Transfer Stations: Rates & Accepted Materials

A fire over Labor Day weekend at the Lewis County transfer station in Centralia extensively damaged the facility. The transfer station, located at 1411 S. Tower Ave., is open regular hours (7:30 a.m. to 5:15 p.m.), but customers should expect long lines for the foreseeable future. The tipping floor, where customers drop off their garbage, is only able to operate at 50 percent capacity at this time.

• 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.
• Use of Certified Scale: $5.00
• 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 SEPTEMBER 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, Juneteenth, Independence Day, Labor Day, Veterans Day (Wednesday, Nov. 11), Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day.

• Several Community Recycle Events are taking place this fall. On Sept. 12, there will be a Community Recycle Event between Napavine and Winlock at the Lewis County Road Shop at the corner of Pleasant Valley Road and Highway 603.Here is the flyer for the Community Recycle Event event: Napavine-Winlock Community Recycle Event. Please click here for details on these events and more.
• A Tire Recycling Event will take place on Sept. 17, 18, and 19 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. each day in the parking lot at the south end of the Southwest Washington Fairgrounds. This event is for Lewis County residents only; proof of residency will be checked. Each customer is permitted to bring in 12 passenger or light truck tires, on or off the rim, to the event. No semi-truck tires, heavy equipment tires, or tires from businesses will be accepted. There is a limit on the number of tires than can be collected at this event. When that limit is reached, the event will end, even if it is prior to the scheduled event of the event.
• A Paint Recycling Event is scheduled for 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sept 19 in the parking lot next to the Blue Pavilion at the Southwest Washington Fairgrounds. Accepted materials include house paint, stains, varnishes. There is no limit to the amount of material that can be brought in from household or business customers, but each container must be 5 gallons or smaller. The following items are not accepted: spray paint, thinners, solvents, roof patch or adhesives. Lewis County is working with GreenSheen to offer this event to the public.
• 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, Sept. 10, 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.