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King County transfer stations and drop box facilities

Secure Your Load Vehicles arriving with unsecured loads at public or private transfer stations in King County can be charged an unsecured load fee.

King County transfer stations are facilities where garbage hauling companies, businesses and King County residents can bring their waste. Drop Box facilities are smaller facilities where residents and businesses can bring a limited amount of waste. The waste is consolidated at these locations and then transported to the Cedar Hills Regional Landfill for disposal.

Basic recycling services are available for King County residents at all transfer stations and drop boxes except Algona, Bow Lake and Factoria. The Factoria transfer station also offers a household hazardous waste service for residential customers and pre-approved small businesses. Recycling services vary by facility – see below for site-specific information or download a one-page printable summary of recycling services at King County Solid Waste facilities (PDF, 63 K). Note: recycling and disposal changes will go into effect Nov. 1, 2009.

All King County solid waste facilities are closed on: Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day and New Year's Day. See hours of operation for specific station information.

The City of Seattle and King County have separate solid waste facilities and services. If you are a resident or business within the City of Seattle, please call Seattle Public Utilities at 206-684-3000 or visit the Seattle Public Utilities Web site (external).

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