Puyallup, WA Trash & Recycling: Recycling Requirements (2026)
Key Facts
- Who supplies container
- City's contractor, on written request
- Multifamily request
- Written notice or by phone
- Container ownership
- Stays with the property
- Replacement cost
- Billed to owner, plus sales tax
- Nonpayment consequence
- Reverts to nonrecycling after 30 days
Summary
Puyallup's contractor supplies a city-approved recycling container to any single-family or multifamily property whose owner requests recycling service under Puyallup Municipal Code § 6.12.130. The container stays with the property, and the owner is responsible for its security: a lost, stolen or damaged bin is billed to the owner at replacement cost plus sales tax, and unpaid replacement charges convert the account back to nonrecycling service.
The contractor will provide a city-approved recycling container for each single-family residence within the city limits whose owner requests recycling service by notifying the contractor in writing. These containers are to be used solely for the recyclable materials to be collected by the contractor. The containers stay with the property and the property owner is responsible for the security of the container. If the container is lost, stolen or damaged beyond repair, the property owner will be charged for the purchase price of the replacement bin including sales tax. If the bin replacement cost is not paid within 30 days of the date billed, the solid waste service will be changed from recycling to nonrecycling. ... The contractor shall provide all recycling containers for those multifamily residences within the city limits whose owner requests recycling service by notifying the contractor in writing or by phone.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: rev 4985225; v6 updated 2026-07-21; through 07-21-2026).
Full Breakdown
130 sets the ground rules for how a Puyallup property gets and keeps a recycling container. Service is opt-in for both housing types: a single-family owner must notify the contractor in writing to receive a container, and a multifamily owner may notify the contractor in writing or by phone. Once assigned, the container is reserved solely for recyclable materials collected under the city's program and may not be used for other purposes. The container is treated as attached to the property rather than the individual customer, meaning it stays behind if a resident moves, and the current property owner bears responsibility for keeping it secure.
130 puts the replacement cost, including sales tax, on the property owner. That charge is not open-ended: if it goes unpaid more than 30 days after billing, the code automatically converts the account from recycling back to nonrecycling service. Because the containers are city-approved equipment tied to the property, a resident cannot substitute a personal bin and expect it collected under the recycling program; only the contractor-issued container qualifies for pickup.
Violations & Fines
There is no separate misdemeanor penalty in PMC § 6.12.130 itself; the consequence is administrative. An owner who fails to pay a replacement charge for a lost, stolen or damaged container within 30 days of billing has their account automatically converted from recycling to nonrecycling service, losing recycling-rate billing until a new container is issued and paid for.
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