Auburn, WA Trash & Recycling: Holiday Pickup Schedule (2026)
Key Facts
- Holiday rule
- Collection shifts to next workday automatically
- Cart return window
- By the morning after the shifted pickup
- Governing section
- ACC 8.08.100(A)
- Holiday list source
- Set by contracted hauler, not the code
Summary
Auburn's solid waste code does not publish a list of skipped holidays but builds the shift directly into the set-out rule: whenever a scheduled collection day falls on a designated holiday, ACC 8.08.100 pushes pickup to the next workday automatically, and customers get until the following morning to return their cart to storage instead of the same-day deadline that otherwise applies.
...except when such established day for collection falls on a designated holiday, in which case collection will be conducted on the next succeeding workday, and the containers shall be removed and replaced to their appropriate storage location by the morning following collection.
Official source re-checked September 8, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: current through Ordinance 7023, passed July 6, 2026).
Full Breakdown
100(A) folds the holiday accommodation into the general container set-out rule rather than giving holidays their own section. The rule requires carts to be curbside by the service provider's scheduled start time on the normal collection day and back in storage within a reasonable time afterward, except when that established day for collection falls on a designated holiday, in which case collection is conducted on the next succeeding workday, and the containers must be removed and replaced to their storage location by the morning following collection.
That means a customer whose route runs on a holiday closing does not need to guess: the hauler runs the route on the next business day, and the customer has until the following morning, rather than a generic reasonable time after a normal pickup, to move the cart back off the curb. 070 is charged with administering. 110.
Violations & Fines
Leaving a cart at the curb well beyond the extended holiday-week return deadline exposes the owner to the same nuisance and cleanliness enforcement that applies on a normal week: notice from the service provider to the administrator, followed by the penalties set out in ACC 8.08.250, enforced through the civil infraction process of Chapter 1.25 ACC.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Sources & Official References
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