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City collection Furniture is named on the hauler's bulky item list, which covers a sofa couch with no sleeper sofas, a sectional sofa, a loveseat, a futon, recliners, a lounge chair, an ottoman, a dresser, a bookcase, a desk, an end table or nightstand as a set, a coffee table, a dining table and chairs as a set, a small entertainment center and a filing cabinet. No charge. Included in the free annual bulky item pickup for a Waste Management Auburn residential garbage customer, within the four item allowance, when the pickup is scheduled with the hauler on 253-939-9792. A set counts as one item where the sheet says so, such as a dining table and chairs.
City collection A mattress and box spring are on the hauler's bulky item furniture list, and the set counts as one item out of the four allowed each year. King County also recycles mattresses, futons and box springs at five transfer stations for a per item handling fee, and the new South County fact sheet lists mattresses among its recycling services. No charge. A mattress and box spring set counts as one item in the free annual bulky item pickup for a Waste Management Auburn residential garbage customer, scheduled on 253-939-9792. A household that takes the set to a King County transfer station instead pays the published handling fee for each item, or the disposal fee if it goes to one of the stations that disposes rather than recycles mattresses.
City collection The hauler's bulky appliance list covers a refrigerator or freezer that has been emptied, a stove, cook top or hood range, a clothes washer, a clothes dryer, a hot water heater, a dishwasher, a trash compactor, a window or floor air conditioner, a dehumidifier, a water cooler and a small furnace. King County does not accept major appliances for disposal except plastic dishwashers, and recycles them at five transfer stations. No charge. Included in the free annual bulky item pickup for a Waste Management Auburn residential garbage customer within the four item allowance, scheduled on 253-939-9792. A household that takes an appliance to King County instead pays the published recycling fee, which the county states is thirty dollars per unit for a refrigerant appliance such as a refrigerator, freezer, air conditioner, dehumidifier or heat pump, with no commercial appliances accepted.
City collection Waste Management collects garbage and yard plus food waste every week and recycling every other week from Auburn customers inside city limits under the city franchise, and the hauler handles customer service and billing directly. The city page does not publish a collection rate because the hauler bills the account directly, so confirm the amount on the WM bill or with WM customer service at 253-939-9792, where the hauler also takes start and stop requests, service level changes, billing questions and missed collection reports.
The highest first-item price applies once. Every remaining item uses its additional-item price. Loading, transportation and disposal are included. Applicable sales tax is shown before payment.
Selected customer reviews. Counts checked September 2026.
The local disposal guide
Will the city take it?
Auburn collects through a franchise: Waste Management has been the city's contracted hauler for all Auburn customers inside city limits since October 2021, taking garbage and yard plus food waste every week and recycling every other week, and it handles customer service and billing directly. The big item route is a free annual bulky item pickup, once a year, up to four large items, scheduled in advance and collected on the regular service day. The hauler's own list is unusually specific: appliances, furniture, mattresses where the set counts as one item, treadmills and other exercise machines, power equipment with the fluids removed, and a long miscellaneous list are all acceptable, while every kind of remodeling and building material, tires, hot tubs, propane tanks and hazardous material are refused. King County runs the disposal side and opened the South County Recycling and Transfer Station in Algona in 2026 with garbage disposal, recycling for mattresses, appliances, tires, clean wood, metal and more, and the first permanent household hazardous waste drop-off in South County, which is free for a King County household.
Weekly garbage, yard plus food waste and every other week recycling
Accepted with preparation
Waste Management collects garbage and yard plus food waste every week and recycling every other week from Auburn customers inside city limits under the city franchise, and the hauler handles customer service and billing directly.
City cost & eligibility
The city page does not publish a collection rate because the hauler bills the account directly, so confirm the amount on the WM bill or with WM customer service at 253-939-9792, where the hauler also takes start and stop requests, service level changes, billing questions and missed collection reports.
