Facility details
- Address
- 3881 16th Ave SW
Seattle, WA 98106 - Phone
- (206) 935-4255
- Website
- westseattlerecycling.com
- Facility type
- Recycling
- County
- King County
- EPA Region
- 10
- Data sources
- Overture Maps 2026-05-20, EPA
- Last verified
- 2026-10-09
- Also listed as
- West Seattle Recycling Center
EPA record
Listed in the EPA Facility Registry: 110037222528, 110042146861, 110071901613, 110072050534
Programs on file: WA-FSIS 2981502 · WA-FSIS 14517 · WA-FSIS 100003415 · RCRA hazardous-waste handler WAH000063825
Interest types: LQG
EPA record updated 2010-10-05
About this facility
A recycling center collects, sorts and prepares recoverable materials so they can be sold to mills and manufacturers instead of being landfilled. Some are public drop-off sites run by a city, county or hauler; others are commercial buy-back yards or processing plants that take material from collection routes and businesses. What a given site handles depends on its equipment and the markets it sells into, so one center may focus on cardboard and containers while another takes only scrap metal. Many sites pay for certain materials and charge for others. Hours, fees and accepted materials vary — call ahead to confirm what is taken, how it must be sorted and whether there is a minimum quantity.
Typically accepted at Recycling Center facilities
- Cardboard and mixed paper
- Plastic bottles and containers
- Aluminum and steel cans
- Glass bottles and jars
- Scrap metal
- Electronics (at some sites)
Hours, fees and accepted materials vary by site — call ahead before hauling a load.
Nearby facilities
- Recology Cleanscapes Recycling 0.8 mi · Seattle, WA
- Alaska Street Reload and Recycling Recycling 1.0 mi · Seattle, WA
- United Recycling Recycling 1.1 mi · Seattle, WA
- Regional Disposal Company Transfer Station 1.3 mi · Seattle, WA
- Strategic Materials Recycling 1.3 mi · Seattle, WA
- Battery Systems Recycling 1.4 mi · Seattle, WA
- Sodo Recycle and Auto Wrecking Recycling 1.7 mi · Seattle, WA
- Friendly Earth International Recycling 1.7 mi · Seattle, WA
- Friendly Earth Recycling Center Recycling 2.0 mi · Seattle, WA
- The Recycling Depot Recycling 2.1 mi · Seattle, WA
Nearest landfill: Vashon LF, Vashon Island — 11.3 mi
Area served
Serves Seattle, Mercer Island, Manchester, Medina, Bellevue, Renton, Bainbridge Island, Kirkland, Port Orchard, Vashon, Bremerton, Kent.
County context
One of 60 recycling centers in King County, WA.
ZIP 98106 population 28,889.
Washington solid-waste agency: Washington State Department of Ecology