Seattle Public Utilities is placing robo-calls to Seattle recycling customers whose pickup day is Tuesday with the announcement that a special one time pickup is set for Saturday Aug. 11.

The call states:

"Please follow these instructions. There will be a special Saturday recycling pick up for last Tuesdays, July 31st recycling customers. Please place recycle carts and any overflow recyclables at the curb, before 7 a.m. this Saturday Aug. 11.

We apologize for the disruption to your service and we thank you for your patience."