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Winter Garbage Collections: Weather Impacts and Upcoming Holidays

Garbage, recycling, and food and yard waste pickups can be delayed during snowy and icy weather. Check for delays in your collection at www.seattle.gov/util, on Twitter at www.twitter.com/SeattleSPU, or our blog AtYourService.seattle.gov.

Collections will be on normal schedule for Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Monday, January 21, and Presidents Day, Monday, February 18. Customers should place their containers out by 7 a.m. to ensure collection.

You can report a missed garbage, food and yard waste or recycling collection after 6 p.m. on the day it was missed online at www.seattle.gov/util or by calling 206-684-3000 the next business day.