Due to the observance of the Labor Day on Monday, city of Hays refuse/recycling route collection schedules will be altered as follows:

Monday, Sept. 1, and Tuesday, Sept. 2, will be collected on Tuesday, Sept. 2.

There will be no changes to Wednesday, Thursday or Friday routes next week.

For more information, call (785) 628-7357.

It is anticipated that heavy volumes of refuse/recyclable will be encountered around the holidays. Please be sure to set bags out by 7 a.m. on the collection day and keep in mind that the trucks have no set time schedule.