When & how
Put the carts out by 7 a.m. on the collection day or no earlier than 24 hours before it, and take them off public property no later than 24 hours after the collection day. The hauler observes only Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day and New Year's Day, a weekday holiday delays collection by one day for the rest of that week, and all other holidays leave the schedule alone.
Get it ready
Place the carts two feet apart with the lids opening toward the street and three feet from obstructions such as cars, trees, fences and mailboxes, using the grass planter strip between the curb and sidewalk where one exists. Where there is no planter strip, place the carts so they do not restrict the safe use of the street, sidewalk or bicycle lane. Report a missed collection to the hauler within 24 hours.
Every Auburn residential WM garbage customer gets one free bulky item collection a year, scheduled in advance and collected on the regular service day, for up to four large items.
City cost & eligibility
No charge. Free once a year for a Waste Management Auburn residential garbage customer, for up to four large items, when the pickup is scheduled in advance with the hauler on 253-939-9792 and the items meet the published limits. A household with more than four items or with refused material uses the county facilities instead, where fees apply.
When & how
Call the hauler to schedule the pickup, expect it on the regular service day, and be ready to tell the customer service agent which items are going to the curb.
Get it ready
Keep every item within the published limits: no single item over three hundred pounds or needing more than two people to lift, nothing longer than eight feet, nothing holding liquids such as oils or fuel, and cords and similar parts taped or tied closed. Keep refused material out of the pickup entirely, which means no household or food waste, no tires, no truck canopies, no riding lawn mowers, no hot tubs, no remodeling or building material and no hazardous waste.
Furniture is named on the hauler's bulky item list, which covers a sofa couch with no sleeper sofas, a sectional sofa, a loveseat, a futon, recliners, a lounge chair, an ottoman, a dresser, a bookcase, a desk, an end table or nightstand as a set, a coffee table, a dining table and chairs as a set, a small entertainment center and a filing cabinet.
City cost & eligibility
No charge. Included in the free annual bulky item pickup for a Waste Management Auburn residential garbage customer, within the four item allowance, when the pickup is scheduled with the hauler on 253-939-9792. A set counts as one item where the sheet says so, such as a dining table and chairs.
When & how
Schedule the pickup in advance and put the piece at the curb on the regular service day the hauler gives.
Get it ready
Keep the piece inside the three hundred pound, eight foot and no liquids limits, tape or tie loose cords and parts, and keep it out of a load that also carries refused material, because remodeling and building material, tires and hazardous waste cannot go on this pickup.
A mattress and box spring are on the hauler's bulky item furniture list, and the set counts as one item out of the four allowed each year. King County also recycles mattresses, futons and box springs at five transfer stations for a per item handling fee, and the new South County fact sheet lists mattresses among its recycling services.
City cost & eligibility
No charge. A mattress and box spring set counts as one item in the free annual bulky item pickup for a Waste Management Auburn residential garbage customer, scheduled on 253-939-9792. A household that takes the set to a King County transfer station instead pays the published handling fee for each item, or the disposal fee if it goes to one of the stations that disposes rather than recycles mattresses.
When & how
Schedule the annual pickup and put the set out on the regular service day, or take it to a King County transfer station that accepts mattresses for recycling.
Get it ready
Keep the set dry, because the county does not accept a wet mattress, futon or box spring at its recycling stations, and note that a stained or torn item is still accepted there. Keep it out of a load with refused material on the hauler side, and remember the county limits a customer to six mattress items per day without prior approval.
The hauler's bulky appliance list covers a refrigerator or freezer that has been emptied, a stove, cook top or hood range, a clothes washer, a clothes dryer, a hot water heater, a dishwasher, a trash compactor, a window or floor air conditioner, a dehumidifier, a water cooler and a small furnace. King County does not accept major appliances for disposal except plastic dishwashers, and recycles them at five transfer stations.
City cost & eligibility
No charge. Included in the free annual bulky item pickup for a Waste Management Auburn residential garbage customer within the four item allowance, scheduled on 253-939-9792. A household that takes an appliance to King County instead pays the published recycling fee, which the county states is thirty dollars per unit for a refrigerant appliance such as a refrigerator, freezer, air conditioner, dehumidifier or heat pump, with no commercial appliances accepted.
