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<p style="font-size: 150%; font-weight: bold;">FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE</p>
<p style="font-size: 120%; margin-top: -5px; font-weight:bold;">June 7, 2021</p>
<p style="float:right; font-weight:bold; margin-bottom: 25px; font-size: 100%; text-align:right;">CONTACT: Matt Nestor
<br />Public Information Specialist
<br />Utilities
<br />City of Columbia
<br />573.874.7307
<br />Matthew.Nestor@CoMo.gov</p>
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<div style="font-size: 110%; line-height:150%;"><h1 style="clear:both; margin-top: 75px; margin-bottom: 10px; font-weight: bold; font-size: 130%;">Refuse and Recycling Bag Vouchers Scheduled to Arrive the Week of June 14</h1>
<div class="content"><span style="padding-left: 50px;">(COLUMBIA, MO)</span> - City of Columbia Solid Waste Utility residential curbside customers should begin receiving refuse and recycling bag vouchers in the mail the week of June 14. <br /><br />In the June packet, customers will receive two vouchers for 26-count rolls of black refuse bags and one voucher for an 18-count roll of blue recycling bags. <br /><br />If customers do not receive their vouchers by June 25, they should contact the City's bag contractor, WasteZero, at 1.800.866.3954 or customerservice@wastezero.com. Vouchers will be mailed to the service address, regardless of who is paying for the Utilities.<br /><br />The vouchers are perforated, and customers are asked to separate them and use only as needed. The single-use vouchers are tracked by bar code and therefore cannot be duplicated.<br /><br />All trash placed on the curb for collection must be in official City-provided trash bags with a City of Columbia
logo. There is no limit to the number of bags placed curbside as long as they are the City-issued bags. <br /><br />If needed, residents can purchase additional black refuse bags in rolls of five for $10. The charge for the additional bags acts as a usage fee where customers throwing away more garbage will pay a higher rate. The $2-per-bag fee will cover extra costs, including the landfill disposal fee, employee salaries and vehicle maintenance.<br /><br />Customers needing additional blue recycling bags should call WasteZero, and a voucher will be mailed free of charge.<br /><br />Because restrictions surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic have been relaxed, the City has decided against holding a contactless drive-through voucher redemption event in June.<br /><br />Bag vouchers are redeemable at the following Columbia locations:<br /><strong>Gerbes Super Markets</strong><br />1729 West Broadway<br />2900 Paris Road <br /><br /><strong>Hy-Vee</strong><br />3100 West Broadway<br
/>25 Conley Road<br />405 East Nifong Blvd. <br /><br /><st!
rong>Menards</strong><br />3340 Vandiver Drive<br /><br /><strong>Moser's Foods</strong><br />705 Business Loop 70 W<br />4840 Rangeline St.<br />900 North Keene St.<br /><br /><strong>Schnucks</strong> <br />1400 Forum Blvd.<br /><br /><strong>City of Columbia Utility Customer Service</strong><br />701 E Broadway</div>
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