Garbage service in Seattle is expensive. Commercial recycling and compost services are 30-50 percent cheaper. Every item you can divert from your waste stream into a recycling or compost program has the opportunity to save your business money. Contact information for changing your service level can be found below.

Garbage:

1. The two contracted garbage haulers for Seattle are CleanScapes and Waste Management. To find out who your hauler is, click here for a map of the designated service areas.
2. To contact your garbage hauler (and to report missed pickup):

• CleanScapes:              (206) 250-7500
• Waste Management:   (800) 592-9995 or (206) 762-3000

Recycling:

3. Your business can choose any recycling company to collect your recycling. Call Resource Venture at 206-343-8505 to get a referral to a recycling company. To recycle specific materials, click on Recycle It  to find a recycler.

4. Have questions about what your business can recycle? Different haulers accept different materials, so call your recycler to clarify! Residential and commercial recycling guidelines are different.

5. If your business has a City of Seattle commercial garbage account (i.e. with CleanScapes or Waste Management), you are eligible for the free cart recycling program. This program gives you up to two 64-gallon carts for commingled recycling collected every other week.  To opt for this service or to ensure that you receive continuing service on your recycling carts, follow these simple steps:

• Identify your garbage service provider by clicking on the map of designated service areas.
• Call your garbage hauler:

         CleanScapes:                   (206) 250-7500
         Waste Management:        (800) 592-9995 or (206) 762-3000

• Request new or continued free cart recycling service

6. What can you recycle under the free cart recycling program? Click here to download a flyer.  

Food+ Compostables:

7. Who can provide food scrap and approved compostable packaging recycling service for your Seattle business?  Pick from this list of haulers:

• Cedar Grove Composting:   (877) 994-4466
• CleanScapes:                      (206) 250-7500 (City-contracted service provider)
• Waste Management:           (206) 762-3000

8. Don’t produce a lot of food scrap waste?  Consider opting for smaller capacity, lower-priced once weekly service. Please contact Tom Gannon, Senior Planner, Seattle Public Utilities, via phone (206-684-3453) or email tom.gannon@seattle.gov. 

9. What can you recycle through the commercial food scrap recycling program?  Click here for a flyer.
10. Questions about the Food Packaging Requirements? Click here. 

Clear Alleys Program

If your business is in the Belltown, Downtown, and Pioneer Square neighborhoods (PDF) and participating in the Clear Alleys Program (CAP), visit our CAP site for more information or contact Tom Gannon, Senior Planner, Seattle Public Utilities, at tom.gannon@seattle.gov or (206) 684-3453.

Additional questions? Call us at (206) 343-8505, or email help@resourceventure.org.