Denver won’t pick up compost or recycling this week because of Thanksgiving, furloughs

Denver residents will have an rare schedule for trash pickup this week ahead of Thanksgiving and will have to wait longer for compost and recycling institution Instead of trash pickup on their normal days the city s Department of Transportation and Infrastructure requested residents to set out their black carts by a m Monday Crews will work from Monday to Wednesday to collect waste across the city according to a news release since workers have Thursday off for the holiday Residents whose facility is normally later in the week can wait until one day earlier than their scheduled pickups to set out trash So those with a Wednesday pickup have until Tuesday at a m to set out their trash Homes that typically have a Thursday pickup have until Wednesday at a m to do so The city won t provide any recycling or composting pickup this week The changes are due to the Thanksgiving holiday and a citywide furlough day on Friday that was called because of budget cuts City leaders petitioned people in areas scheduled for large-item pickup to set out those items on the same day they set out their trash this week Related Articles Denver composting rules to go into effect four years after voters approved them No more greasy pizza boxes paper towels or takeout containers in Front Range compost bins come April Are you recycling or wishcycling For a better setting know the difference Preponderance services will resume as normal next week The city s every-other-week recycling calendars however will reset Those who normally would have set out their recycling carts this week will instead have a pickup the week of Dec and then every other week after that Those who had expected to set out recycling next week under the previous rotation will wait until the week of Dec and then every other week following