When & how
Schedule the annual pickup, or take the unit to one of the county transfer stations that recycle major appliances.
Get it ready
Empty a refrigerator or freezer before it goes out, as the hauler's list requires, and keep the unit off a load with refused material. A unit that still holds refrigerant is priced as a refrigerant appliance at the county, so tell the scale house what is in the load.
King County does not accept televisions, computers, monitors, laptops, cell phones or tablets at its solid waste facilities and sends residents to electronics recycling instead. Authorized E-Cycle Washington collection sites recycle computers and laptops, monitors and televisions free, while other electronics carry a fee, and the county's Take it Back Network covers a wider list.
City cost & eligibility
No charge. No charge for a computer or laptop, a monitor or a television at an authorized E-Cycle Washington collection site, which the county names as the free route. Other electronics are not covered by that program and carry a fee set by the recycler, so confirm the item and the price with the site before the trip.
When & how
Take the equipment to an authorized E-Cycle Washington collection site or a Take it Back Network member, and keep it out of the curbside carts and out of a county disposal load, because the county does not accept the devices at its facilities.
Get it ready
Erase personal data before the device leaves the house, remove and separate any battery so it can follow its own route, and check whether the item is one of the covered products before assuming the drop is free, because the electronics that are not part of the state program carry a recycler's fee.
The hauler refuses all remodeling and building material on the bulky pickup, and King County accepts construction and demolition waste at its facilities with restrictions, including that it is not accepted from vehicles with hydraulic or mechanized dump beds or dump trailers unless the construction waste is less than twenty percent of the load.
City cost & eligibility
From $40.25 for the King County garbage minimum for the first three hundred twenty pounds, with a per ton rate after that, a lower charitable organization rate, and clean untreated wood recycled at its own minimum and per ton rate. A load delivered to a King County solid waste facility by a customer who lives or does business in the county service area, which does not include Seattle or Milton. Payment is by credit card, cash or Apple Pay, a twenty five dollar unsecured load fee applies under the county code, and a customer with a ProviderOne, EBT or ORCA LIFT card can take the Cleanup LIFT discount.
When & how
Take the load to a county facility during its posted hours and arrive with a secured load, because an unsecured load is charged twenty five dollars.
Get it ready
Secure the load so nothing can slide, shift, fall or sift onto the roadway, separate clean untreated wood for the recycling rate if that is what the load is, and note that a hydraulic or mechanized dump bed or dump trailer is restricted unless the construction waste is a small share of the load. Keep hazardous material out of the load entirely, because the county does not accept it at its disposal facilities.
Tires are refused on the free bulky item pickup, and King County takes them at its facilities with limits: no tires from businesses, tires recycled at the Bow Lake, Factoria and Shoreline stations in the tire bins with a limit of four per customer, four or fewer passenger car tires per vehicle accepted for disposal at other transfer stations, and no large truck tires.
City cost & eligibility
The pages retained here do not print a tire price, so confirm the charge and the station that will take the load on the King County solid waste information line at 206-477-4466 before the trip. The count limits are published and the material and vehicle restrictions apply.
When & how
Take the tires to a county facility during posted hours, and keep within the four tire limit per customer at the recycling stations or the four or fewer passenger car tire allowance at the others.
Get it ready
Keep the load secured, keep business tires out entirely because the county does not accept tires from businesses, and keep large truck tires out as well because they are not accepted. Keep tires off the free bulky pickup, where they are refused.
Exercise and recreation equipment is named on the hauler's bulky item list, which covers a treadmill, a circuit trainer, a rowing machine, an exercise bike, an elliptical, a bicycle, a basketball hoop with the post separated from the base, and a metal swing set that is disassembled.
City cost & eligibility
No charge. Included in the free annual bulky item pickup for a Waste Management Auburn residential garbage customer within the four item allowance, scheduled on 253-939-9792, when the item meets the published size and weight limits.
