Bellevue, WA
City of Bellevue Utilities (collection by Republic Services).
Seattle, WA
Seattle, WA trash pickup by address.
Enter a Seattle, WA street address to check trash pickup as published by Seattle Public Utilities.
Setting out in Seattle Carts must be out by 7 a.m. on collection day, placed so the lids open toward the street or alley, and removed soon after pickup.
Trash Day Trends · Seattle, last 30 days
Monday is a trash day for 26% of Seattle homes we checked.
48% of checks here come the day before or the morning of trash day — most on Monday around 7 pm. See the national trends.
- +15%Checks vs last week
- 7 amCarts out byThe deadline in 48% of cities
Set-out rules
Cart and set-out rules in Seattle.
Carts must be out by 7 a.m. on collection day, placed so the lids open toward the street or alley, and removed soon after pickup.
Extra garbage may be set beside the cart for a per-unit charge, with each extra item limited to 60 pounds.
Carts need to be out by 7:00 a.m., placed so the lids open towards the street or the alley.
Extra garbage goes next to the garbage cart, and each extra item is capped at 60 lbs; a billable unit is a 32-gallon can, one large plastic bag, or a cart too full to close.
Extra yard waste sits beside the compost cart and can be a bundle tied with fiber twine up to 4 feet long and 2 feet in diameter, but no food waste is allowed in it.
Read from the official Seattle guidance on August 17, 2026; the linked source governs if anything here has changed.
Your collection day
Finding your Seattle pickup day.
Seattle sets pickup days address by address. Enter your address above to see yours.
How days are assigned
How Seattle assigns collection days.
Seattle publishes its collection routes as a map (Seattle Public Utilities Residential Garbage Routes): each route area carries a fixed weekday for trash; the lookup reads that area for your address.
We last checked Seattle on August 17, 2026: 6 of 6 addresses returned an exact collection day. The days they returned were Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. That is what our check saw, not a full list of Seattle's pickup days.
Local source
Seattle Public Utilities sets Seattle's collection days.
Seattle Public Utilities publishes collection days for Seattle; this page last read them on October 26, 2026. Service alerts, cart standards and missed-pickup reports belong with Seattle Public Utilities, not here.
Good to knowChecked against Seattle Public Utilities in Aug 2026.
Before pickup
What Seattle residents should verify.
Seattle Public Utilities provides address-based collection information for eligible Seattle properties.
Nearby
Around Seattle: nearby guides and who collects there.
The nearest guides to Seattle are Bellevue, Kirkland, Burien and Shoreline. Who collects, and on which days, can change at the boundary, so use the guide for the place your address is in.
Kirkland, WA
City of Kirkland (collection by WM).
Burien, WA
City of Burien (collection by Recology King County).
Shoreline, WA
Recology King County page for Shoreline.
Renton, WA
City of Renton Sustainability and Solid Waste Services.
Redmond, WA
City of Redmond.
Common questions
Questions residents ask.
What day is trash collected in Seattle, WA?
Seattle Public Utilities sets the pickup day for each address, and the lookup above reads it for yours.
Local source
Verify with Seattle Public Utilities.
The Seattle address result links Seattle Public Utilities directly.
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- Aug 2026
Collection services in Seattle
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