Community Recycle Events, Repair & Sustainability Fair, Workshops

Lewis County is working with cities and communities to offer free recycling events and opportunities to properly dispose of certain materials. Please see the Schedule of Events for 2026 listed below.

The events are offered to Lewis County residents only, and are available on a first-come, first-served basis. If some recycling containers fill up on the day of the event, that particular recycling opportunity may be closed due to storage and space limitations. Every event will not necessarily offer the same recycling opportunities.

Check out the dates that are confirmed in the chart below, and click on the city or community under "Location" or "Event Services" to see a flyer and rules about that specific event. (Some flyers are still being created, so check back for more details if the link for a certain event is not available yet!)

We are also working with volunteers to offer workshops to educate the community about composting, recycling, soil health, composting with worms, and living a more zero waste lifestyle. These workshops are included in the Schedule of Events listed below.

These events are being offered thanks to Lewis County, E-Cycle Washington, community partners, and the WSU Lewis County Master Recycler Composter volunteers. Many are funded in part by a Local Solid Waste Financial Assistance grant from the Washington State Department of Ecology.

2026 Community Recycle Events
DATES	EVENT LOCATION	EVENT DETAILS
Feb. 12 March 12 April 9 May 14 June 11 July 9 Aug. 13 Sept. 10 Oct. 8 Nov. 12 Dec. 10 10 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.	Morton East Lewis County Transfer Station 6745 U.S. Hwy 12 Morton, WA 98356	Satellite Household Hazardous Waste Collection Event: Residential customers may drop off their unwanted or cleaners, lawn, garden, pool chemicals, and other household chemicals. Please be prepared to leaves your containers at the event. Workers don't have a place to empty them, and return them to customers at satellite events. Limits for these events are 15 CFL lights, 5 gallons motor oil, 5 gallons antifreeze, 5 gallons cooking oil, no containers larger than 5 gallons.
Feb. 21 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.	Centralia Centralia Timberland Library 110 S. Silver St. Centralia, WA 98531	Know Your Soil and How to Improve it with Compost!: Attend this WSU Lewis County Master Recycler Composter workshop at 11 a.m. Feb. 21 at the Centralia Timberland Library to learn how to test your soil. By knowing your soil type (or which nutrients it may be lacking) you can make it better with compost. Specific topics will include the role of soil and microbes, soil texture and structure, soil nutrients and pH, and more. Email jason.adams@lewiscountywa.gov or call 360-740-1212 to to register.
March 14 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.	Morton Morton Senior Center 103 Westlake Ave. Morton, WA 98356	Sensitive Document Shredding: Residential customers may bring up to five bags or boxes of documents they would like shredded, and then recycled. This event will take place in the parking lot at the senior center during the Morton Repair & Sustainability Fair. The shredded paper will be recycled after the event.
March 14 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.	Morton Morton Senior Center 103 Westlake Ave. Morton, WA 98356	Repair & Sustainability Fair: If you have something around your home that needs to be fixed, don't throw it out and bury it in the landfill forever. Bring it to this WSU Lewis County Master Recycler Composter event. Volunteers will be on hand to do their best to make the repairs and teach you how to do it in the process. Some community members will also be on-site offering demonstrations, so you can learn and improve your knowledge as a do-it-yourselfer. Here are some examples of items you can bring to the event: Bikes; air mattresses; lawn mowers; electric items, such as lamps and fans; clothing, curtains, and other textiles in need of minor repairs; tools that need sharpening; furniture Repairs will be on a first-come, first-served basis. The fixer volunteers will try their best to help you repair the item, or give you recommendations on next steps, but there are no guarantees. There will also be a Stuff Swap area of gently used items (feel free to bring something to share or shop for something you might need), information booths, kids crafts and hourly door prizes. These events are funded in part by a Local Solid Waste Financial Assistance grant from the Washington State Department of Ecology. For more information please call the Lewis County Solid Waste Utility at 360-740-1216.
April 18 11 a.m. to 12 p.m.	Salkum Salkum Timberland Library 2480 US Hwy 12 Salkum, WA 98582	Home Composting: Making "Black Gold": Composting is a little like baking a cake, and the WSU Lewis County Master Recycler Composter (MRC) Volunteers will teach you how to make compost or "black gold" in your own back yard! There are some basic science principles required to successfully create compost in the shortest possible time but the rest is art, allowing you to create a composting setup that works for you. The MRC volunteers invite you to attend this basic composting class. There will be an opportunity to ask questions about your own composting challenges as well.
