solid waste Archives - Seattle City Council Insight

Will Seattle meet its recycling goals, and would switching to every-other-week garbage collection help?

On 07/09/2019 By Kevin Schofield In utilities

This morning, Council members Herbold, O’Brien and Sawant discussed with leaders of Seattle Public Utilities whether the city should switch to garbage pickup every other week, as was investigated in a pilot program in 2012. SPU and the Mayor think not; the three Council members, however, are championing the idea.

Council mulls over terms of solid waste disposal contract

On 03/27/2017 By Kevin Schofield In utilities

Seattle generates a little over 300,000 tons of non-recycled solid waste per year. The contract for hauling away and disposing of all that garbage, under the auspices of Seattle Public Utilities (SPU), has been in place since 1990 and runs until 2028. But the Council is now arguing over whether it should opt out in order to put it out to bid for the first time in over a quarter century.

SPU solid waste rate increase passes out of committee

On 08/10/2016 By Kevin Schofield In committee, tax, utilities

Yesterday in the Civil Rights, Utilities, Economic Development and Arts Committee, the proposed tax increase for solid waste services and the accompanying rate increases for Seattle Public Utilities were approved and sent on to the full Council for final approval next week.