Residential / Curbside Services

Waste Management provides curbside garbage and recycling collection for residences in the City of Issaquah (except some recently annexed areas)

Missed Collection If your container(s) were at the curb by 7:00 am and were not emptied, Click Here or call 1 800 592-9995 (M-F 7 AM - 5 PM). Holidays Garbage and recycling are collected on all weekday holidays except Thanksgiving (4th Thursday in Nov), Dec 25, and Jan 1. If your collection day falls on or in the week after one of those three holidays, collection will be one day later that week only - More. Regular collection schedule on all other holidays. Do not put these items in your garbage: Computers, TVs Fluorescent bulbs ___& tubes Motor Oil Hazardous Waste Liquid Paint Needles, syringes Yard trimmings Concrete, rocks, dirt Propane Tanks Cooking oil Loose or hot ashes Loose cat litter Unbagged animal waste Loose packing pellets Unbagged sawdust Hazardous Waste Disposal Options (including free drop sites)

Weather Delays (Wind, Flood, Snow, etc.) If weather prevents safe collection, we announce delays on radio and TV and on our Collection Delay Bulletin Board If residential garbage, recycling or yard waste is not collected due to weather, please remove containers from the street. Up to twice as much material will be accepted with no extra charge on the next regularly scheduled collection day for each container not emptied unless otherwise posted here. Credit is not given for collection delayed due to weather. Curbside Collection Recycling and yard & food waste are collected weekly on the same day as garbage. Request food scrap recycling kit! Electronics (computers, TVs, etc.) are accepted at the curb with advance notice. E-Cycle Washington lists free responsible recycling locations for computers, monitors and TVs. Where to go with old TVs & computers By David Bangs Most homeowners take garbage collection for granted. They put out their trash on the appointed day. While they're at work, noisy trucks come and empty their containers... Complete Story

Where Do Recyclables Go? Watch the Sorting in Action! Where Do Recyclables Go? Single Stream Processing City Inside/Out: Zero Waste Battle of the Bags: Paper versus Plastic Investigators: Some plastic getting greenwashed Some recycling dos & don'ts Combined bottles, cans, paper and cardboard collected from residences and businesses, as well as debris from construction and demolition projects are sorted at Waste Management's Cascade Recycling Center in Woodinville. The center employs advanced technologies from the US and Europe, and ships the sorted commodities to domestic and Pacific Rim markets for use in new products. No shredded paper in recycling, please! (OK layered with food and yard waste) More No plastic bags in recycling, please! (Reuse or recycle at grocery stores) More No needles or syringes in recycling, please! More (Medwaste Tracker)

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