Service Includes Garbage and Yard Waste Collection 

Interactive Collection Day Map - click and add your address to view your service day 

Fall Cleanup - November 4 through Decenber 20. - Click here for more information.

Inclement Weather Service Disruption

If you need an additional or secondary pickup for a charge, please Click Here For Service Requests. Residents may also call (509) 942-7700. 

2024 Collection Calendar (click on image to enlarge or download)

Recycling Services

Residential Collection

Collection crews pick up garbage on a daily schedule, Monday through Friday, year-round, except Christmas Day. If your scheduled collection day falls on Christmas, your garbage will be picked up on the following day. All remaining collections that week will be one day later than normal.

Cans should be placed out for collection by 6:00 a.m. on the scheduled day. Containers must be placed at least three (3) feet from cars, trees, mailboxes or fences. Please place the cart wheels as close to the curb as possible and ensure the lid is closed.

For questions concerning your garbage collection service, please call (509) 942-7700.

Interactive Collection Day Map - click and add your address!

Collection Schedule

Garbage and yard waste are collected every week on your regular garbage day, weather permitting. Residential recycling is collected every other week, and recycling customers have been assigned a collection day based on their address. To see your recycling collection day, please visit this interactive map and enter your address. You may also reference the 2024 Curbside Collection Calendar for additional information.

Missed Collection

The City of Richland is committed to providing quality service to its residents. If your garbage was missed, please call our office by noon the next day at (509) 942-7700. 

Routes and drivers change from time to time, so collection times may vary. Please ensure your containers are at the curb for service by 6:00 a.m. on your scheduled day. Call back fees apply when containers are not at the curb on time.

Yard Waste Collection

NEW: If you are going to bag yard waste, please only use compostable bags. Using certified compostable bags allows your yard waste to be composted at the landfill. Compostable bags are available for free at the landfill for Richland residents starting Oct. 16th (while supplies last, limit 15 per visit). They can also be purchased from Amazon, or locally at Ace Hardware. Look for the BPI Compostable symbol on the outside of the packaging. Extra bagged yard waste placed at the curb will be picked up for an additional charge (except during Fall Cleanup, when it is free).

Yard waste is collected each week on your normal collection day, weather permitting. Occasionally yard waste must be combined with trash due to vehicle maintenance issues or staffing issues. Also, during the winter months when the temperature is below freezing, yard waste may not be collected due to frozen debris and container damage or hazardous road conditions. Staff will make announcements on the City's Facebook page if collection is delayed or cancelled. 

Containers need to be placed at the curb on the regular collection day by 6:00 a.m. for service. Yard waste is composted at the Horn Rapids Landfill. Click here for an informational video.

What to do with extra yard waste

• Get an additional yard waste container for $2/month
• Use mulching lawn mower to reduce yard waste
• Compost at home
• Place extra yard waste in your gray garbage can
• Bring the extra yard waste to the Horn Rapids Landfill for free (Richland residents, clean yard debris only).

Reminders for using your yard waste container

• Place only loose grass, leaves, plant trimmings, garden debris like inedible fruits and vegetables, non-treated wood and branches less than 4" in diameter in container.
• Place dry, woody material at the bottom of the can to keep grass and leaves from getting compacted in the bottom. 
• Prop the lid open to allow moisture to escape and control odor.
• DO NOT place dirt, rocks, treated or glued wood, animal waste, meat or processed food, or any other garbage in the container.
• DO NOT bag yard waste, unless using certified compostable bags, see information above. Plastic bags do not break down and retrieving plastic bags from the composting process is labor intensive and expensive.
• Garbage is not allowed in the yard waste container. Repeat offenders are charged a load contamination fee of $10.00.
• If the container is too heavy or compacted with too much yard debris, the truck cannot empty the container. Follow the weight guidelines on the container. If the container cannot be emptied due to weight, material will have to be removed and a call back fee will be charged to dispatch a truck back. 

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