Residential Yard+Food Waste Collection
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Composting your yard
and food
waste helps to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, improve soil
quality, reduce the need for chemicals and fertilizers and
save
water.
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Containers out by 7 am
Collection times may vary as routing schedules change, and so it is very
important to have all containers at the street by 7 am. We
appreciate
your cooperation.
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.
Collection Schedule
Yard trimmings are prohibited from garbage containers. Yard
trimmings create
extra landfill expense but can provide nutritious compost and mulch
if
composted.
WM Yard+food waste service is available on a subscription basis and
is
collected weekly on your garbage day. See Yard+Food Waste Container
Options
& Rates below. To sign up for service, contact WM Customer
Service or 253-939-9792.
Yard+Food Waste Container Options & Rates
Yard+Food Waste containers are offered in 35, 64, and 96-gallon
sizes.
Click here for
Rates.
Extra Yard Trimmings
Yard trimmings collected in excess of
your
current monthly service level (lid must
be
closed) will incur extra
charges.
Put extra yard debris (NO food)
in:
Paper yard bags (available at home and
garden
stores), or
35-gal. cans with handles & lids (65
lb.
limit) labeled "Yard" or
Bundles tied with sisal twine (4'x2'
limit)
Extra yard waste must be labeled "Yard
Waste".
NO plastic bags or food in extra
compostables
containers. Plastic bags are not
compostable and
cause processing and odor problems at
the
composting facility.
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Food Scraps Accepted in Yard Carts:
Collect kitchen food scraps in containers such
as:
- Paper bags
- Approved compostable bags
- A reusable container lined with used paper towels.
Empty
into Food / Yard cart and reuse.
- Other Kitchen Compost Container Options or order a free
container from
the
City of Auburn while supplies last.
- Do not put plastic in your cart.
FREE Organics Kitchen Container:
Kitchen containers are available while supplies last
at:
City of Auburn
Customer Service Center - Utility Counter
One East Main Street
Auburn WA 98001
You must be a City of Auburn/Waste Management
compostables
subscriber to participate in food waste recycling and
receive a
kitchen container - Details.
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Yard Trimmings Prohibited in Garbage
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Yard trimmings are prohibited from garbage
containers. Yard
trimmings create extra landfill expense, but can
provide
nutritious compost and mulch if composted.
Options for Disposing of Yard
Trimmings:
 Compost in your yard (most
energy
efficient choice!)
Take yard trimmings to a King County Transfer Station
that
accepts "clean green".
Put yard trimmings in a yard+food waste cart
to be
collected at the curb.
For questions about what is accepted in
recycling
colletion, please email recyclenw@wm.com.
To sign up for service, please contact WM
Customer Service or
253-939-9792.
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