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Curbside Yard & Food Waste
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Yard Waste Prohibited from Garbage in King County
Yard waste is prohibited from garbage containers in King County. Yard trimmings create methane gas in landfills, but can provide nutritious compost and mulch if composted.
You can dispose of yard trimmings by:
 Composting in your yard or
Putting yard trimmings in your yard & food cart
____ to be collected at the curb or
Taking yard trimmings to a
transfer station that accepts "clean green".
There is a charge for extra units of yard trimmings that do not fit in your yard waste cart. Collection Rates
Recycle Food -
It’s Easy To Do.
Households in the City of Auburn can recycle your leftover food scraps and food-soiled paper
in your yard cart. Yes, that includes droopy
lettuce, meats, bones, moldy cheese, dairy products and
pizza boxes.
Food scraps and soiled paper made up nearly 39% of King
County single-family household waste in 2006. Instead of
sending this waste to the landfill, it can be recycled and
turned into environmentally–friendly compost. Compost
is a natural organic material that is most commonly used to
feed the soil in gardens and lawns. (Source: King Co.
Waste Characterization 2006 Data)
Food Recycling Details
FREE Organics Kitchen Container
To order a kitchen container:
Call the City of Auburn Recycling Coordinator,
253-931-3047 or email recycling@auburnwa.gov
- Provide your name, address and phone number.
- Limited to one (1) container per residence.
You must be a City of Auburn/Waste Management yard
waste subscriber to participate in food waste recycling
and receive a kitchen container.
Collect food scraps and food-soiled paper in kitchen containers such as:
- Used paper bags or
- A reusable container with a vented lid lined with used paper towel or newspaper - Empty into yard & food waste cart and reuse.
Do not put plastic in your cart.
To avoid odor & fruit flies, you can:
- Empty food waste into the yard waste cart daily.
- Rinse kitchen container & yard waste cart frequently.
- Line kitchen container with a used paper towel, paper bag, or newspaper.
- Sprinkle baking soda in kitchen container.
- Rub container lid with vinegar
- Layer food & yard waste in your cart.
- Layer shredded paper with food and yard waste.
Curbside Collection Schedule:
Food Scraps & Yard Trimmings
are collected from subscribing residences:
Food Scraps / Yard Trimmings - Yes & No
Kitchen Food Scrap Collection Options
Collection Calendar
* Yard waste is not accepted in plastic bags.
Plastic bags are not compostable and cause processing and odor problems at the composting facility.
For yard waste that doesn't fit in your yard waste cart you may use:
- Paper yard waste bags (available at hardware stores)
- Reusable polywoven yard waste bags, or
- 32-gal cans with handles & lids (65 lb limit) labeled "yard waste" or
- Bundles tied with sisal twine (4'x2' limit)
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Where Does Yard Waste Go?
Collected yard waste is processed into compost and sold at your local home and garden stores.
Visit www.cedar-grove.com for more information.
BioCycle's 2007 nationwide survey identified 42 communities and/or counties with source separated residential organics collection programs in the U.S. There are 17 programs in California, 1 in Michigan, 7 in Minnesota and 17 in Washington State (all in King County). More
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