{"id":11451,"date":"2022-01-03T15:41:07","date_gmt":"2022-01-03T23:41:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/?p=11451"},"modified":"2022-01-03T15:41:08","modified_gmt":"2022-01-03T23:41:08","slug":"city-refuse-division-seeks-publics-help-during-winter-weather","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/city-refuse-division-seeks-publics-help-during-winter-weather\/","title":{"rendered":"City Refuse Division Seeks Public&#8217;s Help During Winter Weather"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>To provide the best service possible, the City of Yakima&#8217;s Refuse Division is asking customers during winter weather to do the following:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Make sure garbage carts are accessible and clear of all snow and ice at the curbside<\/li><li>Keep a 36-inch wide path around the carts to enable equipment to safely pick them up<\/li><li>If your cart is not collected on the normal pick-up day, leave it so it can be collected later<\/li><li>Do not jam garbage into carts<\/li><li>If you live on steep terrain, please bag your garbage. Operators may need to drive a smaller refuse vehicle to retrieve your garbage. Having it bagged allows operators to remove refuse from a cart in a safe and timely manner<\/li><li>Maintain clearance and access around dumpsters<\/li><li>Avoid parking on the street on collection days to ensure access to your garbage cart<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Ice and snow cause driving problems for everyone and when you drive a 30-ton garbage truck, it can be especially challenging,&#8221; said Communications &amp; Public Affairs Director Randy Beehler. &#8220;We appreciate the public&#8217;s assistance in helping us help them.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While trying to maintain regular schedules, garbage collection could be suspended if a street is considered unsafe due to snow and icy conditions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you have any questions, please contact the City of Yakima Refuse Division at 509-575-6005.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Information is also available on-line at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/services\/refuse\/\">https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/services\/refuse\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-file\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/6\/files\/sites\/6\/Winter-Weather-Refuse-News-Release.pdf\">Winter-Weather-Refuse-News-Release<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/6\/files\/sites\/6\/Winter-Weather-Refuse-News-Release.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button\" download>Download<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To provide the best service possible, the City of Yakima&#8217;s Refuse Division is asking customers during winter weather to do the following: Make sure garbage carts are accessible and clear of all snow and ice at the curbside Keep a 36-inch wide path around the carts to enable equipment to safely pick them up If<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11451","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11451","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11451"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11451\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11453,"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11451\/revisions\/11453"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11451"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11451"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11451"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}