April 25 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.	Vader McMurphy Park Annonen Road Vader, WA 98593	Chips For Trails: Drop off chippable wood debris, such as limbs, branches at Annonen Park in Vader from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Material will be chipped. Volunteers will spread the wood chips on trails in the park.
May 9 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.	Chehalis Chehalis Outfitters (formerly SunBirds) 1757 N. National Ave. Chehalis, WA 98532	Repair & Sustainability Fair: If you have something around your home that needs to be fixed, don't throw it out and bury it in the landfill forever. Bring it to this WSU Lewis County Master Recycler Composter event. Volunteers will be on hand to do their best to make the repairs and teach you how to do it in the process. Some community members will also be on-site offering demonstrations, so you can learn and improve your knowledge as a do-it-yourselfer. Here are some examples of items you can bring to the event: Bikes; air mattresses; lawn mowers; electric items, such as lamps and fans; clothing, curtains, and other textiles in need of minor repairs; tools that need sharpening; furniture Repairs will be on a first-come, first-served basis. The fixer volunteers will try their best to help you repair the item, or give you recommendations on next steps, but there are no guarantees. There will also be a Stuff Swap area of gently used items (feel free to bring something to share or shop for something you might need), information booths, kids crafts and hourly door prizes. These events are funded in part by a Local Solid Waste Financial Assistance grant from the Washington State Department of Ecology. For more information please call the Lewis County Solid Waste Utility at 360-740-1216.
May 9 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.	Chehalis Chehalis Outfitters (formerly SunBirds) 1757 N. National Ave. Chehalis, WA 98532 (The LeMay Mobile Shredding Truck will be set up in the parking lot!)	Sensitive Document Shredding: Residential customers may bring up to five bags or boxes of documents they would like shredded, and then recycled. The shredded paper will be taken to a facility to be recycled after the event. The shredded paper will be taken to a paper recycling facility after the event.
May 16 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.	Vader Dailey's Mini Storage (In the parking lot) 110 7th St. Vader, WA 98593	Sensitive Document Shredding: Residential customers may bring up to five bags or boxes of documents they would like shredded, and then recycled. The shredded paper will be taken to a facility to be recycled after the event. The shredded paper will be taken to a paper recycling facility after the event.
Dec. 26-28 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.	Centralia Lewis County Central Transfer Station 1411 S. Tower Ave. Centralia, WA 98531 (in the parking lot before you enter the transfer station)	Recycle Christmas Trees, Holiday Lights & Other Holiday Items: When the holidays are wrapped up, make plans to give your Christmas trees and other holiday items new life: recycle them! Volunteers will be on hand in the parking lot outside the gate at the Lewis County Central Transfer Station, 1411 S. Tower Ave., in Centralia. The event will run on Friday, Saturday and Sunday for the next three weekends: Dec. 26-28, Jan. 2-4, 2027 and Jan. 9-11, 2027. Hours for each day will be 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. The WSU Lewis County Master Recycler Composter volunteers offer the Centralia area service for free, but will accept donations to support their community education projects throughout the year. The volunteer groups sponsor the annual tree recycling event in Centralia in conjunction with Pacific Mobile and the Lewis County Department of Public Works Solid Waste Utility Division to collect Christmas trees for chipping at a later date. Volunteers will also accept burned out holiday lights. Other recycling opportunities at transfer stations in Centralia & Morton: Wrapping paper, holiday cards/envelopes, gift boxes can be placed in the paper recycling container. No foil paper, tape, ribbons or bows. Corrugated cardboard shipping boxes can be flattened and recycled in the corrugated cardboard recycling container. Anyone with questions regarding holiday recycling may call 740-1212 or 740-1451, or email swu@lewiscountywa.gov.
Dec. 26, Dec. 28-Dec. 31 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Each Day	Morton East Lewis County Transfer Station 6745 US Hwy 12 Morton, WA 98356	Recycle Christmas Trees, Holiday Lights & Other Holiday Items: Drop off Christmas Trees for free at the East Lewis County Transfer Station in Morton during transfer station hours. Please check in with scale attendant for directions for drop-off. Trees must be real, and undecorated; no flocked trees or tinsel. Unwanted strings of holiday lights can be dropped off for free in the scrap metal recycling container. Wrapping paper, holiday cards/envelopes, gift boxes can be placed in the paper recycling container. No foil paper, tape, ribbons or bows. Corrugated cardboard shipping boxes can be flattened and recycled in the corrugated cardboard recycling container.

