{"id":139073,"date":"2026-01-26T23:45:51","date_gmt":"2026-01-26T23:45:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/139073\/"},"modified":"2026-01-26T23:45:51","modified_gmt":"2026-01-26T23:45:51","slug":"trash-recycling-services-delayed-in-allen-following-winter-storm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/139073\/","title":{"rendered":"Trash, recycling services delayed in Allen following winter storm"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\tEditor\u2019s note: Community Impact will continue to update this article as more details become available.<\/p>\n<p>Trash and recycling collection in the city of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cityofallen.org\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Allen<\/a> is cancelled through Jan. 27 due to extreme winter weather, according to the city\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cityofallen.org\/community\/winter_weather_preparedness\/index.php\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">website.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>What you need to know<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.communitywastedisposal.com\/service-alerts\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Community Waste Disposal<\/a> staff will continue to monitor the situation and share a recovery plan once operations can resume safely, the city\u2019s website states. Residents are advised to leave items out until service is completed.<\/p>\n<p>For updates, Allen residents can sign up for email alerts about trash collection delays on the CWD <a href=\"https:\/\/www.communitywastedisposal.com\/service-alerts\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">website.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex has been under an Extreme Cold Warning since Jan. 25, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.weather.gov\/fwd\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">National Weather Service.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Wind chills will be as cold as -5 degrees, with forecast low temperatures ranging from 7 to 16 degrees Tuesday morning, per NWS.<\/p>\n<p>Also of note<\/p>\n<p>Several city facilities remain closed through Tuesday, Jan. 27, including:<\/p>\n<p>Allen City HallAllen Municipal CourtAllen Public LibraryJoe Farmer Recreation CenterDon Rodenbaugh Aquatics CenterAllen Animal ShelterIn addition, the city council workshop has been rescheduled for Wednesday, Jan. 28 at 6 p.m. The regular meeting has been rescheduled for Wednesday, Jan. 28 at 7 p.m. <\/p>\n<p>According to the city\u2019s website, residents can prevent frozen pipes by:<\/p>\n<p>Disconnecting outdoor hoses and put insulated covers over outdoor hose spigotsTurning off all irrigation\/sprinklersOpening cabinet doors beneath your sinks, allowing warm air to reach pipesLeaving indoor faucets on a very slow drip<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Editor\u2019s note: Community Impact will continue to update this article as more details become available. Trash and recycling&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":139074,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[57143,58734,55590,58733,58731,58735,58732,1604,58736,58737,160,162,161],"class_list":["post-139073","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-plano","tag-allen-city-hall","tag-allen-ice","tag-allen-news","tag-allen-snow","tag-allen-trash","tag-allen-trash-collection","tag-allen-winter-weather","tag-community-impact","tag-community-waste-disposal","tag-how-to-keep-pipes-from-freezing-in-texas","tag-plano","tag-plano-headlines","tag-plano-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139073","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=139073"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139073\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/139074"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=139073"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=139073"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=139073"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}