Solid Waste Reports
Seattle Public Utilities' (SPU) tracks and uses data to inform city solid waste programs and services. On this page, you can find some of our key reports.
Annual Solid Waste Reports
Progress toward the City's solid waste goals, reporting against SPU’s key metrics, key waste generation, disposal and recycling trends, program highlights, and future plans.
Quarterly Solid Waste Tonnage Reports
Estimated weight (in U.S. short tons) of municipal solid waste hauled by customers directly to the transfer stations (“self-haul”) and City-contracted collections of residential and nonresidential garbage, recycling, and organics. Special seasonal analysis as needed.
Historical solid waste annual reports
The City of Seattle considers historical information to be used for reference only. Details about its limitation are available in our Terms of Use.
Additional historical reports (prior to 2025) are available upon request, please email SPU_SW_Reports@seattle.gov:
- Annual Solid Waste Reports
- Quarterly Solid Waste Reports – Garbage, Organics, and Recycling
- Solid Waste Composition Studies