Recycling
All Snohomish County Recycling & Transfer Stations and Drop Boxes have designated recycle areas for accepted items that are free of charge for residential customers ONLY. Please see the accepted items as well as the prohibited items listed below:
Accepted Items
Item | Limitation |
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Household appliances (without Freon or CFCs) Washers / Dryers Stoves / Ranges Hot water tanks (gas or electric) Microwaves Dishwashers* (w/metal housing only) | Must be free of garbage *If housing is plastic, it is accepted as garbage at the regular garbage rates |
Automotive* | *Larger quantities of automotive items are accepted at the Household Hazardous Waste Facility |
Lead acid batteries | Limit 3 per customer, per day |
Motor oil | Up to 10 gallons per customer, per day |
Oil Filters | Limit 3 per customer, per day |
Antifreeze | Up to 10 gallons per customer, per day |
Batteries | Household Only (Dry cell, rechargeable, Nickel-Cadmium or Lithium) |
Cardboard (flattened), newspapers, and mixed paper | No pizza boxes, paper towels, paper plates, tissues, carbon paper, disposable diapers, wrapping paper, frozen food or drink packaging, waxed, greasy, or plastic-coated paper or cardboard, such as milk cartons and juice boxes, or hardcover books accepted for recycling. These items are accepted as garbage only at the regular garbage rates. |
Cooking oil | Up to 10 gallons per customer, per day |
Fluorescent tubes/bulbs (CFLs) | Up to 10 tubes/bulbs (CFLs) per customer, per day |
Glass | Bottles and jars only (no need to separate colors - clean and dry if possible) |
Lawn mowers | |
Fluids drained, battery removed, extra plastic taken off (if possible) | |
Tin/aluminum food and beverage cans | No limitations |
Propane tanks | Limit 3 per customer, per day; Barbecue size (10 gallon) or smaller |
Scrap metal | 8 feet or less (must be 85% metal or more to qualify for recycling) |
Yard debris / clean wood debris* | Effective September 21, 2022, Snohomish County will temporarily stop accepting yard/clean wood debris at all facilities. Alternate locations for your yard/clean wood debris disposal/recycling can be found at our Yard/Clean Wood Debris page. |
Prohibited Recycling Items
Item | Alternatives |
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Asbestos | Puget Sound Clean Air Agency 1 (800) 552-3565 |
Ballasts from fluorescent light fixtures | Snohomish County HHW Station |
Barbed wire fencing (Accepted as garbage ONLY and must be bundled) | N/A |
Barrels which contained petroleum-based or chemical products such as paint, paint thinner, pesticides, fertilizer, etc. | Snohomish County HHW Station |
Burn Barrels (Accepted as garbage ONLY) | N/A |
Electronics
| E-Cycle Washington 1 (800) RECYCLE |
Major Motor Vehicle Components and Parts
| 360 Auto Recycling Lake Stevens (425) 334-2898 All About Auto Wrecking Snohomish (360) 862-1001 Braven Metals, LLC Lake Stevens (425) 334-3366 CMR Auto and Metal Recycling Marysville (360) 658-5915 Mary's-A-Wreck Auto Parts and Recycling Everett (425) 742-5800 Lynnwood Recycling Center Lynnwood (425) 745-8282 White Side Truck Parts Snohomish (360) 668-5248 |
Mattresses and covered box springs (Accepted as garbage ONLY) | N/A |
Non-metallics (Accepted as garbage ONLY)
| N/A |
Plastics (Accepted as garbage ONLY at any of our locations) | May be accepted in your curbside recycling - contact your curbside provider |
Scrap Metal/Appliances containing Freon or CFCs
| Ace Metal Co. Inc. Mukliteo (425) 493-6802 Appliance Service Granite Falls (360) 386-8503 Budget Appliance Everett (425) 252-7776 CMR Recycling Arlington (360) 548-3270 Marysville (360) 658-5915 Judd & Black Appliance Everett (425) 258-4557 Lynnwood (425) 742-2233 Marysville (360) 659-0822 Snohomish Appliance Recycling Outlet Snohomish (360) 568-6003 |
Styrofoam (Accepted as garbage ONLY) | Styro-Recycle Kent (253) 838-9555 |
Tanks
| Return to supplier or call supplier for other options |
Vehicles | Junk Vehicle and Boat / RV Disposal Program |
This a partial list of companies and is not an endorsement of the companies listed.