When & how
Call the hauler to schedule the pickup and put the machine out on the regular service day, with anything that disassembles taken apart before it goes to the curb.
Get it ready
Separate a basketball hoop post from the base and disassemble a metal swing set, keep the item within the three hundred pound and eight foot limits, and remove oil, fuel and batteries from any power equipment so nothing liquid or hazardous goes out with the load.
Curbside recycling and the county recycling services
Accepted with preparation
Recycling runs every other week at the curb under the hauler's service, and the South County station takes mixed recycling that includes paper, cartons, books, cans, glass bottles and jars, plastics and metal, plus separate streams for mattresses, appliances, tires, clean wood, bicycles, textiles and styrofoam.
City cost & eligibility
Curbside recycling is part of the hauler's residential service with no separate charge published, while the county prices specific recycled materials rather than a general mixed recycling load, so confirm the cost of a self hauled recycling load on the King County solid waste information line at 206-477-4466.
When & how
Put the recycling cart out every other week on the collection day, or take a load to the South County station during its posted hours.
Get it ready
Keep the cart contents loose and acceptable, because the hauler tags a contaminated recycling cart to explain how to dispose of the unaccepted items. The county's mixed recycling list covers paper, junk mail, envelopes, newspapers, magazines, catalogs, cartons, hard and paperback books, aluminum and tin and steel cans, glass bottles and jars, plastic bottles, cups, jugs, tubs, pots, food containers, clamshells and trays, and lids three inches or larger.
The South County station includes the first permanent household hazardous waste drop-off in South County, and King County states that there is no fee to drop off household hazardous waste at its collection site for a King County resident, including a Seattle resident.
City cost & eligibility
No charge. No fee for a King County household to drop off household hazardous waste at the county collection site, and the county also accepts hazardous material at no fee from eligible businesses. The station's household hazardous waste window is closed on Wednesday, so the hours are checked before the trip.
When & how
Use the household hazardous waste window at the South County station: 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday, and 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday, closed Wednesday and closed on Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year's Day.
Get it ready
Keep hazardous material out of the garbage cart, the recycling cart and the bulky pickup, because the hauler refuses batteries, fluorescent fixtures and bulbs, hazardous materials and propane tanks, and the county does not accept hazardous waste at its disposal facilities. The station takes batteries including household, vehicle and marine batteries, thermostats and thermometers, mercury containing bulbs and tubes, oil based paints, thinners and solvents, motor oil, automotive products and antifreeze, propane and butane tanks, household cleaners, lawn and garden products, glues and adhesives, flammable liquids, and marine and road flares.
Garbage and yard plus food waste go out every week and recycling every other week. Put the carts out by 7 a.m. or no earlier than 24 hours before the collection day, two feet apart, lids opening toward the street, three feet from cars, trees, fences and mailboxes, and in the grass planter strip where one exists. Bring them in within 24 hours after collection, and report a missed pickup to Waste Management on 253-939-9792 within 24 hours.
Call Waste Management on 253-939-9792 to schedule the pickup, which happens on the regular service day, and put out up to four large items. No single item may weigh more than three hundred pounds or need more than two people to lift, nothing may be longer than eight feet, nothing may hold liquids such as oils or fuel, and cords are taped or tied closed. Remodeling and building material, tires, hot tubs, propane tanks, batteries and hazardous material are all refused.
The station is at 35101 W Valley Hwy S in Algona and serves customers who live or do business in King County's service area, which does not include Seattle or Milton. Vehicles and trailers together may not exceed forty feet, payment is by credit card, cash or Apple Pay, and a twenty five dollar unsecured load fee applies under the county code. The station takes mixed recycling plus mattresses, appliances, tires, clean wood, metal, bicycles and textiles, and its household hazardous waste window is free to a King County household.
