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<h2 style="font-size: 180%;">FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE</h2>
<p style="font-size: 120%; margin-top: -5px; font-weight:bold;">January 28, 2019</p>
<p style="float:right; font-weight:bold; margin-bottom: 35px; 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 />Dave Sorrell, P.E.
<br />Assistant Director of Utilities
<br />City of Columbia
<br />David.Sorrell@CoMo.gov</p>
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<div style="font-size: 110%; line-height:145%;"><h3 style="clear:both; margin-top: 75px; margin-bottom: 10px; font-weight: bold; font-size: 170%;">Solid Waste collection canceled Wednesday, Jan. 30, delayed one day remainder of week</h3>
<div class="content"><span style="padding-left: 50px;">(COLUMBIA, MO)</span> - <p style="display:inline;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">In an effort to protect the health and safety of collection staff in extreme weather, the City of Columbia Solid Waste Utility will </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">cancel curbside recycle and trash collection on Wednesday, Jan. 30. Due to </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">forecasted life-threatening temperatures and wind chills, </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">Wednesday, Thursday and Friday customers will be delayed by one day. </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Utility intends to resume collection Thursday, Jan. 31, beginning by picking up materials from Wednesday customers. Thursday customers will be collected Friday, Feb. 1, and Friday customers will be collected on Saturday, Feb. 2</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">With strong winds predicted, customers are urged to secure items in sealed bags and place at the curb no earlier than 4 p.m. the day before the newly rescheduled collection day. </span><span style="font-weight: 400;"> </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Any changes will be shared via Facebook (@ColumbiaRecycles) and on the </span>COMO Recycle and Trash app<span style="font-weight: 400;"> available for <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/como-recycle-and-trash/id1126840859?mt=8">Apple</a> and <a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.recollect.columbiamo">Android</a>. Customers signed up to receive updates from the app will be notified directly of service changes. Download it today to receive schedule reminders, service notifications and to access our Waste Wizard feature.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">We appreciate your patience and understanding.</span></p></div>
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