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Hazardous, Dangerous and Unacceptable Waste
Hazardous waste should not be placed in your garbage, recycling or yard debris container. Visit http://www.govlink.org/hazwaste/house/index.cfm to learn more about disposing hazardous waste.
Only acceptable if placed in closed bags.
- Loose, cold ashes
- Sawdust
- Vacuum cleaner dust
- Styrofoam packing pellets and other similar lightweight materials
- Animal manure and cat litter
Click here for a list of items prohibited from the garbage.
Hazardous and unacceptable waste are defined efined as hazardous by 40 C.F.R. Part 261 and regulated as hazardous waste by the United States Environmental Protection Agency under Subtitle C of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (“RCRA”) of 1976, 42 U.S.C. § 6901 et seq., as amended by the Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendments (“HSWA”) of 1984; the Toxic Substances Control Act, 15 U.S.C. § 2601 et seq.; or any other federal statute or regulation governing the treatment, storage, handling or disposal of waste imposing special handling or disposal requirements similar to those required by Subtitle C of RCRA.
Defined as dangerous or extremely hazardous by Chapter 173-303 WAC and regulated as dangerous waste or extremely hazardous waste by the Washington State Department of Ecology under the State Hazardous Waste Management Act, Chapter 70.105 RCW, or any other Washington State statute or regulation governing the treatment, storage, handling or disposal of wastes and imposing special handling requirements similar to those required by Chapter 70.105 RCW.
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