Televisions, computers, monitors, laptops, cell phones and tablets are not accepted at King County disposal facilities. Authorized E-Cycle Washington collection sites recycle computers and laptops, monitors and televisions free, other electronics carry a recycler's fee, and the county's Take it Back Network covers the wider list. Erase personal data and remove batteries before the device leaves the house.
Use a permitted, accessible outdoor spot. Arrange the move out of your home, keep shared access clear and follow your confirmation’s readiness instructions. Check with your building about access or staging limits before booking.
Waste Management as the City of Auburn contracted hauler, with the King County Solid Waste Division and the South County Recycling and Transfer Station
Book the free annual bulky item pickup
A household with appliances, furniture, a mattress set, exercise equipment, power equipment or a miscellaneous large item that meets the published limits.
Cost & conditions
No charge. Free once a year for a Waste Management Auburn residential garbage customer, for up to four large items, scheduled in advance on 253-939-9792 and collected on the regular service day.
Arrange it
Call the hauler, say which items are going out, and set them at the curb on the regular service day the hauler confirms.
Only four items a year, no item over three hundred pounds or eight feet, nothing holding liquids, and no household or food waste, remodeling or building material, tires, truck canopies, riding lawn mowers, hot tubs, batteries, fluorescent bulbs, hazardous material or propane tanks.
Waste Management as the City of Auburn contracted hauler, with the King County Solid Waste Division and the South County Recycling and Transfer Station
Self haul to the South County station
A household with construction debris, tires, clean wood, metal, textiles, extra recycling or a load the annual pickup will not take.
Cost & conditions
From $40.25 for the King County garbage minimum for the first three hundred twenty pounds, with a per ton rate after that, a charitable organization rate below the standard one, a mattress recycling fee per item, a refrigerant appliance fee per unit and a clean wood recycling rate of its own. A customer who lives or does business in King County's service area, which does not include Seattle or Milton. Payment is by credit card, cash or Apple Pay, and a customer with a ProviderOne, EBT or ORCA LIFT card can take the Cleanup LIFT discount, which does not apply to businesses or to Seattle and Milton residents.
Arrange it
Secure the load, drive to 35101 W Valley Hwy S in Algona during posted hours, and pay at the scale house before unloading.
A twenty five dollar unsecured load fee applies, vehicles and trailers together may not exceed forty feet, major appliances are not accepted for disposal and have to go to the recycling side, televisions, computers, cell phones and tablets are not accepted at all, tires are limited, and hydraulic or mechanized dump beds and dump trailers face restrictions on construction and demolition loads.
Waste Management as the City of Auburn contracted hauler, with the King County Solid Waste Division and the South County Recycling and Transfer Station
Recycle a mattress at a King County station
A household that would rather haul a mattress, futon or box spring than use the annual pickup.
Cost & conditions
$30 per item at the King County transfer stations that accept mattresses, futons and box springs for recycling, with a limit of six items per customer and a separate per item disposal fee at the stations that dispose rather than recycle. A customer who lives or does business in King County's service area, which does not include Seattle or Milton. The recycling stations are Bow Lake, Enumclaw, Factoria, Shoreline and Vashon, and the South County fact sheet lists mattresses among its recycling services as well.
Arrange it
Load the set and drive to one of the recycling stations during posted hours, keeping the items dry and counting the pieces against the six item limit.
No wet mattresses, futons or box springs are accepted, a stained or torn item is still accepted, more than six items per customer per day needs prior county approval, and the disposal fee applies at the stations that do not recycle.
Waste Management as the City of Auburn contracted hauler, with the King County Solid Waste Division and the South County Recycling and Transfer Station
Use the free household hazardous waste drop-off
A household with batteries, oil based paint, solvents, motor oil, antifreeze, propane tanks, cleaners, lawn products, glues, flammable liquids or flares.
Cost & conditions
No charge. No fee for a King County household to drop off household hazardous waste at the county collection site, and eligible businesses are also accepted at no fee. The site is closed on Wednesday.
Arrange it
Bring the material to the South County station's hazardous waste window on a day it is open and follow the staff directions at the collection point.
