Renton, WA Trash & Recycling: Pickup Rules & Schedules (2026)
Key Facts
- Residential collection window
- 7:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m., 1 day/week
- Commercial collection window
- 4:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m., up to daily
- Curbside set-out limit
- No more than 24 hrs before pickup
- Cart removal limit
- Within 24 hrs after collection
- Business-zone sidewalk placement
- 5:00 p.m. prior day to 9:30 a.m.
- Violation classification
- Misdemeanor plus public nuisance
Summary
Renton sets garbage collection for single-family homes and duplexes once weekly, 7:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, with recycling on the same weekly cycle. Carts can go curbside no more than 24 hours before pickup and must come back in within 24 hours after.
B. Regular collections of garbage from single-family units and duplexes shall be made one day per week between the hours of seven o'clock (7:00) A.M. and four o'clock (4:00) P.M., Monday through Friday, unless the City authorizes a temporary extension of hours... K. Unlawful Placement and Removal of Garbage Cans, Recycling Bins and Yard Waste Carts: It shall be unlawful for a person residing in a single-family residence to place garbage, recyclables, or yard waste at the curbside for collection by the City's collection contractor more than 24 hours prior to the regular collection date for his or her single-family residence.
Official source re-checked September 8, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: current through Ordinance 6197, passed August 10, 2026).
Full Breakdown
, Monday through Friday, unless the City authorizes a temporary extension of hours. Recycling for single-family units, duplexes and multi-family residences is collected one day per week in that same window, and yard waste follows the same weekly day as garbage collection, except mobile home courts, which get yard waste pickup only by separate agreement with the City and its contractor. , unless the City extends those hours. Placement is separately regulated: RMC 8-1-4(K) makes it unlawful for a single-family resident to set garbage, recyclables or yard waste at the curb more than 24 hours before the regular collection date, or to leave the empty cans, bins or carts at the curb more than 24 hours after collection.
Between pickups, containers must sit adjacent to the residence or inside a fully enclosed building or garage, not stored anywhere else on the lot. the day of collection. Once waste is set out at an approved location, RMC 8-1-4(N) transfers ownership to the City's collection contractor and bars anyone else from removing it.
Violations & Fines
Violating the placement, scavenging or unlawful-use provisions of RMC 8-1-4 is a misdemeanor under RMC 8-1-4(O), enforceable under the general penalty at RMC 1-3-1. A violation is also declared a public nuisance under RMC 8-1-6, making the violator liable for cleanup costs, damages and attorney's fees incurred to abate it, on top of any misdemeanor penalty. The Planning/Building/Public Works Administrator, per RMC 8-1-5, supervises collection and disposal citywide.
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