Sanitation shifts to 4-day schedule May 31 - June 3 due to Memorial Day

City offices closed May 30 to observe Memorial Day; no recycling May 27 - 28

ARKANSAS CITY, Kan. (May 23, 2021) — The City of Arkansas City will shift to a four-day sanitation schedule next week due to the closure of all City offices Monday, May 30^th  in observance of Memorial Day.

The Cowley County Landfill will also be closed Saturday, May 28^th and Monday, May 30^th for Memorial Day.

The F Street Limb Disposal and Compost Site will be open Saturday, May 28^th and will be closed Monday, May 30^th.

The joint Recycling Operations Center in Strother Field will be closed Friday, May 27^th and Saturday, May 28^th. (The joint recycling center will reopen for drop-offs from 8 a.m. to noon on June 3-4, 2022.)

All of Monday’s and part of Tuesday’s routes will be collected Tuesday, May 31^st. The part of Tuesday’s route to be collected is from Madison Avenue south to the Mill Canal, and from Summit Street east to E Street and southeast through Sleeth Addition.

(Please see accompanying map for full detail of pickup areas.)

The rest of Tuesday’s route and Wednesday’s entire route will be collected Wednesday, June 1^st.

Thursday’s and Friday’s routes will be unaffected by this holiday disruption.

All refuse should be placed at normal pickup locations by 6 a.m. on the scheduled day of pickup.

There will be no return pickups.