The window closes on Wednesday and on Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year's Day, latex paint is not part of the hazardous list, and hazardous material can never go in the garbage cart, the recycling cart or the bulky pickup.
County recycling, transfer and household hazardous waste station serving South King County
South County Recycling & Transfer Station
35101 W Valley Hwy S, Algona, WA 98001
Garbage disposal, mixed recycling covering paper, cartons, books, cans, glass bottles and jars, plastics and lids three inches or larger, plus separate recycling for mattresses, refrigerated appliances, metal including non refrigerated appliances, tires, clean untreated wood, bicycles and bicycle parts, styrofoam and plastic film, textiles, mercury containing bulbs and tubes and yard waste, along with a household hazardous waste collection for batteries, thermostats and thermometers, oil based paints, thinners and solvents, motor oil, automotive products and antifreeze, propane and butane tanks, household cleaners, lawn and garden products, glues and adhesives, flammable liquids and marine or road flares.
Customers must live or do business in King County's service area, which does not include Seattle or Milton. Vehicles and trailers together may not exceed forty feet, a twenty five dollar unsecured load fee applies under the county code, major appliances are not accepted for disposal except dishwashers that are at least half plastic, televisions, computers, cell phones, tablets and laptops are not accepted at all, tires are not accepted from businesses and are limited for residents, large truck tires are refused, and hydraulic or mechanized dump beds and dump trailers are restricted on construction and demolition loads.
Monday through Friday from 7 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and Saturday and Sunday from 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. for the transfer station, with the household hazardous waste window open 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday and 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, closed Wednesday and on Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year's Day.
From $40.25 for the garbage minimum for the first three hundred twenty pounds, with a per ton rate above that, a charitable organization rate below the standard one, a mattress recycling fee per item, a thirty dollar per unit refrigerant appliance fee and a clean wood recycling rate of its own, all with the twenty five dollar unsecured load fee applied under the county code. A customer who lives or does business in the county service area. Payment is by credit card, cash or Apple Pay, and the Cleanup LIFT discount of twenty dollars off each type of waste on each visit is available to a customer with a ProviderOne, EBT or ORCA LIFT card, though not to businesses or to residents of Seattle and Milton.
Prices, timing and the details that matter at your address.
How much does pickup cost?+
Choose your items to see the exact price. A standard sofa is $79 first and $29 additional. The highest first-item price applies once; every remaining item uses its additional-item price. Loading, transportation and disposal are included. Review any applicable sales tax and the final total before payment.
Can I book a pickup for today?+
Book by 2pm at your pickup address for same-day pickup, where available. Choose from the dates shown at checkout. Your booking is for a pickup day, and we text you when your hauler is on the way.
Do my items need to be outside when I book?+
You can book while your items are still inside. Arrange any indoor carrying and have everything outside and accessible according to your confirmation. We load and haul it away from there. Contact us before booking if your property has restricted access.
