Birmingham has streamlined its waste collection schedules to align garbage and recycling pickup dates and to provide bulk trash and brush collection in each neighborhood every other week. The new schedule goes into effect Jan. 6.

Going forward, the city’s Public Works Department will pick up garbage from all houses in a neighborhood on a designated day of the week and will pick up recycling on the same day, but every other week.

The changes are designed to make the routes more efficient and reduce mileage, meaning employees work four days rather than five, according to the city.

These are the new schedules.

• New neighborhood garbage pickup schedule. Each neighborhood is marked as being on schedule 1 or 2, indicating when recycling will be picked up.
• New bulk trash and brush pickup schedule.