Mt. Vernon, Washington - Garbage, Trash, recycling, yard waste, residential, commercial, multifamily Service

Residential / Curbside Services

Waste Management provides professional, efficient and courteous curbside recycling and food/Yard waste collection for Mt. Vernon residents.

Residential garbage is collected by the City of Mt Vernon.

Missed Collection

If your container(s) were at the curb by 6:00 am and were not emptied:

Missed GARBAGE:
City of Mt. Vernon
Or, 360 336-6218

Missed Recycling or Food/Yard Waste:
Waste Management Customer Service
Or, 1 800 592-9995.

Holiday Collection Schedule

Collection Calendar

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

Where to go with old TVs & computers

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

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

Food/yard waste waste is collected from subscribing residences:

Weekly March - November
Every other week December - February

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)

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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