{"id":6989,"date":"2019-02-12T16:17:46","date_gmt":"2019-02-13T00:17:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/?p=6989"},"modified":"2019-02-12T16:20:29","modified_gmt":"2019-02-13T00:20:29","slug":"refuse-division-needs-publics-help-during-winter-weather","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/refuse-division-needs-publics-help-during-winter-weather\/","title":{"rendered":"Refuse Division Needs Public&#8217;s Help During Winter Weather"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/6\/files\/sites\/6\/garbage-snow-300x243.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6991\" width=\"216\" height=\"175\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/6\/files\/sites\/6\/garbage-snow-300x243.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/6\/files\/sites\/6\/garbage-snow-768x622.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/6\/files\/sites\/6\/garbage-snow-1024x830.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 216px) 100vw, 216px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>To provide the best service possible, the City of Yakima&#8217;s Refuse\nDivision 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.\u00a0 Operators may need to drive a smaller refuse vehicle to retrieve 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;We&#8217;re asking the community to understand we will do\nour best to serve customers in a safe and timely manner,&#8221; said City of Yakima Solid Waste Manager Loretta\nZammarchi. &#8220;We appreciate the public&#8217;s assistance in helping us\nhelp them.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Zammarchi is asking refuse customers to not place their\ngarbage carts next to parked vehicles. &#8220;The slippery, icy, and\nsnow-covered roads make it hazardous to attempt emptying carts that are near\nparked vehicles,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While trying to maintain regular schedules, garbage\ncollection could be suspended if a street is considered unsafe due to snow and\nicy conditions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For more information, contact the City of Yakima Refuse Division\nat 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-Garbage-Collection-News-Release.pdf\">Winter Weather Garbage Collection &#8211; News Release<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/6\/files\/sites\/6\/Winter-Weather-Garbage-Collection-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 your<\/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-6989","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6989","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=6989"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6989\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6995,"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6989\/revisions\/6995"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6989"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6989"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6989"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}