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Missed Collection

If your container(s) were at the curb by 6:00 am and were not emptied, Click Here or call 1 800 592-9995.

Holidays

Garbage and recycling are collected on all weekday holidays except Thanksgiving (4th Thursday in Nov), Dec 25, and Jan 1.

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
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)


Recycling Saves Trees

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Weather Delays (Wind, Flood, Snow, etc.)

Weather Delays 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.
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Waste Management can help your organization have a clean, environmentally friendly special event. - Details

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Curbside Collection

All-in-One Recycling
is collected every week on the same day as garbage.

Yard and Food Waste
is collected weekly from carts provided at no extra cost.

Electronics
(computers, TVs, etc.) are accepted at the curb with advance notice.

Recycle computers and TV sets

Reuse, Recycle, Conserve

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EcoConsumer
Where can we put all those plastics?


By Tom Watson
Special to The Seattle Times

Plastics and recycling have a complicated relationship…. Plastics recycling seems to confuse and frustrate consumers more than any other type of recycling. More


Electronics Recycling Center

Electronics Recycling Center
Computers and Televisions Accepted at Curb with Prior Arrangement Recycle computers and TV sets

Computers, laptops, monitors, separated computer circuit boards and televisions contain heavy metals. They cannot be disposed of as garbage and must be recycled.

Kirkland residents can recycle electronics at the curb by calling 1 800 592-9995 at least one business day ahead of garbage collection day.

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E Cycle Washington E-Cycle Washington lists free responsible recycling locations for computers, monitors and TVs.

Where to go with old TVs & computers

Where Do Recyclables Go?

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Watch the Sorting in Action!

Where Do Recyclables Go?
Single Stream Processing


City Inside/Out: Zero Waste

MSN
Battle of the Bags: Paper versus Plastic

King 5 News
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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