Seattle Municipal Code prohibits putting yard waste in the garbage.
You can dispose of yard trimmings by:
Composting in your yard
Putting yard trimmings in a food/yard waste cart
provided by Waste Management to be collected at the curb (Sign up for yard waste collection) or
Taking yard trimmings to a transfer station that accepts "clean green".
NEW! Starting March 30 food scraps(including meat and dairy) and yard waste will be collected weekly.
Food/yard carts will be available in a variety of sizes, and will be delivered in March to all residents who do not request a home composting exemption from food/yard collection.
Food/yard waste will be collected every other week through March 27, and every week starting the week of March 30.
Kitchen Food Scrap Collection: You can use containers such as:
- Used paper bags (or)
- A reusable container with a vented lid lined with used paper towel or shredded paper - Empty into Food / Yard cart and reuse (or)
- Cedar Grove-approved compostable bags
Do not put plastic in your cart.
More Kitchen Compost Container Options
To avoid odor & fruit flies, you can:
- Empty food scraps into the outside cart daily.
- Rinse kitchen container frequently.
- Line kitchen container with a used paper towel, paper bag, shredded paper, or approved compostable bag*.
- Sprinkle baking soda in kitchen container.
- Rub container lid with vinegar
- Layer food & yard trimmings in your cart.
- Layer shredded paper with food and yard trimmings.
Extra Yard Trimmings: There is a charge for additional units of yard trimmings (no food scraps) beyond the basic service.
* Yard trimmings are not accepted in plastic bags.
Plastic bags are not compostable and cause processing and odor problems at the composting facility.
For yard trimmings that don't fit in your yard cart you may use:
Paper yard bags (available at home and garden stores)
Reusable polywoven yard bags, or
32-gal cans with handles & lids (65 lb limit) labeled "Yard" or
Bundles tied with sisal twine (4'x2' limit)
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Where Does It Go?
Collected yard trimmings and food scraps are processed into compost and sold at 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
