Winter doesn't pause your URCO obligation, but it does change how your organics program runs. Material freezes to container walls. Yard trimmings vanish while holiday food volume spikes. Staff stage material indoors longer, and contamination climbs with holiday packaging and serviceware. The instinct to cut a pickup in January is usually the wrong call — frequency limits freeze bonding, odor, and how long contamination sits unnoticed. Here's how to keep the program clean thro