WEST SEATTLE SNOW: SPU cancels today’s trash, recycling, yard/food waste pickups; rest of week delayed

Here’s the official announcement of today’s cancellation, plus delays for the rest of the week, from Seattle Public Utilities:

Due to winter weather conditions, there will be no residential garbage, recycling, or food/yard waste pickup in Seattle today, Wednesday, February 5, 2025. SPU’s North and South transfer stations will open at 10 a.m. today.

Weather and road conditions permitting, garbage, recycling, and food/yard waste service will resume Thursday, February 6, on a revised schedule — with customers scheduled for pickup today, Wednesday, February 5, collected tomorrow. All remaining residential services will be delayed one day this week. For example, if your regular collection day is Friday, your garbage, recycling, and food/yard waste will be collected on Saturday this week. Customers should be sure to have their containers out by 7 a.m. to ensure collection.

If your materials are not picked up by the end of the following day, please put them out on your next regularly scheduled pickup day. Customers missed this week will be allowed to set out twice their normal amount of garbage, recycling, and yard waste at no additional charge, on their next scheduled collection day.

19 Replies to "WEST SEATTLE SNOW: SPU cancels today's trash, recycling, yard/food waste pickups; rest of week delayed"

  • Dewreck February 5, 2025 (10:24 am)

    They never made the Alki garbage pickup on Monday. Now what, smh 😒 

    • WSB February 5, 2025 (10:48 am)

      Hopefully you reported that to the missed-collection hotline. They obviously aren’t going to do any makeup runs today, though.

      • Bryan February 5, 2025 (11:13 am)

        Same situation in Delridge on Tuesday. We put submitted a missed collection form online so hoping for Thursday

      • ArabianRhino February 5, 2025 (11:21 am)

        They missed Gatewood Hill yesterday. I reported the missed collection 

    • B February 5, 2025 (11:14 am)

      Same for my block on Genesee Hill – garbage pickup missed Monday – called in to SPU

    • Gibby February 5, 2025 (12:41 pm)

      Most of the Wildwood/Fauntleroy zone was missed on Tuesday. I’m thinking it’s unlikely we’ll get picked up this week (especially if it snows again tonight), so we will double up next week. 

  • Dpilon February 5, 2025 (10:58 am)

    They never picked up garbage on our streeton Tuesday either 

  • Lola February 5, 2025 (11:18 am)

    The Garbage missed us on Monday 2.3.25.  I called them yesterday and we had P/U yesterday late at 8:30 pm last night.  I am at 50th & Alaska.  Call if they miss you so they know. 

  • Michael waldo February 5, 2025 (11:44 am)

    Missed our garbage pickup on Tuesday with notice, and now again today.

  • Tax Payer February 5, 2025 (1:33 pm)

    Didn’t pick up in fauntleroy/Morgan Junction area yesterday as normal either But recycle was picked up. 

  • K February 5, 2025 (1:58 pm)

    Well, tomorrow is supposed to be worse than today, so this week may be a loss.

    • WSB February 5, 2025 (2:09 pm)

      Take heart, today was worse than it was supposed to be (I went off watch at 2:30 with no hint of snow, then the text started going off at 4:40 after SPS made their call) so maybe tomorrow will be better than forecast ….

  • KM February 5, 2025 (5:08 pm)

    For what it’s worth, we had totally normal waste pickup on Tuesday in Sunrise Heights. I would definitely report it if you were missed, because not everyone was!

  • H2OK9 February 5, 2025 (5:11 pm)

    Jah bless  these guys !

  • Actually Mike February 5, 2025 (5:56 pm)

    This is pretty silly if you’ve ever lived where it *actually* snows (and yes, they have hills there, too.) You’d think that for what we pay them SPU might plan and prepare for the possibility of inclement conditions once in a while, and be able to carry on like pretty much every other city in the country does…

    • Alki Nellie February 5, 2025 (10:44 pm)

      I agree with this 100%!!

  • anonyme February 6, 2025 (5:43 am)

    No garbage pickup in Arbor Heights on Tuesday, and there was no snow on the ground.  I just took my bin back in rather than have it fill up with dog poop while waiting.

  • Kim February 6, 2025 (10:04 am)

    These guys took the week off and the streets have been clear.  WM used to be regular badasses.  What happened?

    • WSB February 6, 2025 (10:26 am)

      No, they didn’t “take the week off.” We had regular collection on Tuesday, for example, though some a few blocks north in Gatewood were skipped.

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