Edmonds, WA Trash & Recycling: Recycling Rules (2026)
Key Facts
- Citation
- ECC 7.80.010; 7.80.020(A)
- Hauler certification
- WUTC (state utilities commission)
- Covered properties
- Residential and commercial in serviced areas
- Customer classes
- Nonmultifamily, multifamily, commercial
- Program review
- Council review after ~1 year of operation
Summary
Edmonds City Code Chapter 7.80 defines the citywide recycling services WUTC-certificated haulers must offer in Edmonds. Section 7.80.010 sets the purpose, and Section 7.80.020(A) defines a hauler as any corporate entity certified by the Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission to collect trash in the city.
The purpose of this subsection is to define levels of city wide recycling services which shall be made available to all residential dwellings and commercial establishments in areas serviced by WUTC certificated waste haulers operating in the city of Edmonds. ... A. ... “Haulers” means those corporate entities currently, or in the future, certified by the Washington State Utilities and Transportation Commission to collect trash in the city of Edmonds. As of March 1990, the three haulers are Lynnwood Disposal, Sound Disposal and Northwest Garbage Company, Inc.
Official source re-checked September 8, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: current through Ordinance 4444, passed August 3, 2026).
Full Breakdown
010 states the purpose of the chapter is to define levels of citywide recycling service available to every residential dwelling and commercial establishment in areas served by WUTC-certificated waste haulers operating in Edmonds. 020(A) then defines who those haulers are: corporate entities currently, or in the future, certified by the Washington State Utilities and Transportation Commission to collect trash in the city. , though certification and ownership can change over the decades since that ordinance was written, so residents should confirm their current provider's WUTC certification rather than relying on the 1990s roster. 030. 070, and it can adjust how recycling services are provided based on participation rates, customer satisfaction and comparative rates.
Violations & Fines
The definitions and purpose sections carry no direct penalty; the operative recycling service standards and their monitoring requirements sit in Section 7.80.030 and Section 7.80.060, and a hauler that fails to hold WUTC certification would fall outside the chapter's authorization to collect trash and recyclables in Edmonds at all.
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