Recology CleanScapes offers free curbside collection of used cooking oil and motor oil for single-family and multi-family customers in Tukwila.

Schedule a Special Item Recycling Collection

•  Seal in clear, clean screw-top plastic jugs.
•  Place your oil containers next to your recycling cart on collection day; label them with your name and address.
•  Oil/grease must be free of contaminants (no large solids).
•  Limit: 3 gallons per collection, 10 gallons per year.

Apartment and condominium owners: Collections must be requested by the bill payer on record. Please DO NOT set cooking oil/grease next to carts or containers.

Drop-off: Tukwila residential customers may also drop off used cooking oil at The Recology Store in Highline.

Unused medicines are accepted in the garbage, however, there are better ways to dispose of them.

Medicines flushed down the toilet add unwanted contaminants to surface water bodies and marine habitats. Medicines put in your garbage could be found and accidentally consumed by children or pets, or resold illegally.

Drop off
Controlled substances can be taken drop-off centers, visit the Take Back Your Meds website or call 425.388.3199.

• To recycle paint, visit Paintcare Website and search drop-off locations.
• Please follow these instructions when disposing of latex paint cans in the garbage –

• • • Metal cans or plastic buckets containing latex paint must be dried out and then put in the garbage. Cans or buckets containing wet paint are NOT allowed in the garbage.
    • To dry out small amounts of latex paint (less than 1 inch), leave the lid off for several days until the contents are dry.
    • To dry out larger amounts of latex paint or to dry it quickly, mix 50/50 with kitty litter or a commercial paint hardener such as “Waste Away.” Allow the mixture to dry in the can.
    • Put dried out paint cans in your garbage with the lid off so drivers can see that the can contains only dried paint.

Please follow these instructions when disposing of oil-based paint cans:

• • Empty oil-based paint cans are allowed in the garbage
  • If oil-based paint can is not empty, please dispose of at your local Hazardous Waste Collection Facility.

Fluorescent Tubes & Bulbs
Fluorescent lights contain small amounts of hazardous substances and must be recycled separately from all other recyclables. Please DO NOT put them inside your recycling cart.

Fluorescent Tubes and Bulbs Can Be Taken To The Recology Store At No Cost To Tukwila Residential Customers
Please follow the instructions below:

• Tubes must be no more than 4ft long and completely wrapped in newspaper and taped shut in order to be collected.
• No broken tubes or bulbs.
• Limit 10 per drop-off.

LightCycle
Additionally, LightRecycle Washington is a program that allows individuals and businesses in Washington to recycle up to 10 mercury-containing lights per day for FREE. You can recycle straight and curved fluorescent tubes, compact fluorescent lamps (CFLs), and High Intensity Discharge Lights (HIDs) at authorized LightRecycle collection sites. Visit LightRecycle.org to find a collection site near you.

Putting loose sharps into the garbage is a health risk for solid waste workers. The best ways to dispose of sharps generated in the home is through a local pharmacy, a mail-in program, at your doctor’s office, or at a designated drop-off location.

If the options above are not available, syringes may be disposed of in the garbage if placed in puncture resistant container such as a number 1 (1) PET pop bottle, with a tight-fitting or taped lid labeled “SHARPS, DO NOT RECYCLE.”King County information is available at King County Hazardous Waste Management Program website or by calling the King County Household Hazards line at 206-296-4692; or by emailing haz.waste@kingcounty.gov.

Contact your local pharmacy and ask about their sharps collection services. Many Bartell Drugs stores offer sharps disposal containers and will dispose of sharps/needles for a fee. Contact your local Bartell Drugs store for more information.

Purchase a postage paid, mail-in container. For more information on where to purchase, search for “sharps mail-in programs” on your computer, ask your doctor, or contact the following companies:

BioMedical Waste Solutions 
BioMedicalWasteSolutions.com
1.877.974.1300

GRP & Associates, Inc
SharpsDisposal.com
1.800.207.0976

Medasend 
Medasend.com
1.800.200.3581

Source: King County Hazardous Waste Management Program

Propane Canisters Can Be Taken To The Recology Store At No Cost To Tukwila Residential Customers

Please follow the instructions below when bringing propane canisters to the stores –

• Canisters must be empty, small, disposable, camping-style propane cylinders.
• Propane tanks not accepted.
• Limit 3 per drop-off.

We do not accept large propane tanks. If you have refillable propane tanks for your barbeque, make sure to reuse them or drop them off at a certified take-back facility. You can find local facilities by searching online.