Three-day Covington event kicks off 16th year of King County's Wastemobile service

2005 Archived News

King County residents can bring their household hazardous wastes to a three-day Wastemobile event in Covington on Feb. 11-13, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

The Wastemobile will be located at Fire Station #75 at 15635 SE 272nd St. The site on is on the south side of Highway 516 (Kent-Kangley Road), one mile east of Lake Meridian.

King County's Hazardous Wastemobile accepts pesticides, paint products, automotive products (such as oil, antifreeze and auto batteries), fluorescent bulbs/ballasts and other household hazardous items for disposal free of charge. The program serves 26 cities and recycles or reuses 85 percent of the waste collected.

Created in 1989, King County's Wastemobile was the first program of its kind in the nation. In 16 years in operation, the program has collected 12,661 tons of wastes from 287,000 customers. In 25 collection events last year, the Wastemobile served almost 17,000 King County residents, collecting an average of 78 pounds of hazardous waste per customer (for a total of 661 tons).

For more information, including acceptable materials and quantity limits, call the King County Household Hazards Line at 206-296-4692, Monday through Friday between 9 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., except holidays. Recorded information is available after hours.

Information is also available on the Wastemobile Web site at www.govlink.org/hazwaste/house/disposal/wastemobile/index.html.