Transfer Stations (Dumps/Landfills)

Locations

North Station

1350 North 34th Street, Seattle 98103

South Station

130 South Kenyon Street, Seattle 98108

Accepted Materials

Loads coming into the station must be secured or may incur a fee. Accepted materials include garbage, yard waste, vehicle tires, appliances (no commercial appliances), and household sharps. A wide range of items, including tires, scrap metal, and vehicle batteries, can be recycled at our stations. Regular household garbage and many larger items are also accepted for disposal. Save yourself a trip. It may cost less to have us pick up your item for you. Commercial garbage truck traffic is heaviest between 3:00 - 5:00 p.m. on weekdays.

NOT Accepted Materials

Items not accepted at the Transfer Stations include:

• Radioactive and Hazardous Waste, Oil Paint (and Containers), Household Chemicals
• Ammo, Firearms, Fireworks, Flares, Explosives, Weapons
• Sealed Drums, Fuel/Propane/Oil Tanks, Compressed Gas, Fire Extinguishers
• Electronics, TVs or Monitors (CRTs)
• Furnaces and parts, Wood stoves, Duct work
• Asbestos, or material containing asbestos
• Material over 8 ft long and over 200 lbs
• Dead animals over 15 lbs (call Animal Control)
• Sewage
• Specific Construction & Demolition Waste (must be taken to a Recycler) including:
  • Asphalt Paving, Bricks, Concrete
  • Metal
  • Cardboard
  • New Construction Gypsum Scrap
  • Unpainted and untreated wood 

Hazardous Waste

Some items, like ducting, furnaces, and oil tanks, may require special preparation or are not accepted at the Transfer Stations. See our Household Hazardous Waste page for how to safely dispose of household chemicals and other items that are accepted at Household Hazardous Waste facilities, but not at the Transfer Stations.

Construction & Demolition Materials

Many types of Construction & Demolition waste can be reused or recycled, and city code requires that recyclable material from jobsites in Seattle must be sent to a Qualified C&D Facility as they are banned from the garbage and transfer stations in Seattle. Qualified Facilities included Source Separated Recycling Facilities and mixed waste recycling facilities.

See our Construction & Demolition section for information on salvage and deconstruction including which C&D materials are banned from the garbage and where to take both recycleable and mixed C&D materials. The disposal bans do not include materials that are painted, hazardous, difficult to separate from others (such as wood or foam block adhering to concrete), or present in very small quantities. Download information on what materials can be recycled and where to take them here.

Payments

You can pay with cash, check, Visa, or MasterCard. Make checks payable to "City of Seattle, Dept. of Finance" and have a valid ID. See rates.