Public Waste and Recycling Events

• Bring helpers to unload your items from your vehicle, if needed.

• Only bring items that can be safely carried by two people. 

• Secure your vehicle load for safer roads with cargo straps, tarps, and nets. It's the law, and the right thing to do. 

• You're responsible for wiping data from computers, phones, hard drives, and other data storage devices. 
  

• Bag printer and toner cartridges to prevent ink leaks.

• Load your vehicle so you can unload electronics first and scrap metal last. Event staff will help you sort if you're not sure the correct category. 

• Accepted scrap metal

• Aluminum, copper, brass, insulated copper, aluminum wire, aluminum soda cans, stainless steel, iron, steel, cast iron, tin/light iron, steel rebar, lead (see exclusion list below)

• Examples: BBQs, barbeques, bicycles, blenders, bread makers, cable, chainsaws, chicken wire, clothing irons, coffee makers, cookware, curling irons, lawn edgers, empty drums, fencing, filing cabinets, fitness equipment, hair dryers, hand tools, kitchenware, lawn mowers, lawn tools, metal chairs, metal furniture, metal pots, microwaves, miscellaneous metal, rebar, rims, small kitchen and bathroom appliances, toasters, weed eaters, wire, yard tools, and more. 

• No items containing fluids, liquid, freon or fluid

• No vehicles

• No tires

• No refrigerators, freezers, heat pumps, air conditioners, water coolers, wine coolers, dehumidifiers, drinking fountains, or any appliance that refrigerates or cools

• No coffee makers with compressors (industrial coffee makers)

• No pressurized tanks (propane, helium, oxygen, etc.)

• No mercury

• No barbed wire

• No light fixtures with ballasts or tubes

• No sealed drums

• No hazardous materials

• No medical equipment

• No office chairs 

• Household electronics powered with a cord/battery (see exclusion list below)
  

• Examples: Answering machines, batteries that are rechargeable, Blackberry, cameras, cell phones, charging cords and cables, computers, computer parts, computer peripherals, copiers, docking stations, drones, DVD players, extension cords, game consoles, hard drives, headphones, home office equipment, ink cartridges, iPods, keyboards, laptops, mice, microwaves, modems, mother boards, mp3 players, networking hardware, pagers, PDA/handheld systems, phone answering machines, phone systems, portable music players, power tools, printers, metal project screen housing, printer cartridges, radio equipment, receivers, rechargeable batteries, remote control handsets, routers, satellite TV equipment, scanners, servers, sewing machines, speakers, stereo equipment, string lights, tablets, toner cartridges, typewriters, UPSs, vacuums, VCRs, video cameras, walkie talkies, wire and cords, and more

• No televisions (TVs). TVs can be recycled for free at E-Cycle Washington locations.

• No computer monitors. Computer monitors can be recycled for free at E-Cycle Washington locations.
  

• No CRTs or rear projection TVs.
  

• No alkaline batteries. 

• No VHS tapes, CDs, cassette tapes, floppy discs 

• No X-Ray film 

• No large office equipment (e.g. office copier/printer) 

• No medical equipment