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<h2 style="font-size: 200%;">FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE</h2>
<p style="font-size: 120%; margin-top: -5px; font-weight:bold;">July 19, 2018</p>
<p style="float:right; font-weight:bold; margin-bottom: 75px; font-size: 120%; text-align:right;">CONTACT: Patricia Weisenfelder
<br />Community Relations Specialist
<br />City of Columbia Utilities
<br />Patricia.Weisenfelder@CoMo.gov
<br />573.817.6404
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<br />Steven Sapp
<br />Community Relations Director
<br />City of Columbia Missouri
<br />Steven.Sapp@CoMo.gov
<br />573.874.7257
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<br />David Sorrell, P.E.
<br />Assistant Director
<br />City of Columbia Utilities
<br />David.Sorrell@CoMo.gov</p>
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<div style="font-size: 110%; line-height:200%;"><h3 style="clear:both; margin-top: 75px; margin-bottom: 10px; font-weight: bold; font-size: 170%;">Adjustments to solid waste curbside collection beginning July 20, Household Hazardous Waste Collection canceled July 21</h3>
<div class="content"><span style="padding-left: 50px;">(COLUMBIA, MO)</span> - <p style="display:inline;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">The City of Columbia Solid Waste Utility continues to experience severe collection staff shortages. Early on the evening of July 19, the staffing agency that has been providing temporary employees informed the City they would no longer be able to provide that service. The City is exploring other avenues to obtain temporary staff necessary to maintain collection practices.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">For health and safety reasons, ensuring the collection of trash will require </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">the City of Columbia Solid Waste Utility to concentrate first on curbside trash collection and secondly on curbside recycling collection.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">To assure curbside collection of trash and recycling occurs, the Household Hazardous Waste Collection on Saturday, July 21 has been canceled in an effort to accommodate collection needs for curbside customers. Friday customers should place both trash and recycling curbside as normal. In the event that curbside recycling is not collected on Friday, July 20, residents should leave material at the curb and it will be picked up on Saturday, July 21. Please secure recycling materials so they do not blow or scatter around the neighborhood.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">It is possible the staffing shortage could continue into the next week. Residents should continue to place all trash and recycling at the curb on their scheduled collection day. In the event that recycling is not collected, residents should leave material at the curb where it will be collected later in the week or on Saturday.<br /><br />Customers signed up to receive updates from our COMO Recycle and Trash app will be notified directly of service changes. Available for <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/app/id1126840859">Apple</a> <span style="font-weight: 400;">and <a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.recollect.columbiamo">Android</a>.</span><br /></span></p></div>
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