City trash service in Columbus will not be provided on Monday, September 3, 2012, in observance of the Labor Day Holiday.  Observance of the holiday will prompt changes in the collection schedule for City regular trash in Columbus as noted below. 

For residents assigned a collection color:

Collection of trash in color-coded collection areas will rotate forward one day, the week of  the Labor Day Holiday as follows:

• Monday, September 3:           No Collection
• Tuesday, September4:           Gold
• Wednesday, September 5:     Gray
• Thursday, September 6:         Navy
• Friday, September 7:              Pink
• Monday, September 10:         Ruby

The color-coded schedule will rotate again on Columbus Day, October 8.

Zone-Area Collection Schedule

• Customers who live in zone-schedule areas have a two-day collection window
• Customers with dumpsters or other non-wheeled collection containers receive collection within their two-day window throughout the year
• All zone customers with a wheeled regular trash container and a two-day window for pickup will receive their Labor Day Holiday week collection on the second day of their window

Curbside Yard Waste and Subscription Recycling Collection

• Collection of curbside yard waste and subscription recycling that falls on or after Labor Day will be delayed one day the week of the holiday, with Friday’s collection occurring on Saturday. 

City of Columbus New Residential Recycling Program

Bi-weekly collection of yard waste, which is part of the city of Columbus’ new residential recycling program, will be delayed one day the week of the holiday.  Residential recycling included in the new residential recycling program will not be affected the week of September 10. Areas where yard waste pickup will be delayed by one day include:

• Far East Side
• Franklinton
• Hilltop
• Near East Side (south of East Broad Street only.  Collection service on the Near East Side north of East Broad Street will begin December 6.)
• Parts of the Northwest Side
• South Side
• Southeast Side
• Southwest side
• Westland and other Far Westside areas
• Neighborhoods around Port Columbus International Airport east of Stelzer Road, north of East 5^th Avenue and south of I-270
• In only the above areas where the collection of recyclables will be collected under the new residential recycling program, residents should place their 64-gallon blue recycling cart at the same location that their regular trash is collected

• Note:  Yard waste in the above areas will be collected on alternate weeks

1. www.RecycleColumbus.org

• Bi-weekly collection of recyclables in far north and far northwest areas of Columbus north of S.R. 161 will begin on Wednesday, September 26
• The City’s new residential recycling program will be implemented citywide by February 1, 2013

 Columbus residents can also dispose of their yard waste at any one of nine free yard-waste drop-off locations (please call ahead for hours of operation):

• Com-Til, the City’s compost facility:  7000 Jackson Pike, Columbus (614) 645-3152
• Kurtz Bros. and Mulch Manufacturing Inc.:  Residents may be asked to show proof that they are a Columbus or Franklin County resident.

• 2850 Rohr Road, Groveport (Kurtz Bros.); (614) 491-0868
• 6055-C Westerville Road, Westerville (Kurtz Bros.);  (614) 882-0200
• 6279 Houchard Road, Dublin (Kurtz Bros.); (614) 873-2000
• 6747 Taylor Road S.W. (Mulch Manufacturing, Inc.); (614) 864-4004

• Ohio Mulch:  Please be prepared with a driver’s license or some form of documentation identifying you as a Columbus resident, otherwise you will be charged
• 4120 Roberts Road, Columbus (Ohio Mulch); (614) 921-9330
• 4665 Westerville Rd. (Ohio Mulch); (614) 891-3242
• 1600 Universal Rd. (Ohio Mulch); (614) 445-4455
• 537 Reynoldsburg-New Albany Rd. (Ohio Mulch); (614) 863-0445

 For more information on trash, recycling and yard waste pickup, residents can:

• Call the Columbus Call Center at (614) 645-3111 (311 from many home phones) for information about trash pickup
• Call Rumpke at 1-800-828-8171 for information about the collection of yard waste and subscription recycling
• Can look up their collection days on the Columbus 311 website at www.311.columbus.gov