CITY OF RENTON WASHINGTON

Recyclables are unloaded in the following order: 

• Clean plastic bags, bubble wrap, and styrofoam peanuts and popcorn. Bag styrofoam to keep it separate from other recyclables.
• Clean, white, hard styrofoam packaging material and containers. No plastic bottles, hard or molded packaging or products (including toys, detergent buckets, flower pots, etc).
• Reusable household goods: clothing, small furniture, small appliances and household items that are in good condition and reusable "as is." No console televisions, sofas or baby furniture, broken furniture, appliances, hide-a-beds or water beds.
• Unusable textiles: stained, torn or otherwise unusable clothing, sheets, towels and other fabric items accepted, (separate from reusable items). No wet material or furniture cushions.
• "Ni-Cad" batteries and cell phones. Battery label will state "Ni-cad" or "Nickel Cadmium". These are rechargeable batteries typically used in cell phones, cordless power tools, laptop computers and camcorders. 
• Household batteries.
• Lead-acid batteries: car, truck, marine and motorcycle batteries. 
• Uncontaminated antifreeze: store in sealed, lidded, reusable container (do not mix with any other substances.) Residential waste only. 
• Uncontaminated motor oil: store in sealed, lidded, reusable container (do not mix with other substances.) Residential waste only. 
• Used oil filters: all automobile filters. 
• Car, pickup truck, and motorcycle tires: bias ply, steel belted and studded tires only. Remove tires from rims; limit 10 tires per load. No semi-truck or tractor tires. Call 425-430-7396 for approval of larger loads
• Mattresses/Box springs ($15 cash), mattresses must be dry, no excessive stains, no bedbugs and no blood stains. Cash paid to vendor at event.   
• Cardboard must be flattened. Books also accepted.
• Scrap metal and appliances: auto parts, lawn chairs, water heaters, dryers, washers, bikes, iron, steel and copper. 
  Instructions:  
  Remove all wheels and nonmetal parts
  Remove oil and fluids from auto parts, mowers, and other equipment
  No television sets or computers.
  No refrigerators/freezers
  No home air conditions     
• Bulky yard waste and clean wood: branches (min. 2" in diameter). Large branches, stumps, shrubs, unpainted and untreated wood, plywood, OSB and particle board. 
• No railroad ties, pressure treated wood or small branches. 
• Broken concrete (without rebar), bricks and porcelain. Sinks, tubs and toilets are accepted, (all parts must be removed). 
  Residential waste only. 

• Garbage
• Leaves
• Grass clippings and small branches
• Sod
• Drywall
• Windows
• Carpet
• #1 and #2 plastic bottles
• #6 Polystyrene plastic
• Glass plates
• Mirrors
• Bottles
• Fluorescent lighting
• Paints; Oil-based and Latex paint*
• Solvents and thinners*
• Cleaning products*

*If you cannot use up these household products, call the Hazards Line at 206-296-4692 to find out where to dispose of them properly or visit Hazard Waste Help.