What days will you miss trash pickup? Here’s the Kansas City trash holiday schedule
Wondering what days your trash won’t be collected by Kansas City’s Solid Waste Services? Here’s the list for 2021.
For holidays that occur on a weekday, your trash and recycling will be picked up the next day, according to the city. The collection for the rest of the week will be one day delayed. Friday trash will be picked up on Saturdays. Winter weather can also suspend recycling and trash operations.
These are the days when trash won’t be picked up. Two changes remain in the year: Veterans Day and Thanksgiving Day.
- New Year’s Day - Jan. 1
- Martin Luther King Jr. Day - Jan. 18
- Presidents Day - Feb. 15
- Memorial Day - May 31
- Independence Day - City Hall will be closed Monday, July 5, so trash and recycling will be on the holiday schedule.
- Amnesty Week/No-tag pickup will run July 5 - July 9
- Labor Day - Sept. 6
- Veterans Day - Nov. 11
- Thanksgiving Day - Nov. 25. Thursday collection will occur on Friday, Nov. 26, Friday’s trash pick up will happen on Saturday, Nov. 27.
- Friday, Dec. 24 and Friday, Dec. 31. Trash and recycling will be picked up as normal but City Hall will be closed.
- Amnesty Week/No-tag pickup will be Dec. 27-31.
If you need to know when your trash day is, click here to enter your address through the city’s website.
This story was originally published October 11, 2021 at 1:06 PM.