Republic Services of Unincorporated South King County, WA
Look to us, rely on us for solid waste and recycling solutions. Your local team at Republic Services is devoted to meeting your needs every day. Servicing unincorporated areas around
Customer service
Residential
Commercial
Office hours
Monday - Friday 8:00 am - 5:00 pm; Saturday CLOSED
Holiday schedule
We observe the following holidays:
New Year's Day
Thanksgiving Day
Christmas Day
If your collection day falls on the holiday, your collection will be delayed one day.
Regional facilities
13800 SE 32nd St
Bellevue, WA 98005
Hours:
Monday - Friday: 6:30 am – 4:00 pm
Saturday & Sunday: 8:30 am – 5:30 pm
13800 SE 32nd St
Bellevue, WA 98005
Hours:
Monday - Friday: 8:00 am – 4:00 pm
Saturday & Sunday: 9:00 am – 5:30 pm
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Service collection calendars
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2025 calendars
How can we help?
Recycling, organics, & garbage guides
In order to better serve all of our customers, we offer our recycling posters and guidelines in 11 different languages in addition to English. We strive to provide the most accurate and up-to-date information we can to our customers. The guides below offer valuable information about garbage, organics, recycling, expanded recycling, and hazardous waste guidelines.
Kid's corner
Download these fun games to add to your recycling knowledge.
Find more age-appropriate educational materials at
Trash day maze
Help the truck driver navigate his route to pick up the neighborhood’s trash and recycling. Download
Electronics word search
Our electronics are tangled. Can you help find which electronics are recyclable? Download
Outdoors bingo
Take a walk around your neighborhood with this Bingo sheet. Find four in a row! Download
Visit our Seattle Recycling & Learning Center
The Seattle, WA interactive learning center was designed to educate community groups, students, sustainability leaders, and our governmental partners about recycling. Visitors will experience a first-hand view of the recycling process at our education center through a presentation, educational videos, interactive displays, and various activities tailored to your group.
Plan your Recycling Education Center visit
Private meetings, field trips and educational facility visits
- Submit a visit request for current appointment availability
- Appointments available M-F, 9:30 am to 3:00 pm
- Minimum group size of 3 is required for an appointment
- Learning Center capacity is 49 people
- Minors must be accompanies by an adult
- Due to safety concerns, young children are not allowed in our MRF
Learn about the recycling process
Groups may include:
- School groups
- Government agents
- Clubs
- Sustainable leaders/groups
- And many more!
FAQs
Your answers for waste and recycling services in Unincorporated South King County, WA.
Dumpsters
Dumpster/Debris boxes, from 10 to 40 yards, are available for household remodeling, landscape projects, site clean-up, or other projects. Rates vary depending upon box size and filled weight.
Please complete the Customer Support form at the bottom of this page or call customer service at:
Residential: 206-682-9735
Commercial: 253-872-7220
Recycling, Yard Waste, Bulk Waste, HHW, Electronics & More
Please do not place household hazardous waste in your garbage, recycling, or organics container. This includes, but is not limited to, products labeled "Danger," "Hazardous," or "Poison".
Residents should visit
Washington State typically applies a mandatory fee to businesses which generate dangerous waste. Businesses can find more information
PAPER (clean, dry, and unsoiled)
- Paperback books
- Boxes, packages
- Carbonless paper
- Cardboard (please flatten to fit in cart)
- Catalogs
- Colored & construction paper
- Coupons
- Envelopes with metal clasps
- Envelopes (please REMOVE plastic windows)
- Gift Wrap (non-metallic)
- Junk mail
- Magazines
- Manila folders
- Newspapers and inserts
- Office paper
- Paper bags
- Paper packaging with remnant tape
- Paperboard boxes (cereal & shoe boxes - please remove inner plastic bags)
- Paper towel and toilet paper tubes
- Telephone books
- Tissue paper (gift type)
METAL (empty, clean, and dry)
- Aluminum cans – such as for beverages
- Food cans (clean) – such as cans of soup, tuna, beans, tomatoes, etc.
- Lids 3” or wider in diameter
- Pet food cans (rinsed out)
- Steel cans
- Scrap metal (maximum 2’ x 2’ x 2’ and less than 50lbs)
GLASS (empty, clean, and dry)
- Rinsed and dry, labels are OK
- All colors accepted; place lids and caps in garbage
- Bottles
- Jars
Note: Window glass and mirrors are NOT acceptable.
PLASTIC (empty, clean, and dry)
- Plastics - not all plastics with a number are recyclable - go by shape instead. You can recycle clean, empty and dry plastic bottles, tubs, jugs, and cups.
- Bleach bottles
- Detergent bottles
- Lids and caps (3" or more in diameter)
- Milk jugs
- Juice, sports drinks, and soda bottles
- Salad dressing bottles (rinsed)
- Shampoo and conditioning bottles
No. Do not place plastic bags in your curbside bins for recycling.
The best way to recycle your plastic bags is to bundle them, clean and dry, in one bag and bring them to a store that collects them for recycling. Visit King County's
Plastic film recycling locations:
Non-recyclables contaminate recycling loads making it more difficult to turn recyclables into new products. This threatens the sustainability of the entire recycling system.
