City of Lawrence to alter solid waste pickup schedule for all customers next week for MLK holiday

A solid waste operator collects trash in this 2014 Journal-World photo.

The City of Lawrence will alter the trash and recycling pickup schedule for all customers next week to account for the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday.

No residential solid waste collection will occur on Monday, Jan. 17, and collection will be delayed by one day for all residential customers during the holiday week, according to a city news release. Specifically, regular Monday residential customers will have collection services on Tuesday, Tuesday customers on Wednesday, Wednesday customers on Thursday, Thursday customers on Friday, and Friday customers on Saturday.

Additionally, the following changes to solid waste collection services will take place from Jan. 16 to Jan. 22:

•No yard waste collections throughout the holiday week.

•No bulk item pick-ups throughout the holiday week.

•No dumpster roll-off services on the holiday or Saturday of the holiday week.

•No cart/dumpster swaps, deliveries or maintenance on the holiday or Saturday of the holiday week.

Commercial solid waste collection routes will be collected on schedule for the week, with the exception of cardboard recycling service outside the downtown district, which will not take place on Jan. 17.

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