CINCINNATI — Holiday parties and unwrapping presents can lead to lots of trash — but beware some trash services will be delayed this week due to Christmas.
Rumpke announced Friday that there will be no service on Monday, Dec. 25 causing pickup to be delayed by a day.
Here's when Rumpke customers should expect service to come to their home:
- Monday customers will have pickup on Tuesday
- Tuesday customers will have pickup on Wednesday
- Wednesday customers will have pickup on Thursday
- Thursday customers will have pickup on Friday
- Friday customers will have pickup on Saturday
In Covington, curbside trash and recycling will be delayed by a day for the next two weeks due to Christmas and New Year's.
Similar to Rumpke customers, Covington trash pickup normally on Monday will be pushed to Tuesday, Tuesday will be pushed to Wednesday and so on throughout the week.
Rumpke also sent out a reminder about what holiday items are and aren't accepted in Rumpke's recycling program.
To stay on Santa's nice list, you can recycle items such as:
- Non-foil wrapping paper
- Cardboard boxes
- Paper gift bags
- Gift boxes
- Postcards, greeting cards and envelopes
- Newspapers and sales ads
- Junk mail
- Clean pizza boxes
- Paperboard (like cereal boxes)
- Glass bottles and jars
- Beverage cartons
- Aluminum and steel cans
- Plastic bottles, jugs, tubs and cups (colored party cups like red Solo cups are not accepted)
You'll end up on Santa's naughty list if you recycle these items:
- Christmas lights
- Ornaments
- Christmas trees (real or artificial)
- Ribbon
- Tissue Paper
- Foil wrapping paper
- Toys
- Candles and candle holders
- Greeting cards with sound (these contain lithium-ion batteries!)
- Styrofoam
- Plastic packaging
- Batteries
Covington residents looking to recycle holiday lights can drop them off in recycling bins at City Hall and several other places. Click here for the full list of locations.
Covington residents can also click here to learn how to recycle their natural trees from Christmas.
Rumpke said for those looking to toss trees that any natural tree should be no more than 6-feet-tall when placing it on the curb. Artificial trees should be dissembled and placed inside trash containers.
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