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

Central and Northeast Seattle collection is provided by CleanScapes starting March 30, 2009.

We welcome our new residential customers in south and west Seattle, and look forward to continuing to provide outstanding service for Northwest Seattle residents, who have been our customers since 1988 - twenty years!

Curbside Collection Day Changes Start March 30 Check Your Mailed Guidelines & Your Garbage Cart! Collection days change for many residents starting March 30. Your schedule is noted on your garbage container and on the front of the new collection calendar and guidelines mailed in early March.

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), Dec 25, and Jan 1. Regular collection schedule on all other holidays. Recycling Saves Trees View TV Commercial 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 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, Flooding, Snow, etc.) If City of Seattle curbside garbage, recycling or yard waste is not collected due to weather, please visit www.cityofseattle.net/util/services/ or Waste Management's weatherboard for collection schedule updates. Food scrap collection video Curbside Recycling video Curbside Collection NEW! Food (including meat and dairy)and yard waste are collected weekly. Food/yard carts are available in a variety of sizes. The smallest (13-gal) size has been delivered to all residents who do not already have food/yard carts or who request a home composting exemption. NEW! Glass Goes in Your Recycling Cart! - Put clean glass bottles in your recycling cart with other recyclables!   Keep your old glass bin for other uses. Recycling will continue to be collected every other week on the same day as garbage. Collection days changing! Collection days are noted on the front of guidelines mailed in early March. Garbage carts are also labeled with collection days. 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