Spokane Municipal Code

Title 13 Public Utilities and Services

Chapter 13.02 Solid Waste

Article III. Collection

Section 13.02.0310 Collection Schedule – Container Placement Deadlines

1. Collection services are scheduled in three work shifts:

1. 1. Night Schedule.

Collection occurs after ten p.m. until six-thirty a.m. of the collection day.

1. For purposes of reference, the collection day for night service is reckoned as that calendar day that starts before midnight, although the night shift actually continues into a new calendar day after midnight.

2. Night schedule is primarily for the central city collection area.

3. Some containers are placed out in right-of-way areas for collection.

4. The deadline for container placement for pickup is eight p.m.

5. After collection, containers must be returned to their regular storage area promptly, but no later than seven a.m. or two hours after collection by the department, whichever occurs last.

6. The above rules apply to both refuse and recycling containers.

1. 2. Early Day Schedule.

Collection occurs any time after five a.m. of the collection day.

1. Early day schedule is primarily for commercial container customers outside the central city collection area.

2. The deadline for all commercial container placement for pickup is five a.m.

3. After collection, containers must be returned to their storage area promptly, but no later than two hours after collection by the department.

4. The above rules apply to both refuse and recycling containers.

1. 3. Regular Day Schedule.

Regular day schedule is primarily for residential automated cart customers outside the central city collection area.

1. The deadline for container placement for pickup is six a.m.

2. Collection occurs any time after six a.m. of the collection day.

3. After collection, containers not regularly stored at the container pickup location must be removed from the pickup location and returned to their regular storage area, out of general curbside, sidewalk or pickup area visibility promptly, but no later than nine p.m. in the evening of the collection day.

2. Collection times for recycling are the same as general mixed solid waste, unless different specific arrangements are made with the customer, except residential recycling customers (single-family and multi-unit dwellings) served by the night schedule for general solid waste will receive early day service for recycling pickup.

1. 1. Said residential customers must have recycling containers at the collection pickup location no later than six a.m. of the collection day.

1. 2. All containers must be removed from the curb by nine p.m. in the evening of the collection day.

Date Passed: Monday, August 28, 2023

Effective Date: Monday, January 1, 2024

ORD C36440 Section 1