An interruption in trash collection services must be reported by 3 p.m. the day after collection day. Report service interruptions, questions or complaints on the MyKCMO App or by contacting 311. Call or use the online form within one business day of the missed pickup.
If a holiday falls during the week, trash and recycling collection takes place on the day following the holiday, and collection for the remaining days of the week also takes place one day later than usual. Friday trash is collected on Saturday during such weeks. This one-day push is called the holiday schedule.
Additionally, during winter weather, recycling and trash operations might be suspended. Under the City's stronger snow policy, KCMO suspends collection during big storms to make those drivers available for snow plowing. If this is the case, the holiday schedule goes into effect. Watch this page for notices or check kcmo.gov/snow.
No collection occurs on the following 2026 holidays:
- New Year's Day - Thursday, January 1 (one day delay for the rest of the week)
- Martin Luther King Jr. Day - Monday, January 19th (one day delay all week)
- Presidents Day - Monday, February 16th (one day delay all week)
- Memorial Day - Monday, May 26th (one day delay all week)
- Juneteenth - Friday, June 19th (No collection on Friday. Friday's collection will take place Saturday)
- Labor Day - Monday, Sept. 7th (one day delay all week)
- Veterans Day – Wednesday, Nov. 11th (No collection on Wednesday. One day delay for the rest of the week)
- Thanksgiving Day - Thursday, Nov. 26th (No collection on Thursday. Thursday collection will take place on Friday and Friday collection will take place on Saturday)
- Christmas Day – Friday, Dec. 25th (Friday collection will be delayed by one day)