Solid Waste Reports
Seattle Public Utilities' (SPU) uses data to inform city solid waste programs and services. SPU tracks and analyzes a variety of tonnage, transfer station usage, and recyclables market data. The analyses appear in the following reports, which are in PDF format unless otherwise noted:
- Annual Waste Prevention and Recycling Reports (2007 to present)
- Solid Waste Quarterly Reports – Garbage, Organics, and Recycling
- Construction, Demolition and Land Clearing (CDL) Report
- Transfer Station Reports
- Recycling Market Reports
Annual Waste Prevention and Recycling Reports
Progress toward the City's solid waste goals, key waste generation and recycling trends, program highlights, and future plans.
- 2021 Waste Prevention and Recycling Report
- 2020 Waste Prevention and Recycling Report
- 2019 Waste Prevention and Recycling Report
- 2018 Waste Prevention and Recycling Report
- 2017 Recycling Rate Report
- 2016 Recycling Rate Report
- 2015 Recycling Rate Report
- 2014 Recycling Rate Report
- 2013 Recycling Rate Report
- 2012 Recycling Rate Report
- 2011 Recycling Rate Report
- 2010 Recycling Rate Report
- 2009 Presentation to City Council
- 2009 Recycling Report
- 2008 Recycling Report
- 2007 Recycling Report
Solid Waste Quarterly Reports
City contracted and self-haul tonnage for residential, commercial, and self-haul sectors, and garbage, recycling, and organics waste streams.
Archives of Previous Report Formats
- 2021 Garbage Report
- 2020 Garbage Report
- 2019 Garbage Report
- 2018 Garbage Report
- 2017 Garbage Report
- 2016 Garbage Report
- 2015 Garbage Report
- 2014 Garbage Report
- 2013 Garbage Report
- 2012 Garbage Report
- 2011 Garbage Report
- 2010 Garbage Report
- 2009 Garbage Report
- 2008 Garbage Report
- 2007 Garbage Report
- 2006 Garbage Report
- 2005 Garbage Report
- 2004 Garbage Report
- 2003 Garbage Report
- 2002 Garbage Report
- 2001 Garbage Report
- 2000 Garbage Report
- 1999 Garbage Report
- 1998 Garbage Report
- 1997 Garbage Report
- 2021 Organics Report
- 2020 Organics Report
- 2019 Organics Report
- 2018 Organics Report
- 2017 Organics Report
- 2016 Organics Report
- 2015 Organics Report
- 2014 Organics Report
- 2013 Organics Report
- 2012 Organics Report
- 2011 Organics Report
- 2010 Organics Report
- 2009 Organics Report
- 2008 Organics Report
- 2007 Organics Report
- 2006 Organics Report
- 2005 Organics Report
- 2004 Organics Report
- 2003 Organics Report
- 2002 Organics Report
- 2001 Organics Report
- 2000 Organics Report
- 1999 Organics Report
- 1998 Organics Report
- 1997 Organics Report
- 2008 Curbside Recycling Report
- 2007 Curbside Recycling Report
- 2006 Curbside Recycling Report
- 2005 Curbside Recycling Report
- 2004 Curbside Recycling Report
- 2003 Curbside Recycling Report
- 2002 Curbside Recycling Report
- 2001 Curbside Recycling Report
- 2000 Curbside Recycling Report
- 1999 Curbside Recycling Report
- 1998 Curbside Recycling Report
- 1997 Curbside Recycling Report
- 2008 Apartment Recycling Report
- 2007 Apartment Recycling Report
- 2006 Apartment Recycling Report
- 2005 Apartment Recycling Report
- 2004 Apartment Recycling Report
- 2003 Apartment Recycling Report
- 2002 Apartment Recycling Report
- 2001 Apartment Recycling Report
- 2000 Apartment Recycling Report
- 1999 Apartment Recycling Report
- 1998 Apartment Recycling Report
- 1997 Apartment Recycling Report
Construction, Demolition, and Land Clearing (CDL) Report
CDL tonnage by receiving facility.
Transfer Stations Reports
Continually updated annual reports with customer usage and tonnage data from SPU's two transfer stations.
Incoming Trips and Tons Reports
Incoming trips and garbage, organics, and recycling tonnage data from SPU's two transfer stations.
- 2023 Incoming Trips and Tons Report
- 2022 Incoming Trips and Tons Report
- 2021 Incoming Trips and Tons Report
- 2020 Incoming Trips and Tons Report
- 2019 Incoming Trips and Tons Report
- 2018 Incoming Trips and Tons Report
- 2017 Incoming Trips and Tons Report
- 2016 Incoming Trips and Tons Report
- 2015 Incoming Trips and Tons Report
- 2014 Incoming Trips and Tons Report
- 2013 Incoming Trips and Tons Report
- 2012 Incoming Trips and Tons Report
- 2011 Incoming Trips and Tons Report
- 2010 Incoming Trips and Tons Report
- 2009 Incoming Trips and Tons Report
- 2008 Incoming Trips and Tons Report
- 2007 Incoming Trips and Tons Report
- 2006 Incoming Trips and Tons Report
- 2005 Incoming Trips and Tons Report
- 2004 Incoming Trips and Tons Report
- 2003 Incoming Trips and Tons Report
- 2002 Incoming Trips and Tons Report
- 2001 Incoming Trips and Tons Report
- 2000 Incoming Trips and Tons Report
- 1999 Incoming Trips and Tons Report
- 1998 Incoming Trips and Tons Report
- 1997 Incoming Trips and Tons Report
Inbound vs Outbound Reports
Daily incoming and outgoing garbage, organics, and recycling tonnage data at SPU's two transfer stations.
- 2023 In vs Out Report
- 2022 In vs Out Report
- 2021 In vs Out Report
- 2020 In vs Out Report
- 2019 In vs Out Report
- 2018 In vs Out Report
- 2017 In vs Out Report
- 2016 In vs Out Report
- 2015 In vs Out Report
- 2014 In vs Out Report
- 2013 In vs Out Report
- 2012 In vs Out Report
- 2011 In vs Out Report
- 2010 In vs Out Report
- 2009 In vs Out Report
- 2008 In vs Out Report
- 2007 In vs Out Report
- 2006 In vs Out Report
- 2005 In vs Out Report
- 2004 In vs Out Report
- 2003 In vs Out Report
- 2002 In vs Out Report
- 2001 In vs Out Report
- 2000 In vs Out Report
- 1999 In vs Out Report
- 1998 In vs Out Report
- 1997 In vs Out Report
Recycling Market Reports
Average monthly prices for recyclable material from the commercial and residential sectors.