Transfer Stations: Rates & Accepted Materials

• Municipal Solid Waste (garbage): $120 per ton ($20.00 minimum for 340 pounds or less). A 3.6 percent refuse tax is added to each transaction. The fees are rounded using standard rounding rules. Municipal solid waste/garbage includes all household trash, business waste, mattresses, couches, furniture, noxious weeds, construction/demolition debris, etc. Loads of garbage cannot include ammunition, hazardous waste or liquid waste.
• Stumps/Trees/Branches: $100.00 per ton ($15.00 minimum for 300 pounds or less). The fees are rounded using standard rounding rules.
• Grass Clippings/Leaves: Lawn clippings, garden spoils, leaves or yard trimmings: $100.00 per ton ($15.00 minimum for 300 pounds or less). The fees are rounded using standard rounding rules. Here is a link to a list of noxious weeds that are not accepted.
• Ovens/ranges, washers, dryers, dishwashers, hot water tanks: $10.00 each.
• Refrigerators, freezers and other appliances (air conditioning units, table-top ice makers) containing refrigerant: $30.00 each. Refrigerator or freezer doors must be removed for safety reasons. The doors may be recycled with the unit.
• Asbestos: (Central Transfer Station Only): $150.00 per ton ($30.00 minimum charge for 400 pounds or less). 3.6% solid waste refuse tax added to transaction. Special handling needed. Please call 360-740-1451 or email swu@lewiscountywa.gov.
• Waste Requiring Special Handling & Items larger than 8 feet in length: $140.00 per ton ($35.00 minimum for 500 pounds or less). A 3.6% solid waste refuse tax is added to transaction. The fees are rounded using standard rounding rules.
• E-Waste:
  • TVs and computer monitors: $25.00 each
  • CPUs: $6.00 each
  • Laptops: $31.00 each
• Tires:
  • Passenger Car/Light Truck Tires Without Rims: $10.00 each.
  • Passenger Car/Light Truck Tires With Rims: $10.00 each.
  • Semi-Truck Tires Without Rims: $10.00 each
  • Semi-Truck Tires With Rims: $20.00 each
• Mercury-Containing Lights:
  • Light Cycle Washington allows for a resident or business to drop off up to 10 mercury-containing lights for free when the Hazo Hut is open in Lewis County Transfer Station in Centralia (every Wednesday and the 1st and 3rd Saturday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.) or during regular hours in Morton. After the first 10 lights, the following charges apply:
    • $2.50 per pound
• Household Hazardous Waste, please click here.

A 3.6% solid waste refuse tax is added to each solid waste transaction.

ANNOUNCEMENTS for MARCH 2026

Lewis County transfer stations are closed on Sundays and all major holidays: New Year's Day, Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Presidents' Day, Memorial Day (May 25), Juneteenth, Independence Day, Labor Day, Veterans Day, Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day.

• Lewis County, the WSU Lewis County Master Recycler Composter (MRC) Volunteers and the MRC Tool Bucket Library, and community partners are planning several special recycling events for 2026. The first of these events is a series of workshops in honor of Earth Month, called "Connecting Neighbors," to teach people skills in repairing their own equipment. The workshops take place every Friday starting on April 3 and running through May 1 with a special event on Saturday, May 2, to round out the Earth Month celebration. Some workshop locations are in the neighboring Centralia Christian School to keep volunteers and students out of the weather, while later ones will be at Floral Park, 104 E. Floral St., Centralia. Following each workshop, the community is invited to the Floral Park Sustainability Project from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. to learn more about the park and the MRC Tool Bucket Library. Anyone, aged 18 and older, who attends an open house is eligible to sign up for a 3-month trial membership to the tool library. A special wood debris chipping day will take place at Floral Park from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. May 2. Here's a link to the flyer and press release about the series of events.Not sure whether the item you no longer want or need should be thrown away, donated or recycled? Check out Lewis County's Waste Widget, a searchable database for many household, business, and construction items.
• The Hazo Hut in Centralia is open Wednesdays and the first & third Saturday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. (except holidays) of each month. Businesses may visit by appointment only. Residential customers can drop off left-over cleaners, lawn, garden, and pool chemicals at no charge. No businesses may drop off hazardous chemicals during this time.
• Hazardous Waste Collection days at the East Lewis County Transfer Station near Morton will be from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. the second Thursday of each month. Residential customers can drop off left-over cleaners, lawn, garden, and pool chemicals at no charge. No businesses may drop off hazardous chemicals during this time. The next Morton collection day is Thursday, April 9, 2026.
• Customers are only be permitted to drop off motor oil and antifreeze on Wednesdays and the first and third Saturday (except holidays) of each month from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., when the Hazo Hut is open. Each customer will be permitted to drop off 5 gallons of motor oil during these times. RCW 70A.224.030 limits each household to depositing 5 gallons of motor oil each day. Please see a flyer for additional community drop-off locations for motor oil.

Map to Central Transfer Station

Map of the Centralia Transfer Station Campus

mapa de la estación de transferencia de basura y reciclaje

1411 South Tower Avenue, Centralia, WA

Monday - Saturday 7:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. In-bound gates close at 5:15 p.m.

360-740-1451

Forms of payment accepted: Cash, Check, or Credit/Debit Cards are accepted at the Central Transfer Station in Centralia. $2.00 handling fee per credit, debit or pre-paid card transaction.

The tipping fee at the transfer stations is $120.00 per ton with a $20 minimum for 340 pounds or less. A 3.6% solid waste refuse tax is added to each solid waste transaction. The fee is rounded using standard rounding rules.

6745 U.S. Hwy 12, Morton, WA (2 miles East of Morton)

Monday - Saturday 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.

360-496-5095

Forms of payment accepted: Cash, Check, or Credit/Debit Cards are accepted at the Central Transfer Station in Centralia. $2.00 handling fee per credit, debit or pre-paid card transaction.

The tipping fee at the transfer stations is $120.00 per ton with a $20 minimum for 340 pounds or less. A 3.6% solid waste refuse tax is added to each solid waste transaction. The fee is rounded using standard rounding rules.

Lewis County transfer stations are CLOSED Sundays and all major holidays: New Year's Day, Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Presidents' Day, Memorial Day, Juneteenth, Independence Day, Labor Day, Veterans Day, Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day.

Private garbage companies offer curbside garbage, recycling, and organics pick-up. Please contact LeMay for your disposal, recycling, and composting needs. They also provide service to all businesses in Lewis County.

• All Lewis County: 360-736-4769, LeMay Enterprises, Inc.