NEW! Used Motor Oil Recycling

Used motor oil can now be recycled at your curb. Motor oil is a valuable resource and can be reprocessed for reuse. Recycling motor oil helps ensure that used motor oil does not make its way into local surface and groundwater resources. Should oil get into the environment, it can quickly pollute large amounts of water.
For instance, one gallon of motor oil can:

• Create an oil slick on surface water up to eight acres in size
• Contaminate one million gallons of freshwater. That's a year's supply of water for 50 people!
• Render a four-acre area of soil unusable for planting for decades.

In addition, used oil is insoluble, slow to degrade, and very sticky which poses a health threat to humans, plants, animals, and the environment.
(Source: Earth 911 - Making Everyday Every Day, website: http://www.earth911.org/master.asp?s=lib&a=oil/importance.asp)

Recycling instructions - Motor oil

• Motor oil must be free of contaminants to be recycled (no anti-freeze, additives, etc). It must be put into an opaque or clear HDPE #2 Plastic Jug or Bottle (milk or water jug) with a securely closed screw-top lid. Please make sure the cap is secured to the bottle before placing curbside to prevent spillage. Used motor oil spills are hazardous!
• Place the jugs next to your recycling cart on your recycling service day.
• There is a limit of 2 gallons of motor oil per week per household.

NEW! Electronics & Small Appliance Recycling (Computers, TVs, Toasters)

Computers, monitors, TVs and other electronic waste contain toxic materials and cannot be put in the garbage. They must be recycled. Call us at 206-682-9735 to schedule a pick-up.

Remember, reuse is even better than recycling! Some of your electronic discards may be repairable or reusable. For alternatives to recycling contact The Take It Back Network at http://www.dnr.metrokc.gov/swd/takeitback or 206-296-4466.

• Put small electronics (cell phones, cables) and small appliances (size limit: 2x2x2 ft, 35 lbs) in a clear plastic bag marked "Electronics Recycling" or "Small Appliance Recycling". Place the bag next to your recycling cart on your recycling collection day.
• Place larger electronics (limit 2x2x2 ft, 60 lbs) next to your recycling cart.
• Call us at 206-682-9735 to schedule an electronics recycling pickup.
  Please leave electronics on the curb until they are collected

Electronics accepted:

• Computer equipment: monitors, laptops, hard drives, circuit boards, etc.
• TVs (limit 2x2x2ft, 60 lbs)
• VCRs, audio equipment, cell phones, etc.
• Small kitchen appliances (microwaves, toasters, limit 2x2x2 ft, 60 lbs)

Not Accepted:

• Large kitchen appliances. Call 206-682-9735.
• Speakers
• Items larger than 2x2x2 ft, 60lbs)

NEW! Textile Recycling - Clothing & Linens

Now you can recycle old clothing and household linens at the curb

• If your clothing is reusable, you can also donate it to a local charity or non-profit organization for reuse.
• Put clean, dry clothing and linens in clear, securely tied plastic bags marked "Textile Recycling". Put them next to your recycling cart on your regularly scheduled collection day.
• Textile recycle collection times may vary, please leave textiles at the curb until they are collected.

Clear Bags

Now you can recycle old clothing and household linens at the curb

• Clear plastic bags to be used for the Expanded Recycling Program can be purchased at Home Depot