Recology CleanScapes offers free curbside collection of used cooking oil and kitchen grease for single-family and multi-family customers in Burien.

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
Burien 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 dropped off at Burien Police Station located at 14605 Ave SW during business hours.  For additional drop-off centers, visit the Take Back Your Meds website or call 425-388-3199.

• Please follow these instructions when disposing of latex paint cans:

• • • 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 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.

We offer free curbside collection of compact fluorescent tubes and bulbs (CFLs) for single-family residential customers in Burien.

Single-family Residential Customers:

• Schedule a Special Item Recycling Collection.
• Wrap tubes in several layers of newspaper, secure with tape.
• Put bulbs in plastic bag tied closed (or Ziploc® style bag).
• Set bulbs on top of recycle cart (not inside).
• Place well-wrapped tubes next to your recycling cart. Tubes longer than 4 feet will not be collected.
• Limit: 2 tubes/bulbs per collection, 10 tubes/bulbs per year.

Drop off
Burien residential customers may also drop off fluorescent tubes and CFL bulbs at The Recology Store in Highline.

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 two (2) PET pop bottle, with a tight fitting or taped lid and labeled “SHARPS, DO NOT RECYCLE.”King County information is available at King County Local 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 
www.biomedicalwastesolutions.com
1-877-974-1300

GRP & Associates, Inc
www.sharpsdisposal.com
1-800-207-0976

Medasend 
www.medasend.com
1-800-200-3581

Source: King County Local Hazardous Waste Management Program

Recology CleanScapes will collect empty, small, disposable, camping-style propane cylinders or cans when pick up is requested. Please schedule a Special Recycling Item Collection or call 206-521-5107 to request collection.

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.