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 2025 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, the WSU Lewis County Master Recycler Composter volunteers, and a grant from the Department of Ecology.
DATES |
EVENT LOCATION |
EVENT DETAILS |
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March 22 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. |
Centralia College East 701 Airport Way Morton, WA 98356 |
Repair & Sustainability Fair: The WSU Lewis County Master Recycler Composter volunteers are partnering with Centralia College East, the Lewis County Solid Waste Utility and others in the community to bring the annual Repair & Sustainability Fair to the East End. The event will take place from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Centralia College East, 701 Airport Way in Morton. 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 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. Bring in any small household items, such as chairs, tables; blenders, coffee makers, lamps, and fans; bicycles, bike tires, air mattresses; clothing and curtains, ripped or needing minor alterations. Repairs will be on a first-come, first-served basis. Please click here for a list of FAQs about Repair & Sustainability Fairs. For more information please call the Lewis County Solid Waste Utility at 360-740-1451 or email swu@lewiscountywa.gov. This event is funded through a Public Participation Grant from the Washington State Department of Ecology. Este evento ha sido financiado por una Subvencion de Participation Publica del Departamento de Ecologia del Estado do Washington. |
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March 22 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. |
Centralia College East Part of the Repair & Sustainability Fair 701 Airport Way Morton, WA 98356 |
Sensitive Document Shredding: The mobile shredding truck will be on site from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Residents may bring up to 3 bags or boxes or sensitive documents they would like to have shredded. There is no charge for this service. The shredded paper will be hauled to a paper recycling facility for processing. |
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March 22 11 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. |
Morton Centralia College East Part of the Repair & Sustainability Fair 701 Airport Way Morton, WA 98356 |
Basic Home Composting Workshop: The WSU Lewis County Master Recycler Composter (MRC) Volunteers will show you how composting is a little like baking a cake. 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 workshop during the Repair & Sustainability Fair. The workshop will take place at Centralia College East from 11 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. There will be a drawing for a free compost bin! If you have questions about the workshop, please call Jason Adams at 360-740-1216 or email him at jason.adams@lewiscountywa.gov. |
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March 22 2:30 p.m. to 4 p.m. |
Morton Centralia College East After the Repair & Sustainability Fair ends 701 Airport Way Morton, WA 98356 |
Know Your Soils Workshop: Plan to attend a WSU Lewis County Master Recycler Composter workshop to learn how to test your soil. By knowing your soil type and characteristics, you can make it better with compost. The workshop will take place immediately following the Repair & Sustainability Fair at Centralia College East, 701 Airport Way, in Morton at 2:30 p.m. If you have questions about the workshop, please call 360-740-1216 or email jason.adams@lewiscountywa.gov. |
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April 12 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. |
Winlock Old Winlock Drop Box 1105 Winlock-Vader Road Winlock, WA 98596 |
South County Community Recycle Event: Household Hazardous Waste Event: Residential customers may drop off unwanted or leftover household cleaners, lawn, garden, pool chemicals, other household chemicals. Please be prepared to leave your containers at the event. Workers don't have a place to empty them, and return them. Other limits: 5 gallons motor oil, 5 gallons antifreeze, 5 gallons cooking oil, and no containers larger than 5 gallons. No PaintCare items (Please check PaintCare.org for PaintCare.org items and locations for drop off). Television & Computer Recycling: Residents may drop off televisions, computer monitors, or CPUs for recycling. There is a limit of two items per household. This event cannot accept projection televisions, console televisions or televisions larger than 42 inches. Fluorescent Light Recycling: Residents may drop off up to 10 fluorescent lights to be recycled. Yard Waste Collection: Residents may drop off grass clippings, leaves, branches, garden spoils in a 40-yard container. This material will be hauled away for composting. No garbage, recycling, dirt, or noxious weeds may be dropped off in the container. Scrap Metal Recycling Event: Residents may drop off scrap metal items and household appliances during the event for free. Any machines, such as lawnmowers, must be drained of fluid before placing in the recycling containers. Be prepared to show proof that you are a Lewis County resident. This is a first-come, first-served event. When a container for a specific item is full, the container will be closed and unable to accept that particular material. |
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April 12 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. |
Old Winlock Drop Box 1105 Winlock-Vader Road Winlock, WA 98596 |
Sensitive Document Shredding: The mobile shredding truck will be on site from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Residents may bring up to 3 bags or boxes or sensitive documents they would like to have shredded. There is no charge for this service. The shredded paper will be hauled to a paper recycling facility for processing. |