2026 Community Recycle Events

DATES

EVENT LOCATION

EVENT DETAILS

Feb. 12

March 12

April 9

May 14

June 11

July 9

Aug. 13

Sept. 10

Oct. 8

Nov. 12

Dec. 10

10 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.

Morton

East Lewis County Transfer Station

6745 U.S. Hwy 12

Morton, WA 98356

Satellite Household Hazardous Waste Collection Event: Residential customers may drop off their unwanted or cleaners, lawn, garden, pool chemicals, and other household chemicals. Please be prepared to leaves your containers at the event. Workers don't have a place to empty them, and return them to customers at satellite events. Limits for these events are 15 CFL lights, 5 gallons motor oil, 5 gallons antifreeze, 5 gallons cooking oil, no containers larger than 5 gallons.

Feb. 21

11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

Centralia

Centralia Timberland Library

110 S. Silver St.

Centralia, WA 98531

Know Your Soil and How to Improve it with Compost!: Attend this WSU Lewis County Master Recycler Composter workshop at 11 a.m. Feb. 21 at the Centralia Timberland Library to learn how to test your soil. By knowing your soil type (or which nutrients it may be lacking) you can make it better with compost. Specific topics will include the role of soil and microbes, soil texture and structure, soil nutrients and pH, and more. Email jason.adams@lewiscountywa.gov or call 360-740-1212 to to register.

March 14

10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Morton

Morton Senior Center

103 Westlake Ave.

Morton, WA 98356

Sensitive Document Shredding: Residential customers may bring up to five bags or boxes of documents they would like shredded, and then recycled. This event will take place in the parking lot at the senior center during the Morton Repair & Sustainability Fair. The shredded paper will be recycled after the event.

March 14

10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Morton

Morton Senior Center

103 Westlake Ave.

Morton, WA 98356

Repair & Sustainability Fair: If you have something around your home that needs to be fixed, don't throw it out and bury it in the landfill forever. Bring it to this WSU Lewis County Master Recycler Composter event. Volunteers will be on hand to do their best to make the repairs and teach you how to do it in the process. Some community members will also be on-site offering demonstrations, so you can learn and improve your knowledge as a do-it-yourselfer.

Here are some examples of items you can bring to the event:

Bikes; air mattresses; lawn mowers; electric items, such as lamps and fans; clothing, curtains, and other textiles in need of minor repairs; tools that need sharpening; furniture

Repairs will be on a first-come, first-served basis. The fixer volunteers will try their best to help you repair the item, or give you recommendations on next steps, but there are no guarantees.

There will also be a Stuff Swap area of gently used items (feel free to bring something to share or shop for something you might need), information booths, kids crafts and hourly door prizes.

These events are funded in part by a Local Solid Waste Financial Assistance grant from the Washington State Department of Ecology.

For more information please call the Lewis County Solid Waste Utility at 360-740-1216.

April 18

11 a.m. to 12 p.m.

Salkum

Salkum Timberland Library

2480 US Hwy 12

Salkum, WA 98582

Home Composting: Making "Black Gold": Composting is a little like baking a cake, and the WSU Lewis County Master Recycler Composter (MRC) Volunteers will teach you how to make compost or "black gold" in your own back yard! There are some basic science principles required to successfully create compost in the shortest possible time but the rest is art, allowing you to create a composting setup that works for you. The MRC volunteers invite you to attend this basic composting class. There will be an opportunity to ask questions about your own composting challenges as well.

