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Columbia to resume recycling pickup, recyclables to go to landfill for now

Tom Ratermann, assistant director of Utilities for the city of Columbia, surveys damage done to the Material Recovery Facility on Monday in Columbia. On Monday afternoon, the city signed a declaration of emergency after the National Weather Service confirmed that an EF1 tornado briefly touched down in Columbia on Sunday.
Alix Queen
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Columbia Missourian
Tom Ratermann, assistant director of Utilities for the city of Columbia, surveys damage done to the Material Recovery Facility on Monday in Columbia. On Monday afternoon, the city signed a declaration of emergency after the National Weather Service confirmed that an EF1 tornado briefly touched down in Columbia on Sunday.

The Columbia Solid Waste Utility will resume picking up curbside recycling on Monday, April 28, though for the time being recycling will be taken to the city's landfill.

The city announced a stoppage to curbside recycling pickup after a tornado destroyed the city's recycling facility on Peabody Road on Sunday.

According to a news release Thursday, residents should place recyclables curbside on their regular schedule.

Officials request that glass containers be placed with regular garbage as they contaminate other recyclable materials. Commercial customers should continue separating recyclables from regular refuse.

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