Works, Solid Waste, Parks & Recreation and KC Water will report Sunday night to salt and plow roads. On Monday, over 200 employees will be on the roadways salting and plowing.

Impacts to trash, recycling and bulky item pickup include:

• No trash or recycling pick up on Monday
• If your trash day Monday, your trash will be collected Tuesday. Normal Tuesday collection will be on Wednesday, Wednesday collection moves to Thursday, Thursday collection will be on Friday and Friday collection will be on Saturday
• Monday bulky item pick up appointments will be delayed one day due to staff helping with snow operations, but please leave it on the curb and it will be picked up by this weekend

These impacts are necessary as part of our new snow plan to improve snow removal services across the city.

Please remember to drive carefully, give yourself time to arrive at your destination and give our crews plenty of room to work. Please park off-street if possible, or park on the north and west sides of neighborhood streets. Parking cars on only one side of residential streets will help plows clear your streets faster and more completely.

During snowstorms, updates are posted on our snow operations page and on Twitter. Media questions can be directed to Maggie Green, Public Works, Public Information Officer at 816-379-6562.

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