April 25

10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Vader

McMurphy Park

Annonen Road

Vader, WA 98593

Chips For Trails: Drop off chippable wood debris, such as limbs, branches at Annonen Park in Vader from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Material will be chipped. Volunteers will spread the wood chips on trails in the park.

May 9

10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Chehalis

Chehalis Outfitters

(formerly SunBirds)

1757 N. National Ave.

Chehalis, WA 98532

Here are some examples of items you can bring to the event:

Bikes; air mattresses; lawn mowers; electric items, such as lamps and fans; clothing, curtains, and other textiles in need of minor repairs; tools that need sharpening; furniture

Repairs will be on a first-come, first-served basis. The fixer volunteers will try their best to help you repair the item, or give you recommendations on next steps, but there are no guarantees.

There will also be a Stuff Swap area of gently used items (feel free to bring something to share or shop for something you might need), information booths, kids crafts and hourly door prizes.

These events are funded in part by a Local Solid Waste Financial Assistance grant from the Washington State Department of Ecology.

For more information please call the Lewis County Solid Waste Utility at 360-740-1216.

May 9

10 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Chehalis

Chehalis Outfitters

(formerly SunBirds)

1757 N. National Ave.

Chehalis, WA 98532

(The LeMay Mobile Shredding Truck will be set up in the parking lot!)

Sensitive Document Shredding: Residential customers may bring up to five bags or boxes of documents they would like shredded, and then recycled. The shredded paper will be taken to a facility to be recycled after the event. The shredded paper will be taken to a paper recycling facility after the event.

May 16

10 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Vader

Dailey's Mini Storage

(In the parking lot)

110 7th St.

Vader, WA 98593

Dec. 26-28

10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Centralia

Lewis County Central Transfer Station

1411 S. Tower Ave.

Centralia, WA 98531

(in the parking lot before you enter the transfer station)

Recycle Christmas Trees, Holiday Lights & Other Holiday Items: When the holidays are wrapped up, make plans to give your Christmas trees and other holiday items new life: recycle them!

Volunteers will be on hand in the parking lot outside the gate at the Lewis County Central Transfer Station, 1411 S. Tower Ave., in Centralia. The event will run on Friday, Saturday and Sunday for the next three weekends: Dec. 26-28, Jan. 2-4, 2027 and Jan. 9-11, 2027. Hours for each day will be 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

The WSU Lewis County Master Recycler Composter volunteers offer the Centralia area service for free, but will accept donations to support their community education projects throughout the year. The volunteer groups sponsor the annual tree recycling event in Centralia in conjunction with Pacific Mobile and the Lewis County Department of Public Works Solid Waste Utility Division to collect Christmas trees for chipping at a later date. Volunteers will also accept burned out holiday lights. Other recycling opportunities at transfer stations in Centralia & Morton: Wrapping paper, holiday cards/envelopes, gift boxes can be placed in the paper recycling container. No foil paper, tape, ribbons or bows. Corrugated cardboard shipping boxes can be flattened and recycled in the corrugated cardboard recycling container.

Anyone with questions regarding holiday recycling may call 740-1212 or 740-1451, or email swu@lewiscountywa.gov.

Dec. 26, Dec. 28-Dec. 31

8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Each Day

Morton

East Lewis County Transfer Station

6745 US Hwy 12

Morton, WA 98356

Recycle Christmas Trees, Holiday Lights & Other Holiday Items:

Drop off Christmas Trees for free at the East Lewis County Transfer Station in Morton during transfer station hours. Please check in with scale attendant for directions for drop-off. Trees must be real, and undecorated; no flocked trees or tinsel.

Unwanted strings of holiday lights can be dropped off for free in the scrap metal recycling container.

Wrapping paper, holiday cards/envelopes, gift boxes can be placed in the paper recycling container. No foil paper, tape, ribbons or bows.

Corrugated cardboard shipping boxes can be flattened and recycled in the corrugated cardboard recycling container.

*Except where noted

Lewis County Solid Waste Utility

P.O. Box 180
1411 S. Tower Ave.

Centralia, WA, 98531

360-740-1451

Email: swu@lewiscountywa.gov