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April 19 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. |
Vader McMurphy Park on Annonen Road |
Chips for Trails: The annual Chips for Trails event will take place at McMurphy Park off Annonen Road in Vader in celebration of Earth Day. The Vader Parks Board, volunteers and city staff will be collecting branches and brush for chipping during this time. The material will be chipped up and spread onto trails of the Vader park. During the event, Lewis County residents are permitted to drop off brush and branches to be chipped that are no larger than 5 inches in diameter. No trash, leaves, building materials or plastic bags will be accepted. |
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April 26 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. |
Randle Lewis County Public Works Department Area 7 Road Shop (Kiona) 8911 US Hwy 12 Randle, WA 98377 |
East End Community Recycle Event: Satellite Household Hazardous Waste Collection Event: Residential customers may drop off their unwanted or leftover cleaners, lawn, garden, pool chemicals, and other household chemicals. Please be prepared to leave 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 5 gallons motor oil, 5 gallons antifreeze, 5 gallons cooking oil, and no containers larger than 5 gallons. No paint or PaintCare items (Please check PaintCare.org for PaintCare.org items and locations for drop off). Television & Computer Recycling: Residents may drop off televisions, computer monitors, or CPUs for recycling. There is a limit of two items per household. This event cannot accept projection televisions, console televisions or televisions larger than 42 inches. Fluorescent Light Recycling: Residents may drop off up to 10 fluorescent lights to be recycled. Scrap Metal Recycling: Residents may drop off scrap metal (make sure all fluids are drained from motors, such as lawn mowers) and household appliances-- refrigerators, freezers, stoves, washers, dryers, hot water heaters, and dish washers (a limit of two large appliances). Once the containers are full for a particular commodity, they will be closed and that part of the recycling program will end. |
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April 26 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. |
Centralia Centralia College Southwest Washington Flexible Training (SWFT) Center (SWFT Center Room 108) 807 W. Pear St. Centralia, WA 98531 |
Repair & Sustainability Fair for Earth Day! In honor of Earth Day, the WSU Lewis County Master Recycler Composter volunteers are partnering with Centralia College, the Lewis County Solid Waste Utility and others in the community to offer a spring 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 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. Bring in any small household items, such as chairs, tables; blenders, coffee makers, lamps, and fans; bicycles, bike tires, air mattresses; clothing and curtains, ripped or needing minor alterations. Repairs will be on a first-come, first-served basis. Please click here for a list of FAQs about Repair & Sustainability Fairs. Gently used tools will be accepted for reuse/recycling. The MRC Volunteers are starting the MRC Tool Bucket Library in the future where they will lend tools to community members. Stop by their booth to learn more and/or drop off some tools. For more information please call the WSU Lewis County Master Recycler Composter Volunteers at 360-740-1216 or email jason.adams@lewiscountywa.gov. This event is funded through a Public Participation Grant from the Washington State Department of Ecology. Este evento ha sido financiado por una Subvencion de Participation Publica del Departamento de Ecologia del Estado do Washington. |
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April 26 11 a.m. to Noon |
Centralia Centralia College Southwest Washington Flexible Training (SWFT) Center (SWFT Center Room 108) 807 W. Pear St. Centralia, WA 98531 |
Basic Composting Workshop: Composting is a little like baking a cake. 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 WSU Lewis County Master Recycler Composter volunteers invite you to attend a Basic Composting Workshop at 11 a.m. at the Repair & Sustainability Fair in the SWFT Center at Centralia College, 807 Pear St. There will be an opportunity to ask questions about your own composting challenges as well. There will be a drawing for a free compost bin. |
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April 26 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. |
Centralia College Southwest Washington Flexible Training (SWFT) Center Shredding truck will be parked in the lot on Pear Street across from the SWFT Center 807 W. Pear St. Centralia, WA 98531 |
Sensitive Document Shredding: The mobile shredding truck will be on site from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Residents may bring up to 3 bags or boxes or sensitive documents they would like to have shredded. There is no charge for this service. The shredded paper will be hauled to a paper recycling facility for processing. |
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April 26 2:30 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. |
Centralia Centralia College Southwest Washington Flexible Training (SWFT) Center 807 W. Pear St. Centralia, WA 98531 |
Know Your Soils Workshop: Plan to attend a WSU Lewis County Master Recycler Composter workshop to learn how to test your soil. By knowing your soil type and characteristics, you can make it better with compost. The workshop will take place immediately following the Repair & Sustainability Fair at Centralia College's SWFT Center, 807 W. Pear St., Centralia 2:30 p.m. If you have questions about the workshop, please call 360-740-1216 or email jason.adams@lewiscountywa.gov. |
