Sanitation shifts to 4-day schedule Sept. 6 - Sept. 9 due to Labor Day

City offices closed Monday, September 5 for Labor Day; no recycling Friday or Saturday, September 2 - 3

ARKANSAS CITY, Kan. (August 29, 2022) — The City of Arkansas City will shift to a four-day sanitation schedule next week due to the closure of all City offices Monday, September 5^th  in observance of Labor Day.

The Cowley County Landfill will also be closed Saturday, September 3^rd and Monday, September 5^th for Labor Day.

The F Street Limb Disposal and Compost Site will be open Saturday, September 3^rd and will be closed Monday, September 5^th.

The joint Recycling Operations Center in Strother Field will be closed Friday, September 2^nd and Saturday, September 3^rd. (The joint recycling center will reopen for drop-offs from 8 a.m. to noon on September 9 - 10, 2022.)

All of Monday’s and part of Tuesday’s routes will be collected Tuesday, September 6^th. 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, September 7^th.

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.