Kent, WA Trash & Recycling: Bulk Item Disposal (2026)

030(A) obligates the city's contracted collection companies, at no additional cost to the city or residents, to provide a semiannual residential cleanup in the spring and fall of each year for disposal of accumulated solid waste, with the public works director authorized to write administrative rules implementing that cleanup after consulting the collection companies. The same subsection requires collection companies to pick up Christmas trees each January. 020(C) permits limited and occasional self-hauling of solid waste, recyclable materials, or yard waste by a customer directly to an approved King County disposal site, though occasional haulers remain responsible for any site fees and are not exempt from the mandatory collection service charge.

020(B): $100 per year for haulers moving under 150 tons of solid waste per month, or $7,500 per year for haulers moving more than 150 tons per month, and permit holders must haul at least weekly for public health reasons. 010 definition of a garbage unit: no longer than four feet in the longest dimension and no more than sixty pounds, securely and tightly bundled so one person can load it onto the collection vehicle.