Garbage and recycling are collected as usual from both residential and commercial customers on all weekday holidays except Thanksgiving, December 25, and January 1.
If your collection day falls on Thanksgiving, December 25, or January 1, your service will be delayed one day. If your regular collection day comes after collection has been delayed because of a holiday, your service will also be one day later that week. For example, if your regular service day falls on Thanksgiving Day, your pickup day for that week will be adjusted forward one day to Friday and customers with a regular Friday pickup will receive service on Saturday.
SNOW AND BAD WEATHER CONDITIONS
During periods of bad weather, Waste Management becomes very concerned about public safety and the well being of their drivers who have to drive and walk in these hazardous conditions. When they are unable to perform collections safely, collection will cease temporarily. If you find that Waste Management has not collected your garbage, recycled materials or yard waste on such a day, please remove your carts from the sidewalk or street and store your material until the following week when your driver can safely collect two weeks' worth of materials at no extra cost. Since a double load of garbage and recycling is collected on your next regular service day, no credits will be issued for the service day missed due to inclement weather.
The City of Kirkland and Waste Management sincerely apologize for any inconvenience and hope you will understand!
NEW!
If garbage service is cancelled two consecutive weeks in a row due to weather, Waste Management will deploy garbage and regular recycling collection vehicles at sites throughout the City. Customers can bring their garbage and recyclables to each site between 9am and 4pm at no extra cost. The collection sites for each service day are listed below:
| Regular Service Day |
Collection Site 1 |
Collection Site 2 |
Collection Site 3 |
| Monday |
132nd Square Park |
Everest Park |
NA |
| Tuesday |
132nd Square Park |
Heritage Park |
Juanita Beach Park |
| Wednesday |
Juanita Beach Park |
Kirkland Maintenance Center |
NA |
| Thursday |
Juanita Beach Park |
NA |
NA |
| Friday |
Everest Park |
Juanita Beach Park |
NA |
| Collection Site: |
Address: |
| 132nd Square Park |
13159 132nd Ave NE |
| Juanita Beach Park |
9703 NE Juanita Dr |
| Everest Park |
500 8th St. S |
| Heritage Park |
111 Waverly Way |
| Kirkland Maintenance Center |
904 8th St. |
Note: Some collection days have multiple sites, others just have one.
During these periods, collection announcements will be forwarded to various radio stations (KIRO 710 AM, KOMO 1000 AM and KING 1090 AM). You can refer to the
Collection Day Bulletin Board
for collection updates and for tips on managing extra garbage and recycling. You can also call Waste Management Customer Service at (800) 592-9995.
HOLIDAY TREE-CYCLING
The Boy Scouts of America and Waste Management will both be offering tree-cycling services this holiday season.
Boy Scout Troop 570 will be collecting and recycling holiday trees on January 7-8, 2012 as part of their annual fundraiser. Suggested donation is $15. For more, information, visit the Troop 570 website.
Whole, unflocked trees will be collected from Tuesday, January 3, to Friday, January 13, 2012 by Waste Management at no additional costs. Please remove all tinsel and lights from the tree. For residents with curbside waste collection, place your tree next to your grey yard waste cart on your regular collection day. For residents in apartments and condos, place your tree next to your garbage cart(s) or dumpster(s). The trees will be collected from there.
Questions? Please contact the City of Kirkland at (425) 587-3812 or recycle@kirklandwa.gov.