News Archive for King County: Redmond
Service Day Information & Reminders
Recology will be starting service for the City of Redmond on January 1st, 2026. To enhance the efficiency and sustainability of service collection, some customers may experience a change in their day of service. Please check your mail in the coming weeks for any updates to service, including day-change information and holiday service reminders. Recology […]
Martin Luther King Jr. Day Service Update
Recology King County will be honoring the life and legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. on Monday, January 19th. There will be no service occurring on Monday, and collection will be delayed by one day throughout this week. Please place your carts on the curb on the day after your normal day of service.
2026 Holiday Tree Recycling
Greetings, Recology Residential Customers! With the holiday season coming to a close, we want to provide some reminders and tips for when you compost your natural holiday tree. For customers already subscribed to yard waste services, we will collect your unflocked, undecorated natural holiday tree on your regular yard waste service day. For customers not […]
Recology and City of Redmond Celebrate Grand Opening of New Recology Store, Advancing Sustainable Resource Recovery
On Friday, December 12th at the Bella Bottega Shopping Center, Recology and the City of Redmond celebrated the grand opening of the new Redmond Recology Store. The Recology Store offers a convenient place for residents to bring hard-to-recycle items, receive quality customer service, and gain expert guidance on waste reduction. The opening also marked the […]
2025 Recology King County Artist In Residence Exhibition
We are pleased to announce Beautiful and Perfect, an exhibition of work created by 2025 Artists In Residence Colleen Louise Barry and Julia Monté. Please join us to celebrate: Opening reception at Mutuus Studio: September 5th, 6 PM – 9 PM Additional exhibition hours: September 6th, 11 AM – 4 PM Open by appointment: September 8th – […]
Welcome to Recology!
Hello, Redmond community! On January 1, 2026, Recology King County will officially be your new recycling, food & yard waste, and garbage hauler. Recology King County currently serves 12 cities in the region, including over 160,000 residential and 12,000 commercial and multifamily customers. Soon, you can expect to receive information from us regarding the new […]
Pushing Progress in Waste Innovation
Recology is proud to release our 2025 Sustainability Update, marking another year of progress in building a more sustainable and circular future. We’re not just collecting materials—we're reshaping systems, deepening community partnerships, and creating real momentum toward a more sustainable, circular economy.
Batteries can spark trouble
Every week, more and more everyday electronics make their way into the waste stream—and many of them contain lithium-ion batteries. Found in items like kids’ toys, smartphones, power tools, vapes or e-cigarettes and more, these small but powerful batteries can pose big risks if they’re not disposed of safely. Remember: batteries never go in […]
Data-driven insights enhance recycling operations at Recology
Recology has installed artificial intelligence (AI) robotic sorters from San Francisco-based Glacier at its King County material recovery facility (MRF) in Seattle to improve the quality of the materials the MRF is recovering for recycling and to address material loss. Recycling Today, Apr. 28, 2025.