Sustainability starts in the community. With WM as your partner, you can count on
reliable service and solutions that help keep our community sustainable, clean and
safe. Thank you for partnering with WM, for a sustainable tomorrow.
Collection Information
Auburn residents have weekly collection for garbage and yard+food waste and
every-other-week collection for recycling.
Place carts out by 7 am or no earlier than 24 hours before collection
day.
Place 2 feet apart with lids opening toward the street.
Place 3 feet from obstructions such as cars, trees, fences, mailboxes.
Where available, place your carts in grass planter strips between the curb and
sidewalk.
Where grass planter strips are not available, place carts out in such a way that
does not restrict the reasonable and safe use of the street, sidewalk, or
bicycle lanes by pedestrians, bicyclists, and automobiles.
Remove carts from public property no later than 24 hours after your collection
day.
All Waste Management Auburn residential garbage customers will receive a
FREE bulky item collection once per year. Customers can schedule a pick-up
of up to four bulky items. Details
WM observes three annual holidays: Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day (Dec.
25), and New Year's Day (Jan. 1). All other holidays will not affect
your collection schedule.
Weekday holidays will delay collection by one day for the remainder of
the week. For example, if a holiday falls on a Thursday, Thursday
customers will be collected on Friday and Friday customers will be
collected on Saturday.
WM offers an easy way to pay your garbage bill online.
Recycling Cart Tags
The City of Auburn and WM use "Recycling Only
Oops" to monitor
contamination in recycling carts. If a
driver spots unaccepted materials in
your recycling cart, the cart will be
tagged letting you know how to properly
dispose of those items.
Our increased efforts in recycling right
and reducing contamination is a result
of new restrictions by China in the type
of materials collected for recycling. We
all need to do our part in helping to
make recycling sustainable for years to
come.
