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Moderate Risk Waste
 We believe that proper usage, safe storage, and correct
disposal of household chemicals is crucial if we are to protect our health and
the investments we've made in our land and water resources.
What is Hazardous (Moderate Risk) Waste?
Household Hazardous Waste can be identified by reading the label. Any
products labeled with any of the following words is considered hazardous:
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Danger |
Flammable |
Warning |
Corrosive |
Poisonous |
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Caution |
Explosive |
Reactive |
Combustible |
Toxic |
 Household Hazardous Waste
- What Can You Do?
Reduce Waste
You can take preventative measures to reduce the amount of household
hazardous waste you produce by adhering to the following guidelines:
- Consider using a non-toxic, or less hazardous, products.
When possible, use water-based, not solvent or oil-based products. Try
some of "Grandma's" cleaning products, such as vinegar and water for washing
windows, and lemon and mineral oil for dusting fine furniture.
- Buy only what you need, use it all, or give what's left to
somebody who can use it. Only non-banned products, in their original
non-leaking containers, with readable labels, should be given away.
- You may recycle the rest of the hazardous products you have left over.
View more information in our Safer
Cleaning flyer
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Recycle Everything You Can
In Kittitas County, there are Moderate Risk Waste Recycling facilities for:
 Waste Oil
 Waste oil may be recycled at one of these self-serve recycling tanks:
- Cle Elum Hardware & Rental
811 W. Davis Street (S.W. of Safeway Grocery)
Cle Elum WA
Monday – Saturday, 7:00 am – 6:00 pm
Sunday, 8:00am – 5:00 pm
- Cle Elum Transfer Station
50 - #5 Mine Road
Cle Elum WA
Tuesday - Saturday, 8:00 am - 1:00 pm and 1:30 pm - 4:00 pm
- Solid Waste Programs
925 Industrial Way
Ellensburg WA
Monday - Saturday, 8:00 am - 4:00 pm
Vehicle Batteries and Antifreeze
 Vehicle batteries and antifreeze may be recycled at one of these locations:
- Cle Elum Transfer Station
50 - #5 Mine Road
Cle Elum WA
Tuesday - Saturday, 8:00 am - 1:00 pm and 1:30 pm - 4:00 pm
- Solid Waste Programs
925 Industrial Way
Ellensburg WA
Monday - Saturday, 8:00 am - 4:00 pm
Household Hazardous Wastes (Moderate Risk Wastes)
Household hazardous wastes can be recycled and disposed of:
- At the new Kittitas County Moderate Risk Waste
Facility located at 925 Industrial Way, by appointment only. Instruction for using the Moderate
Risk Waste Facility
- Collect all of the waste in a box
- Categorize the waste as much as possible (i.e., solvents, thinners,
mineral spirits together in one box, paints in another box, garden products
in another, etc.)
- Call (509) 962-7542 for an appointment
- Be prepared to tell the Solid Waste Programs office approximately how much waste
and the kind of waste you wish to dispose
- Please be considerate of other customers by being on time for your
appointment
Solid Waste Programs and Kittitas County are pleased to offer this service
to the residents of Kittitas County at no charge. The service is paid for, in
part, through funding from Kittitas County Solid Waste Programs and grants
from the Department of Ecology.
Transporting household hazardous waste:
- Always make an appointment before loading your hazardous waste.
- Do not mix products.
- Keep products in original containers.
- Label products not in original containers.
- Secure products so they will not tip over or leak.
- Store products away from the passenger compartment of your vehicle and keep them separate from items you wish to
keep.
- When arriving for your appointment, leave all waste in your vehicle while checking into the main office for
paperwork.
- A Waste Specialist will direct you and your vehicle into the HHW facility. Once in the facility shut off you
engine and remain in your vehicle at all times. A Waste Specialist will unload your waste and direct you out.
These laws and rules are for your safety, and the safety of our staff.
For questions or an appointment, call 962-7577.
Household Batteries
 Small household (dry cell) batteries can be recycled at any one of the small
battery collection bins located countywide.
- Cle Elum
- Carpenter Library, 302 Pennsylvania AVE
- Cavallini's Pharmacy, 106 E First ST
- Cle Elum Safeway Grocery, 804 W First ST
- Easton
- C.B. General Store and Lodging
- Ellensburg
- Bi-Mart, 608 E Mountain View AVE
- Downtown Pharmacy, 414 N Pearl ST
- Ellensburg High School, 1300 E 3rd AVE
- Fred Meyer, 201 S Water ST
- Han's Gym, 202 N Pine ST
- Jerrol's Book and Supply, 111 E University Way
- Kittitas County Solid Waste, 925 Industrial Way
- Rite Aid Pharmacy, 700 S Main
- Valley View Elementary School, 1508 E Third AVE
- Woods Ace Hardware, 310 N Pearl
- Kittitas
- Country Hardware, 117 N Main ST
- Roslyn
- Harper Lumber Company, 18 Pennsylvania
Business Hazardous Waste
Kittitas County Moderate Risk Waste Facility (MRWF) offers an opportunity for
local businesses to dispose of their hazardous wastes for a fee to cover
disposal cost. This opportunity is offered to pre-registered businesses
that generate less than 220 pounds per month or batch of dangerous waste, or
less than 2.2 pounds of acutely hazardous waste; and accumulate less than 2,200
pounds of dangerous waste per batch. These businesses are referred to as
Small Quantity Generators. Hazardous wastes generated from Regulated
Businesses (businesses that exceed the above definition) cannot be accepted.
Instructions
- Collect all of the waste
- Categorize the waste as much as possible (i.e., solvents, thinners,
mineral spirits together, paints together, etc.)
- Call (509) 962-7577 to arrange for the Solid Waste Specialist to visit
your business, inventory your waste, give you your disposal cost, and
complete the "cradle to grave" paperwork
- Arrangements will be made at that time for an appointment for
disposal/recycling of your waste
- Bring your waste and the inventory sheet copy to the MRWF at the
appointed time
- Once at the facility, stay in your vehicle and refrain from smoking
- Solid Waste staff will unload your vehicle, complete your inventory
sheet, and give you a receipt for your waste
- You will be unloaded and on your way in approximately 15 minutes.
For questions pertaining to hazardous waste, contact the Kittitas County Solid
Waste Specialist at (509) 962-7577. |
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