Seattle, Washington - Garbage, Trash, recycling, yard waste, residential, commercial, multifamily Service


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Residential / Curbside Services

Waste Management provides garbage and recycling collection for residents and businesses in:

Northwest Seattle (north of the Ship Canal west of I-5) and

South Seattle (south of Yesler Way, including West Seattle)

Waste Management service areas are shaded beige on the map to the right.

Central and Northeast Seattle collection is provided by CleanScapes

Residential Garbage & Recycling Service & Billing:

Seattle Public Utilities Curbside Customer Service - 206 684-3000

Missed Collection

If your container(s) were at the curb by 7:00 am and were not emptied, Click Here.

Holidays

Garbage and recycling are collected on all weekday holidays except Thanksgiving (4th Thursday in Nov), Christmas (Dec 25), and New Year's Day (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.

Do not put these items in your garbage:

Computers and 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

Curbside
Recycling video

Curbside Collection

Food (including meat and dairy)and yard waste are collected weekly.

Food/yard carts are available in a variety of sizes.

Glass Goes in Your Recycling Cart! - Put clean glass bottles in your recycling cart with other recyclables!

Recycling is collected every other week on the same day as garbage.

Food scrap collection video

Recyclables Not Allowed
In Seattle Garbage

The City of Seattle prohibits the disposal of certain recyclables from residential, commercial and self-haul garbage.

Curbside Garbage Containing Recyclables May Not Be Collected:

Residents are prohibited from putting significant amounts of paper, cardboard, glass and plastic bottles and jars, and aluminum and tin cans in their garbage containers.

Yard waste has been prohibited from residential garbage since 1989. Curbside garbage containing more than 10% recyclable material will not be collected. Residents will need to remove recyclables so that the garbage can be collected the following week.

Seattle's Recycling Requirements