(Map updated as of 4:02 pm with areas where WSB’ers have reported trash and/or recycling pickup)
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As we reported last night, Seattle Public Utilities says it’s going to try to reach Monday-pickup homes today — for trash/recycling, NOT yard waste — and that would mean the first pickup in three weeks for West Seattle’s Monday neighborhoods. We’re opening this post for any updates on the trash situation during the day – both your sightings of trash trucks (leave a comment, or e-mail us) and also any new information we get.
9:40 AM UPDATE: Thanks for the updates! MargL sent the first “photographic proof” from Arbor Heights, when recycling pickup showed up first:
We’ve also received e-mail about sightings at 47th/Erskine and 64th/Hinds. Crunching a quick Google Map just to note where they’ve been so far. 10:36 AM NOTE: It’s REALLY windy out there right now … hope the accumulated, not-yet-picked-up trash/recycling is well-battened-down.
11:22 AM UPDATE: This note from Cass in Gatewood:
I just spoke with my recycling guy, who did pick up *all* my recycle. I asked him if he got paid for the 2 weeks he had to take off because the city wouldn’t plow the streets. NO PAY. He said he was new, so he didn’t have any accrued vacation time. It’s not HIS fault that he couldn’t work, so I don’t think he should’ve had to take vacation pay anyway. I told him they should sue the city for lost wages, and he looked at me like I was nuts. How many people lost wages because of this fiasco????? And the retailers who went broke?
11:39 AM UPDATE: Noted this in the comment section, but we’ve had a sighting in our neighborhood (this was on Sullivan near California):
Keep the sightings coming, and we’ll keep updating the Google Map that’s now atop this post. 2:14 PM UPDATE: Another truck has just passed through our neighborhood. By the way, a few scattered people around WS have reported yard-waste pickup too, though city reps had told us that was going to wait till after they caught up with trash and recycling. 2:33 PM UPDATE: Scott C sends word of a truck sighting along Alki Ave’s condo row – and a photo:
5:23 PM UPDATE: We just came back from a drive around some of West Seattle’s main streets. Saw a truck heading southbound on the south stretch of Beach Drive. Meantime, the latest official news release from Seattle Public Utilities came in while we were out – read on (note the update on yard waste):
Solid waste contractors picked up regularly scheduled Monday garbage and recycling today, and collections will be continued on a normal schedule this week for Tuesday and Wednesday customers. Due to the New Year’s holiday, Thursday (Jan. 1) customers will be collected on Friday, and Friday customers will be collected on Saturday.
All garbage and most recycling pickup is expected to be completed throughout Seattle by this Saturday, Jan. 3.
Yard waste service — including Christmas tree pickup — will be resumed next week for residential customers. Check your schedule for your next yard waste pickup date. Extra yard waste will be collected at no additional charge, through Friday, Jan. 16.
“SPU is working this week to get garbage collections back on track after the unprecedented winter storm,” said Hans Van Dusen, the city’s solid waste contracts manager. “If customers’ garbage has not been picked up on their appointed day this week, we want them to call us so that we can fix the problem.”
If for some reason your garbage has not been collected by 6 p.m. on your scheduled day, please call SPU’s Call Center, at 206-684-3000.
There will be no additional charge for extra garbage collected through this Saturday, Jan 3. (Recycling is always collected for free.) When setting out extra waste, customers are encouraged to place perishable food items in their collection containers and set bagged non-perishable items next to the containers.
Customers who have had their collections missed can also take their waste to Seattle’s Recycling and Disposal stations, where it will be accepted at no charge through Saturday, Jan. 3. Yard waste can be disposed of at the transfer stations through Friday, Jan. 16. The stations will be closed on New Year’s Day, Thursday, Jan. 1.
SPU’s Call Center — 206-684-3000 — will be open extended hours this week, as well as on New Year’s Day and this weekend, to take calls from customers who have been missed on their normal pickup day this week. The Center is normally closed on holidays and weekends, but messages can be left during non-working hours.
The Call Center schedule this week is:
— Monday, Dec. 29 — 7:30 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.
— Tuesday, Dec. 30 — 7:30 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.
— Wednesday, Dec. 31 — 7:30 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.
— Thursday, Jan. 1 (New Year’s Day) — 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
— Friday, Jan. 2 — 7:30 a.m. to 6 p.m.
— Saturday, Jan. 3 — 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
— Sunday, Jan. 4 — 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.
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