Transfer Stations: Rates & Accepted Materials

This holiday season Lewis County Transfer Stations in Centralia and Morton will be closed on Christmas Day, Wednesday, Dec. 25, and New Years Day, Wednesday, Jan. 1. These closures include Hazo Hut (which is normally open on Wednesdays from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.) at the transfer station in Centralia.

• 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.
• 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 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:
    • $1.00 per pound
    • Specialty light: $2.50 each
• Household Hazardous Waste, please click here.

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

ANNOUNCEMENTS for DECEMBER 2024

Lewis County transfer stations are closed on Sundays and all major holidays: New Year's Day (Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2025), Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Presidents' Day, Memorial Day, Juneteenth, Independence Day, Labor Day, Veterans Day (Monday, Nov. 11), Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day (Wednesday, Dec. 25).

• Lewis County transfer stations in Centralia and Morton will be open regular hours every day the week of Dec. 23, except for Wednesday, Dec. 25, when they will be closed for Christmas.
• WSU Lewis County Master Recycler Composter Volunteers will host their Christmas Tree & Holiday Light Recycling Event 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. during the three weekends (Friday, Saturday, and Sunday) following Christmas: Dec. 27-29, Jan, 3-5, and Jan. 10-12. It will take place in the parking lot before you enter the Lewis County Central Transfer Station, 1411 S. Tower Ave., Centralia. While the event is free to the public, the volunteers will accept donations to support their community outreach programs. Please click here for additional information.
• Christmas Trees will be accepted at the East Lewis County Transfer Station in Morton for free from Dec. 26 through Jan. 11, except for New Year's Day and Sundays when the transfer station is closed. Check in with the scale attendant for directions on where to drop it off. Trees must be real, undecorated, and unflocked to be accepted for free.
• Other Holiday Recycling: Holiday lights can be recycled in the Scrap Metal Recycling containers in the Recycling Area at the transfer stations. Gift wrap (no foil wrap or cellophane) and cards can be recycled in curbside recycling containers or Paper Recycling containers in the transfer stations.
• The WSU Lewis County Master Recycler Composter volunteers are planning Repair & Sustainability Fairs for 2025 in Morton and Centralia. The Morton event will take place on March 22 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Centralia College East. A workshop called "Know Your Soils" is scheduled for 2:30 p.m. Centralia events will be held at Centralia College's SWFT Center from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. April 26 and Sept. 27. A "Composting Basics" workshop is scheduled for 11 a.m. at the April event. The fall event will offer an "Emergency Preparedness" workshop at 11 a.m. At previous events, the following items were repaired: a drill, a rototiller, a lawnmower, a lamp, bicycles, a serger sewing machine, a computer, several items of clothing, and several gardening tools and knives were sharpened.
• 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. It will, however, be closed on Christmas Day (Wednesday, Dec. 25) and New Year's Day (Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2025).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 Dec. 12, 2024.
• The Hazo Hut in Centralia is open Wednesdays and the first & third Saturday (except holidays) of each month. Businesses may visit by appointment only.
• 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.

Map to Central Transfer Station

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.