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No Solid Waste Collections on New Year’s Day

No garbage, food and yard waste or recycling collections are scheduled in Seattle on New Year’s Day, Friday, Jan. 1, 2010. Friday collections will occur on Saturday, Jan. 2. Please be sure to have your containers available by 7 a.m., to ensure collection.

Both of the city’s recycling and disposal stations will be closed on Friday, Jan. 1, 2010, but will be open on Sat., Jan. 2.

Recycle Your Holiday Greens! Seattle residents who subscribe to curbside yard and food waste collection can put their trees and greens out on their regular collection day at no extra charge from Dec. 26, 2009 to Jan. 10, 2010. Trees should be cut into sections of six feet long or shorter, with branches trimmed to less than four feet to fit into the collection trucks. Sections should be bundled with string or twine.

Trees that are flocked and/or have tinsel or ornaments will be collected as extra garbage. Customers will need to cut the tree into three-foot pieces and each piece will be charged as extra garbage. Each unit of extra garbage costs $7.60. Plastic trees are not recyclable.

Seattle residents can also drop off their holiday trees and greens for free at Seattle Public Utilities’ North and South Recycling and Disposal stations between Dec. 26, 2009 and Jan. 10, 2010. The North Recycling and Disposal Station is located at North 34th Street and Carr Place North. The South Recycling and Disposal Station is located at 2nd Avenue South and South Kenyon Street. The stations are open daily from 8:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. 

To be accepted at the transfer stations, tree sections must be cut to eight feet or less in length and the trunk must be four inches or smaller in diameter. The limit is three trees per vehicle. Only trees without flocking or decoration may be disposed of free of charge.