Trash Collection Schedule for the Holiday Season

Many city offices including those at the Sanitation Department and Recycling Center will close for the Christmas Day and New Year's Day holidays. This year, the Christmas Day holiday observation is Monday, December 26, and the New Year's Day holiday observation is Monday, January 2, 2023.

Because both holidays are observed on a Monday, customers with a Monday trash route should set their bags at the curb by 8:00 a.m. on each of the Tuesday mornings following the holidays. Tuesday's route will remain unaffected. So if your garbage would normally be collected on Monday, December 26, it will instead be picked up on Tuesday, December 27.  And if your garbage would normally be collected on Monday, January 2, it will instead be picked up on Tuesday, January 3.

The Recycling Center and yard waste pits will also be closed on Monday, December 26 and Monday, January 2.

Yard waste collection weeks in December for solid waste customers are December 5-9 and December 19-23.

The last available day in 2022 for eligible solid waste customers to receive their free special pickups is Thursday, December 22. To submit a special pickup request, complete the form at http://www.jacksonmo.org/Pickup.aspx

Business hours at the Jackson Recycling Center in December are Monday - Friday from 8:00 am to 5:00 p.m., and Saturday from 9:00 am to 1:00 pm.  Closed on Sundays, Christmas Day, and New Year’s Day.

Please remember the holidays are a time when households produce a lot of extra potential recyclables. Many items ordinarily thrown away such as boxes, greeting cards, wrapping paper, beverage bottles, food jars, and metal food containers can add up quickly. The city encourages residents to “go green” and trim down their holiday trash by recycling more.

Additional bags are allowed, but each extra bag beyond the first three bags requires an official City trash sticker, available for purchase (one dollar each) at City Hall, 101 Court Street.

In addition, the city will be accepting and recycling Christmas trees at a special location at the Recycling Center. Lights, ornaments, tinsel, and other decorations should be completely removed by customers before hauling and dropping off the trees in the designated area.  This year, the recycled Christmas trees are used for bank revetment along Hubble Creek in City Park.  Trees will be accepted through the end of January of 2023.

For more information, please contact the Public Works Department at (573) 243-2300; or visit us online at jacksonmo.org or Facebook.com/JacksonMO.