So much holiday trash, so little time for the garbage collector Jim Kent December 22, 2014 1 minute read Trash collectors are gearing up for the busy holiday period. Roanoke City Solid Waste Manager Skip Decker says they expect an increase of about 20 percent over normal weeks. And he says they’ll be compressing four days of trash collection into three days. He says Mondays are normal, but Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday trash pickups are a day earlier. He also has a request for when to put out that paper recycling. WFIR’s Jim Kent reports: Share: Post navigation Previous: Harvester Performance Center attracts big name actsNext: Feeding America helps over the holidays Related Stories 1 minute read Two men dead after argument leads to shooting in Southeast Roanoke Web Staff January 18, 2026 0 1 minute read Roanoke man charged with DUI after striking child in crosswalk Web Staff January 17, 2026 0 2 minutes read Science Museum confirms it will leave Center in the Square by end of 2026 Ian Price January 16, 2026 0
