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Waste Management briefs Snoqualmie council on new contract, app and recycling upgrades
Summary
Waste Management told council its new seven‑year contract expanded cart sizes and recycling services, added truck cameras and telemetry, and promoted the MyWM customer app; staff offered facility tours and noted state organics and producer‑responsibility laws on the horizon.
Snoqualmie — Representatives from Waste Management updated the City Council on service changes and sustainability work tied to a new seven‑year contract that took effect last June.
Kevin Kelly, representing Waste Management, said the city’s contract includes expanded cart sizes (including a 45‑gallon cart and larger multifamily containers), upgraded trucks fitted with cameras and GPS telemetry, and expanded commercial recycling offerings. "That includes cameras that can take a photograph of any collection exemption," Kelly said, noting the technology helps operators and allows the company to share evidence with customers.
Grace Fletcher, Waste Management’s education and outreach coordinator for Snoqualmie, highlighted community programs including a Recycler Core internship that visits commercial and multifamily properties to improve convenience, clarity and capacity of recycling services. Fletcher said the Cascade Recycling Center in Woodinville processes recyclables from about 250,000 households and handles roughly 520 tons of residential material and 50 tons of commercial material per day.
Kelly also flagged two statewide policy changes that will affect the recycling landscape: a new organics management requirement that requires businesses generating a threshold volume of organics to subscribe to organics collection, and an extended producer responsibility framework set to phase in starting in 2029. He said Waste Management is coordinating with the Department of Ecology and local jurisdictions to implement the changes.
The company encouraged residents to use the MyWM mobile app for service alerts, billing and customer service, and offered tours of its Cascade Recycling Center for council members and staff.
Council member Holloway asked whether the new trucks and services address animal‑resistant can handling; Kelly agreed to follow up with staff on specifics.
