Free hazardous waste recycling drop-off  in Burien at Fred Meyer. There’s a limit of 50 gallon per residential customer per day and containers cannot be larger than 5 gallons. Pickup hours are 10am to 5pm. It’s free to recycle at the Wastemobile.

The Wastemobile accepts the following items:

• Aerosols
• All-purpose cleaners
• Ammonia
• Antibacterial products and disinfectants
• Antifreeze (limit 25 gallons)
• Automotive fluids and oils
  • Brake fluid
  • Hydraulic fluid
  • Power steering fluid
  • Transmission fluid
  • Gear oil
• Batteries
  • Alkaline
  • Button
  • Car batteries (limit 5 per visit)
  • Cellphone
  • Laptop lead-acid
  • Rechargeable
• Bleach
• Charcoal
• Cold packs
• Drain Cleaner
• Fertilizer
• Fire extinguishers (limit 5 tanks)
• Flares (marine flares are not accepted at Wastemobile)
• Fluorescent light ballasts and tubes (limit 10 bulbs or tubes)
• Formaldehyde
• Fuel filters
• Furniture polish
• Gasoline and fuel (limit 25 gallons)
• Glue and adhesives
• Herbicides
• Inks and dyes
• Lab chemicals (need pre-authorization before drop-off)
• Lead solder and flux
• Lead-based paint and chips
• Lice shampoo
• Marine anti-fouling paint
• Mercury and mercury-containing products
• Metal cleaners
• Mothballs
• Motor oil (limit 25 gallons)
• Nail polish
• Nail polish remover
• Oil filters
• Oven cleaner
• Paint – oil based
• Paint stripper
• Paint thinner
• Pepper spray
• Pesticides
• Propane and butane tanks (limit 8-gallon size tank)
• Resins
• Rust remover
• Shop towels
• Swimming pool chemicals
• Varnish and lacquer
• Weed killers

Renton is having a free Styrofoam recycling and document shredding event. Recycle Styrofoam peanuts, bubble wrap and clean white Styrofoam blocks (#6 or EPS in recycling symbol) at the event.

Bring up to 5 banker size boxes for shredding (can be in bags or other containers). Clean out and shred old papers, photos, mail, file folders etc. at no cost.

There is a food bank food collection at the event so if you’re able to bring some none-perishable food to the event.

Find all the details on the recycling event website.

Target is having a car seat trade in event between 9/15/24-9/28/24. They will have a box where you can drop off car seats including infant car seats, convertible car seats, car seat bases, harness or booster car seats including car seats that are damaged or expired. When dropping off an old car seat, there will be an option to get a 20% off bonus for select baby gear including a new car seat, stroller, walker, high chair etc. The bonus is for a short time period and does expire. See Target’s car-seat recycling event on their website for all the details.

West Seattle’s Fauntleroy Church is having a free fall recycling event on September 21, 2024 from 9am to 3pm with 1 Green Planet.

Find all the events details on their website.

Items they’re accepting at the free recycling event:

A/C chargers
Amplifiers
Answering/voicemail machines
Batteries (UPS, rechargeable, laptop, cell phone, lithium, dry-cell NiCad, vehicle)
Bicycles/foot scooters
Cable TV converter equipment
Cabling
Calculators
CD players
Circuit boards
Computer mice
Computer parts
Computers
Computer monitors (LCD only)
Docking stations
DVD players
Edgers
Electric toothbrush heads
Electronic components (mixed)
External connectors
Fax machines
Gaming systems
Garden tools
Garden tractors
Generators (empty gas & oil)
Graphics cards
Hard drives
IT peripherals
Keyboards
Laptops
Lawnmowers (empty gas & oil)
Lighting equipment
Microwaves
Miscellaneous metal
Modems
Mother boards
Networking switches
Paging equipment
PDA/handheld systems
Phones (office, cell)
Power supplies
Power tools
Printer toner cartridges (put in bag)
Printers & parts (desktop-size only; laser & inkjet)
Projectors
Radios and equipment (two-way, CB, walkie-talkie)
Receivers
Remote controls
Routers
Satellite receivers & dishes
Satellite TV equipment
Scanners
Servers
Small appliances (coffeemakers, blenders, toasters, etc.)
Sound keyboards & mics
Speakers
Stereos
Tablets (iPad, surface, other)
Typewriters
Uninterruptible power equipment
UPS systems
Vacuums
VCR players
Video cameras
Water heaters
Weed eaters (empty gas & oil)
Wires