There are several fixed household hazardous waste collection sites for safe disposal of hazardous waste in Seattle and King County. In addition to these three sites, the Wastemobile travels to different areas of King County throughout the year.
NOTE: none of these locations accept commercial hazardous wastes. See the Small Business Waste pages for more information about commercial waste exchange and disposal. All fixed facility sites are closed Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year’s holidays.
Closed July 4th, Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day and New Years Day.
Beginning May 4, 2008, as part of a pilot project, no appointment is required.
Address: 12550 Stone Avenue North, Seattle, WA. 98133 (one block east of Aurora Avenue North and just north of North 125th Street).
Directions:To avoid traffic congestion at the site entrance please enter the site from the south off of N 125th Street.
Heading north on Aurora Avenue North, take a right on North 125th Street, take the first left (Stone Avenue North) and the facility is approximately 0.5 block on your right.
Heading north on I-5 take the 130th Street exit and head west. Turn left on Aurora Avenue North. Turn left onto North 125th Street and take the first left onto Stone Ave. North. The facility is approximately 0.5 block on your right.
Heading south on I-5 take the 145th Street exit and head westbound. Turn left (south) on Aurora Avenue North and turn left on North 125th Street. Turn left at the first street (Stone Avenue North). The facility is approximately 0.5 block on your right.
Heading south on Aurora Avenue North, turn left on North 125th Street and turn left at the first street (Stone Avenue North). The facility is approximately 0.5 block on your right.
Quantity limits and restrictions: For the Seattle facilities and the King County Wastemobile (limits are different at the Factoria site):
For pre-approval for exceptions to these limits, or for disposing of any unusual wastes, contact the Household Hazards Line at (206) 296-4692, Monday through Friday between 9 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., except holidays.
For pre-approval for exceptions to these limits, or for disposing of any unusual wastes, contact the Household Hazards Line at (206) 296-4692, Monday through Friday between 9 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., except holidays.
gasoline containers cannot be returned to the customer
no containers can be over 5 gallons in size
30 gallons (total) household hazardous waste limit per customer per day
no more than 10 fluorescent bulbs or tubes may be dropped off
a limit of 5 automotive batteries
There are no exceptions to these daily limits. We are limited in the amount of hazardous waste we can store at the Factoria facility. Occasionally, we reach the limit before the end of the day and must shut down early. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause you.
For questions, or disposing of any unusual wastes, contact the Household Hazards Line at (206) 296-4692, Monday through Friday between 9 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., except holidays.