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May 10 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. |
Winlock-Napavine Area Lewis County Road Shop 111 Pleasant Valley Road Winlock, WA 98596 |
Napavine Area Community Recycle Event: Household Hazardous Waste Event: Residential customers may drop off unwanted or left-over household cleaners, lawn, garden, pool chemicals, other household chemicals. Please be prepared to leave your containers at the event. Workers don't have a place to empty them, and return them. Other limits: 5 gallons motor oil, 5 gallons antifreeze, 5 gallons cooking oil, and no containers larger than 5 gallons. No PaintCare items (Please check PaintCare.org for PaintCare.org items and locations for drop off). Television & Computer Recycling: Residents may drop off televisions, computer monitors, or CPUs for recycling. There is a limit of two items per household. This event cannot accept projection televisions, console televisions or televisions larger than 42 inches. Fluorescent Light Recycling: Residents may drop off up to 10 fluorescent lights to be recycled. Scrap Metal Recycling Event: Residents may drop off scrap metal items and household appliances (limit of 2 appliances per household) during the event for free. Any machines, such as lawnmowers, must be drained of fluid before placing in the recycling containers. Tool Recycling: The WSU Master Recycler Composter (MRC) Volunteers will be accepting gently used tools for their future MRC Tool Bucket Tool Lending Library. Yard Waste Collection: Residents may drop off grass clippings, leaves, branches, garden spoils in a 40-yard container. This material will be hauled away for composting. No garbage, recycling, dirt, or noxious weeds may be dropped off in the container. Be prepared to show proof that you are a Lewis County resident. This is a first-come, first-served event. When a container for a specific item is full, the container will be closed and unable to accept that particular material. |
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May 10 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. |
Lewis County Road Shop 111 Pleasant Valley Road Winlock, WA 98596 |
Sensitive Document Shredding: The mobile shredding truck will be on site from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Residents may bring up to 3 bags or boxes or sensitive documents they would like to have shredded. There is no charge for this service. The shredded paper will be hauled to a paper recycling facility for processing. |
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May 17 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. |
Dailey's Mini Storage Parking Lot 110 7th St. Vader, WA 98593 |
Sensitive Document Shredding: The mobile shredding truck will be on site from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Residents may bring up to 3 bags or boxes or sensitive documents they would like to have shredded. There is no charge for this service. The shredded paper will be hauled to a paper recycling facility for processing. |
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June 7 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. |
Winlock Old Winlock Drop Box 1105 Winlock-Vader Road Winlock, WA 98596 |
Scrap Metal Recycling Event: Residents may drop off scrap metal and household appliances, including washers, dryers, dish washers, stoves, refrigerators, freezers, microwaves, hot water heaters. Make sure all fluids are drained from motors. |
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June 14 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. |
Pe Ell Town Hall 111 Main St. Pe Ell, WA 98572 |
Pe Ell Community Recycle Event: Satellite Household Hazardous Waste Collection Event: Residential customers may drop off their unwanted or leftover cleaners, lawn, garden, pool chemicals, and other household chemicals. Please be prepared to leave 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 5 gallons motor oil, 5 gallons antifreeze, 5 gallons cooking oil, and no containers larger than 5 gallons. No PaintCare items (Please check PaintCare.org for PaintCare.org items and locations for drop off). Television & Computer Recycling: Residents may drop off televisions, computer monitors, or CPUs for recycling. There is a limit of two items per household. This event cannot accept projection televisions, console televisions or televisions larger than 42 inches. Fluorescent Light Recycling: Residents may drop off up to 10 fluorescent lights to be recycled. Yard Waste Collection: Residents may drop off grass clippings, leaves, branches, garden spoils in a 40-yard container. This material will be hauled away for composting. No garbage, recycling, dirt, or noxious weeds may be dropped off in the container. Scrap Metal Recycling: Residents may drop off scrap metal and household appliances. Make sure all fluids are drained from motors. Once the containers are full for a particular commodity, they will be closed and that part of the recycling program will end. |
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June 14 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. |
Town Hall 111 Main St. Pe Ell, WA 98572 |
Sensitive Document Shredding: The mobile shredding truck will be on site from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Residents may bring up to 3 bags or boxes or sensitive documents they would like to have shredded. There is no charge for this service. The shredded paper will be hauled to a paper recycling facility for processing. |
*Except where noted
Lewis County Solid Waste Utility
P.O. Box 180
1411 S. Tower Ave.
Centralia, WA, 98531
Email: swu@lewiscountywa.gov