Yard debris, Food scrap & Food soiled paper Collection Services
Allied Waste provides the curbside collection of single-family residential yard debris, food scrap & food soiled paper .
Start, Stop, Change Service
- Yard Debris service is available for an additional fee.
- If you are not a garbage customer, Yard Debris service is available for a monthly fee.
To sign up, complete the online form or call 206-682-9735.
- To stop or change service, call 206-682-9735.
Find Your Collection Day
- Yard Debris is collected every other week on the same day as garbage.
- Call us at 206-682-9735 for your service day information.
Prepare Your Yard Debris
- Use the standard 96-gallon Green Yard Debris Cart for all your yard debris,
food scraps and food soiled paper. Important! Health Department regulations require food-scraps
and food soiled paper be put in the Allied Waste provided yard debris cart with attached lid, not in
privately owned cans or containers.
- Review the list of What Goes
in the Yard Debris Cart.
- Place your Green Yard Debris Cart out by 6 AM on your scheduled collection day. Put cart within 5' of the curb with
lid opening toward the street.
- Excess yard debris can be bundled or placed in paper yard debris bags and
customer-owned 32-gallon containers marked "Yard Debris.".
- Up to 3-32 gallon cans of yard debris will be serviced every other week for a fee.
Up to 3-96 gallon cans of yard debris, food scraps and food soiled paper will be serviced every other week for a
fee.
- Additional Yard Debris Carts can be rented from Allied Wastefor a monthly charge.
To rent an additional Yard Debris Cart, please call 206-682-9735.
- Remove carts from the curb within 24 hours after collection.
If you participate in the food scrap and food soiled paper collection program you can keep yard debris carts cleaner
by using approved compostable kitchen bags or newspaper to collect food scraps. The small amount of excessive liquid
you may have remaining can be wiped away with a paper towel. When rinsing out containers, collect the water in a
bucket and empty it into a utility sink or toilet.
- Get a compostable bag sample by contacting Allied Waste either by email or by phone. Click on the "Contact
Customer Service" link at the left column of this page.
Never put yard debris in your garbage! It is unlawful to put yard debris in the garbage.
Garbage with yard debris mixed in will not be collected.
Kitchen food scrap containers
A kitchen food scrap container makes it easy to collect kitchen food scraps and food soiled paper. King County
has kitchen collection containers available
at a subsidized rate to encourage waste reduction by composting.
To avoid odors & fruit flies and maintain clean Food Scraps Buckets, you can:ยท
- Use a Kitchen food scrap container (link to above paragraph) to collect food scraps and food soiled paper.
- Empty food scraps into the yard waste, food scraps and food soiled cart daily.
- Wrap food scraps in newspaper or collect them in
green compostable kitchen bags.
- Rinse kitchen container and yard waste cart frequently.
- Line kitchen container with a used paper bag or towel.
- Sprinkle baking soda in kitchen container.
For more help with odors or flies: Contact the lawn and gardening hotline at 206-633-0224.
Approved Yard Debris Bags
Residents can use paper bags for yard debris collection in addition to the Allied Waste yard debris cart.
Following is a list of stores that carry paper yard debris bags in the area:
Christmas Tree Collection
- Yard Debris customers can set Christmas trees out on their regularly scheduled collection day.
- Trees must be free of flocking, tinsel, ornaments and metal hangers, cut to 4' lengths and tied into
bundles less than 2' wide. Use biodegradable string or twine - no nylon, plastic or other synthetic materials.
- Flocked trees are not recyclable and will not be accepted. Put flocked trees in the garbage.
Haul Yard Debris to the Transfer Station (the Dump)
