Sanitation shifts to 4-day schedule July 5 - July 8 due to Independence Day

City offices closed Monday, July 4 for Independence Day; no recycling Friday or Saturday, July 1 - 2

ARKANSAS CITY, Kan. (June 27, 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, July 4^th  in observance of Independence Day.

The Cowley County Landfill will also be closed Monday, July 4^th for Independence Day.

The F Street Limb Disposal and Compost Site will be open Saturday, July 2^nd and will be closed Monday, July 4^th.

The joint Recycling Operations Center in Strother Field will be closed Friday, July 1^st and Saturday, July 2^nd. (The joint recycling center will reopen for drop-offs from 8 a.m. to noon on July 8-9, 2022.)

All of Monday’s and part of Tuesday’s routes will be collected Tuesday, July 5^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, July 6^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.