What and where is the Solid Waste Collection District?

The Whatcom County solid waste recycling and collection district was created (WCC 8.11) to make solid waste and recycling collection mandatory in Whatcom County. The recycling and collection district includes all unincorporated areas except the Diablo/Newhalem area of Whatcom County.

WCC 8.11

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1. Are there other communities in Whatcom County that self-haul?
2. What makes Point Roberts different from the rest of Whatcom County?
3. Who oversees solid waste collection at the Point?
4. What services do state certified collection companies provide?
5. What and where is the Solid Waste Collection District?
6. Don’t we have a “Universal Service” requirement?
7. How many exemptions are there at the Point and how many potential customers?
8. What is a G-Certificate and how does a hauler acquire 1 to be “certified”?
9. Who decides the rates or tariff for curbside collection?
10. When does neighborhood self-haul of garbage and recycling become regulated collection?
11. Is assistance available for self-hauling garbage and recycling?
12. Who operates the Johnson Road Transfer Station?
13. What are the Canadian rules required to haul garbage out of Point Roberts?
14. Is it possible for a Canadian refuse hauler to provide the service, taking the garbage to a Canadian landfill?