Join the City of Cedar Rapids for a celebration of the 10th anniversary of the City Manager's 1-Bag Challenge! Cedar Rapids' City Manager Jeff Pomeranz challenges every resident to collect at least one bag of litter each year, and in celebration of 10 years of this successful program, we are hosting an end-of-summer litter pick-up event. The event will be held on Tuesday, Sept. 6, from 5-7 p.m. at the McGrath Amphitheatre downtown. Join us to take the City Manager's 1-Bag Challenge and help CleanUpCR!
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Water, snacks, and giveaway items will be provided. Following brief remarks and a group photo, participants will be encouraged to pick up litter together. Dress for the outdoors and wear comfortable shoes — we'll see you there! Find more details and weather-related updates by clicking on the Facebook event below or visiting www.CleanUpCR.com.
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​The Solid Waste & Recycling division URGES RESIDENTS to REMOVE any twigs and sticks from leaf collection piles. 

Sticks larger than 6 inches in length can clog the leaf vacuum equipment and cause serious damage, delaying collection operations. Leaf piles must be free of twigs and branches to be collected by the leaf vacuum trucks. Small brush piles of twigs and sticks can be discarded in your YARDY cart.

During the weeks leaves are collected in your quadrant, all leaves must be raked to the collection area by either 7 a.m. Mondays or 7 a.m. Wednesdays. If leaves are put out late, we cannot guarantee collection.

Should weather or un-characteristically heavy volumes delay collection, crews will use Fridays and Saturdays to complete the area they were working in before moving on.
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If you are struggling to identify which day your leaves will be collected, please call the Solid Waste & Recycling Division at 319-286-5897.

​Upcoming Waste Collection Holidays

• Labor Day - September 5, 2022

No collection. One-day delay all week.

• Thanksgiving Day - November 24, 2022

No collection. One-day delay for remainder of the week.

• Christmas Day - December 25, 2022

Collection unaffected due to holiday falling on a weekend.

• New Year's Day - Jan.1, 2023

Collection unaffected due to holiday falling on a weekend.

There will be NO DELAY in the collection schedule on Veterans Day, November 11, 2022.

All containers need to be set out by 7:00 a.m. to ensure collection. With questions, please call our office at 319-286-5897 or visit CityofCR.com/Garbage.

There will be NO CANA meeting on Monday, August 15th.

We plan to see everyone at our next meeting on Monday, September 19th at 7pm.