Some items may also contaminate clean recyclable items (for example: pasta sauce in a dirty jar can soak into clean office paper which is then no longer recyclable).
If our drivers notice a lot of contamination in your recycle cart, we may not be able to service it as recycling and may tag it to have it serviced as trash (in which case you may be charged).
When in doubt...find out or throw it out in the garbage.
Recyclables should always be
If you do not have a food and yard waste container, bag your food scraps and place into the garbage.
If you want to add Organics service to your account, please call Customer Service at 206-682-9735.
Please make sure all containers are
If an item is too oily or dirty, please throw it in the landfill cart or dumpster so as not to contaminate clean recyclables in the blue recycling cart.
It is illegal in Washington to improperly dispose of oil. Please take used motor oil and oil filters to one of the
Take used oil to approved
Find authorized E-Cycle Washington collection sites, and members of the Take it Back Network at
Residential and multifamily customers may drop-off used cooking oil at
For special curbside pickup, please complete the Customer Support form at the bottom of this page or call customer service at:
Residential: 206-682-9735
Commercial: 253-872-7220
- Fees will apply per item (see Rates above)
- Consider getting small appliances fixed for free at a
King County repair café .- Visit
King County - Fix it events for more information. - For small appliances (2ft x 2ft x 2ft or smaller and less than 60 lbs.), visit
King County - What do I do with...? for drop-off sites.
- Visit
- No single item may weigh more than 50 pounds or be longer than 4 feet. Bags cannot weigh more than 50 pounds.
- No large car parts (tires, transmission blocks, engines, etc.), furniture, or mattresses.
- Mattresses can be scheduled for a special pickup for a fee. Please call Republic Services at 206-682-9735 for a quote and to schedule.
- Mattresses and box springs (up to 6 per customer per day) can also be disposed of at any King County Transfer Station, or they can be recycled through programs throughout the area. Visit
King County - What do I do with? for more information.
- No rocks, dirt, or concrete and no tree stumps or large tree trunks.
- No hazardous waste including paint, car batteries, solvents, pesticides, and cleaners. Hazardous waste must be disposed of separately.
- Visit
HazWasteHelp.org for more information.
- Visit
Fluorescent tubes and bulbs contain mercury which is toxic to human and animal health. Please do not put fluorescent tubes or bulbs in your recycling, garbage, or yard waste containers.
- Find a drop-off site at
King County - What do I do with? . These options are often free. - You can also find local businesses that accept fluorescent tubes and bulbs at
LightRecycle.org .
Only cans with trace amounts of dry, hardened paint can be disposed of in your trash cart. It is illegal to dispose of liquid paint in your trash.
- Use cat litter or paint hardener to dry out unused paint.
- If you have oil-based paint or solvents, please take them to a
King County Hazardous Waste site .
Medical Sharps
Republic offers simple and convenient
King County Public Health Drop Boxes
Another option is to place sharps in a puncture proof container (like a detergent bottle or 2-liter soda bottle) and tape lid to close securely. Drop the container in one of the Public Health Center's 24/7 outdoor drop boxes:
Auburn Public Health Center , Phone: 206-477-0600- 901 Auburn Way North, Suite A, Auburn
Eastgate Public Health Center , Phone: 206-477-8000- 14350 SE Eastgate Way, Bellevue
Federal Way Public Health Center , Phone: 206-477-6800- 33431 13th Place S, Federal Way
- NOTE: If your items will not fit in the drop box, please bring them inside to the Health Center's reception desk. If you encounter this problem when the clinic is closed, you may need to return to the clinic and dispose of your sharps during normal business hours in order to assure safety for all.
- Check if your local pharmacy offers sharps take-back programs.
Additional Sharps resources and information for King County:
Medicine Returns
Unwanted or expired medicines are not accepted for disposal in the trash or at any transfer station, nor should they be disposed of down the drain. Find a safe disposal location
No. Styrofoam® is not recyclable.
Styrofoam® must be bagged and placed in the garbage.
Drop-off locations like
Animal weighing 15 pounds or less may be placed in your garbage can as long as they are double bagged.
Animals weighing more than 15 pounds need to be taken to a rendering plant, veterinary clinic, animal shelter, pet cemetery or buried on the owner’s property. You can find more information and options
- Please double bag dog waste and other pet waste and place into the garbage cart.
- Do NOT place it in the Organics cart.
- Do NOT place it in the Recycling cart.
Please do not put shredded paper in your recycling cart. Shredded paper should be bagged and placed in the garbage.
Better yet, take your documents to a Shred Events. You can find local events on
Services
Residential: 206-682-9735
- Thanksgiving
- Christmas
- New Year’s Day
If your collection falls on or after that day during the collection week, your pick-up day will shift to the following day, excluding Sundays. (If New Year’s Day falls on Monday, those normally collected on Monday will be collected on Tuesday; Tuesday customers will be collected on Wednesday; Wednesday customers will be collected on Thursday; Thursday customers will be collected on Friday, and Friday customers will be collected on Saturday.)
Billing & Accounts
- Single family customer are billed quarterly (every 3 months).
- Multifamily and commercial customers are billed monthly.
