The winter holidays will prompt early pickups for City of Yuma curbside recycling the next two weeks, and the City would like residents to be alert to the change.

Residents should place their blue barrels out one day earlier than normal the weeks of Dec. 21 and Dec. 28.

This means residences normally slated for collection on Thursdays will be picked up on Wednesday, and those on Friday routes will have collection on Thursday.

There will be no changes either week for City of Yuma solid waste (green barrel) collections.

The City has noticed lower recycling participation on days when holidays prompt earlier than usual collections. “Knowing that this particular holiday generates high volumes of recycling materials, we don’t want people to be stuck with a blue barrel full of the previous week’s waste,” said Dave Nash, city public affairs spokesman.