How many bulky items can I put out in Auburn?+
Up to four large items once a year, free with the residential garbage service. The pickup has to be scheduled in advance with Waste Management on 253-939-9792 and it happens on the regular service day. No single item may weigh more than three hundred pounds or need more than two people to lift, nothing may be longer than eight feet, and nothing may hold liquids such as oils or fuel.Official guidance
What will the Auburn bulky item pickup not take?+
Household garbage, animal waste and food waste are refused, along with tires, truck canopies, riding lawn mowers and hot tubs. Every kind of remodeling or building material is refused too, including doors, cabinets, bathtubs and tub walls, sinks, toilets, vanities, countertops, carpets, flooring, sheet rock, insulation, roofing, cement blocks, decking, fencing and lumber. Batteries, fluorescent fixtures and bulbs, hazardous materials and propane tanks are also refused, and the hauler's sheet points those loads at the King County transfer stations.Official guidance
Will Auburn take a couch at the curb?+
Yes, on the free annual bulky item pickup, which covers a sofa couch with no sleeper sofas, a sectional sofa, a loveseat, a futon, recliners, a lounge chair and an ottoman among the furniture list. Call Waste Management on 253-939-9792 to schedule it, put it out on the regular service day, and keep it within the four item allowance and the three hundred pound and eight foot limits.Official guidance
How do I get rid of a mattress in Auburn?+
Put the mattress and box spring out on the free annual bulky item pickup, because the hauler lists them under furniture and counts the set as one item within the four item allowance. Call Waste Management on 253-939-9792 to schedule it. A household that would rather haul the set can use a King County transfer station, where Bow Lake, Enumclaw, Factoria, Shoreline and Vashon recycle mattresses, futons and box springs for a handling fee per item with a limit of six items per customer and no wet items, and the South County fact sheet lists mattresses among its recycling services as well.Official guidance
Where do refrigerators and other appliances go in Auburn?+
A refrigerator or freezer has to be emptied, and then it goes on the free annual bulky item pickup along with stoves, cook tops, washers, dryers, hot water heaters, dishwashers, trash compactors, air conditioners, dehumidifiers, water coolers and small furnaces. Call Waste Management on 253-939-9792 to schedule it. King County does not accept major appliances for disposal except dishwashers that are at least half plastic, and recycles them at its transfer stations, where a refrigerant appliance is charged thirty dollars per unit.Official guidance
Where do televisions and computers go in Auburn?+
To an electronics recycler rather than to a King County disposal facility, because the county does not accept televisions, computers, monitors, laptops, cell phones or tablets at its solid waste facilities. Authorized E-Cycle Washington collection sites recycle computers and laptops, monitors and televisions free, other electronics carry a fee, and the county's Take it Back Network covers computers, monitors, printers, televisions, cell phones, fax machines, audio and video equipment, household electronics and rechargeable batteries. Erase your data first.Official guidance
What does Auburn charge for bulky items and disposal?+
The free annual bulky item pickup covers up to four large items once a year for a residential Waste Management customer, and the city does not publish a curbside rate because the hauler bills the account directly, so the monthly amount is confirmed with Waste Management on 253-939-9792. Self hauling goes by the King County fee schedule, where garbage carries a minimum for the first three hundred twenty pounds and a per ton rate above it, a mattress recycled at a county station carries a per item handling fee with a limit of six items per customer, a refrigerant appliance is thirty dollars per unit, clean untreated wood has its own recycling rate, and a twenty five dollar unsecured load fee applies. A household with a ProviderOne, EBT or ORCA LIFT card can take twenty dollars off each type of waste on each visit through the Cleanup LIFT discount.Official guidance
What will Auburn not take in the bulky item pickup?+
Household garbage, animal waste and food waste, tires, truck canopies, riding lawn mowers and hot tubs. Every kind of remodeling or building material is refused, including doors, cabinets, bathtubs and tub walls, sinks, toilets, vanities, countertops, carpets, flooring, sheet rock, insulation, roofing, cement blocks, decking, fencing and lumber. Batteries, fluorescent fixtures and bulbs, hazardous materials and propane tanks are refused too, and those loads go to the King County transfer stations or to the free household hazardous waste drop-off instead.Official guidance
Who handles garbage and disposal in Auburn?+
Waste Management collects under the city franchise for all Auburn customers inside city limits and handles customer service and billing on 253-939-9792, while King County runs the disposal side through the South County Recycling and Transfer Station in Algona and the county solid waste information line on 206-477-4466. The city's own page names those contacts and points weather delays at the hauler's service alerts page, and the county's hazardous waste program runs the free household hazardous waste collection at the station.Official guidance
Are there recycling or bulky item events in Auburn?+
The city lists a King County recycling event at Pioneer Elementary and the year round bulky item collection, and the neighborhood litter program runs a city contracted litter crew from Monday through Friday with route maps published, while large bulky items that create a safety concern are collected as soon as possible. Bulky item collection itself is the year round route, since the free pickup can be scheduled at any point in the year for a residential customer.Official guidance
