Shoreline, WA Trash & Recycling: Pickup Rules & Schedules (2026)

Chapter 13.14's pickup rules set hard weight ceilings by container size so the authorized collection company's crews and equipment can service a route safely. Under § 13.14.070, a 20-gallon minican is capped at 45 pounds, a 32-gallon can or toter at 65 pounds, a 64-gallon toter at 200 pounds and a 96-gallon toter at 250 pounds; larger detachable and drop-box containers scale up from 1,000 pounds per cubic yard to 16,000 pounds for a 20 to 40 yard roll-off box. The same section requires that a container's contents dump out readily when inverted, so packed or frozen loads that will not empty are noncompliant even if they are under the weight limit.

Section 13.14.090 adds an access requirement for the route from the set-out point to the loading location: every walk, path and driveway used to move a receptacle to the truck must keep an unrestricted overhead clearance of at least eight feet, which rules out low branches, wires or awnings along that path. These pickup standards work alongside § 13.14.080's placement rules and § 13.14.030, which gives the city manager authority to determine whether a receptacle's condition is satisfactory for use. Overweight or inaccessible receptacles are the kind of receptacle problem the code treats as a compliance issue for the property, not simply a service inconvenience for the hauler.