Wallingford Recycling Resources

Recycling Resources in and near Wallingford

(as of March 2013)

Also find this information under the Resources tab of the Wallyhood blog. Community Organizations and Neighborhood Information – Where to Recycle Anything in Wallingford

Old computers: The best place for refurbishing and reusing computers and computer peripherals is InterConnection, 3415 Stone Way N. InterConnection is a non-profit that refurbishes computers and provides them to worldwide charitable organizations. 206-633-1517
Old cell phones: Donate at John Stanford International School to support school Green Team. Drop off at JSIS blue recycling center near door to staff parking lot.
Almost any other item related to computers or electronics , including CDs, DVDs, audio tapes: RePC SoDo store 1565 6th Ave S. 206-623-9151
Ink and toner cartridges: Drop off at JSIS blue recycling center near door to staff parking lot or at Cartridge World, 400 NE 45th St 206-632-5555

Compact fluorescent light bulbs (unbroken; no fluorescent tubes): Bartell Drugs – hand to employee at checkout. 1820 N 45th St 206-632-3313
Fluorescent tubes
- North Household Hazardous Waste facility 12550 Stone Ave N – up to 10 tubes per trip
- Greenwood True Value Hardware 7201 Greenwood Ave N 206-783-2900
- Maple Leaf Ace Hardware 9000 Roosevelt Way N 206-522-3324

Rechargable including cell phone batteries
- Bartell Drugs 1820 N 45th St 206-632-3313
- Radio Shack 4223 University Way NE 206-632-4720
Alkaline batteries, including AAA, AA, C, D, 9 volt, camera, hearing aid, watch
- May go in garbage
- Or take to North Household Hazardous Waste facility at 12550 Stone Ave N
Lithium batteries
- May go in garbage
- Or take to North Household Hazardous Waste facility at 12550 Stone Ave N
Vehicle / lead-acid batteries
- Take to North Transfer Station recycling (no charge) 1350 N 34th St

Maple Leaf Ace Hardware 9000 Roosevelt Ave NE 206-522-3324
Girl Scouts of Western WA, collecting for Point Defiance Zoo: 601 Valley Street (just west of Aurora) – late November / December only

Remove all packaging, twist-ties and rubber bands. Place lights directly in the collection bin, not in any sort of bag or with other extra material.

Styrofoam packing peanuts: Take to UPS Store for re-use. No biodegradable peanuts. 2311 N 45th 206-522-1970
Styrofoam chunks: Take to Whole Foods (all locations) or Seattle Lighting Outlet: 26 S. Hanford, just south of Home Depot in SoDo. 206-268-3579

Biodegradable Packing Peanuts

Reuse or dissolve in water, or put in garbage. Cedar Grove says they are not compostable.

Aveda accepts caps that twist, specifically from shampoo, water, soda, milk and other beverage bottles, pharmaceutical lids, flip top caps on tubes and food product bottles (such as ketchup and mayonnaise), laundry detergent caps and some jar lids such as peanut butter.
Caps need to be rigid, so they do not accept lids from plastic tubs, like yogurt – those go in curbside recycling.
Collection locations:
- JSIS blue recycling center near door to staff parking lot.
- Aveda store 727 – University Village, 2622 NE University Village
- Aveda store 136 – Pacific Place, 600 Pine St

Plastic bags get tangled in recycling sorting equipment so do not put them in your curbside recycling (this from Waste Management).
Instead, “Bag Your Bags”! Stuff them – clean, dry, without food residue – into another bag, tie it up, and bring back to one of the stores below.
Accepted: plastic grocery bags, bread bags, produce bags, plastic wrap from paper products (such as paper towels and toilet paper), plastic bubble wrap, dry cleaning bags, shrink wrap
Not accepted: plastic zipper bags, plastic bags with strings, frozen food bags
Recycle Bags
- QFC – 1801 N 45th St, 2746 NE 45th St, 6600 Roosevelt Way NE
- Fred Meyer – 915 NW 45th St, 100 NW 85th St

Take to Sun Cleaners 2600 N 45th St 206-633-3131 for recycling
Take to North Transfer Station recycling (no charge) 1350 N 34th St
Metal clothes hangers get tangled in recycling sorting equipment, so don’t put in curbside recycling

Donate to Friends of Seattle Public Library
Try Craigslist, Freecycle, or DonateSeattle.org if SPL won’t take them
Only pages of hard cover books can be recycled; tear or cut out of book. Spine and cover go in garbage.

Donate to Friends of Seattle Public Library
Take three or fewer boxes to any Seattle Public Library branch
More than three boxes take to: Friends Book Sale sorting room, 6310 NE 74th St, east wing of Building 30, Magnuson Park.

Shoes, boots, sandals of all sizes for men, women, children – donate to Redeeming Soles.
Shoes are distributed to the homeless. Collection bin locations:
- Sock Monster, 1909 N 45th St 206-724-0123
- JSIS blue recycling center near door by staff parking lot

Collection bin located in the Shell station parking lot across from Dick’s Drive-In (111 NE 45th St)

Take to a participating Bartell Drugs
- University Village Bartells 2700 NE University Village St 206-525-0601
- Upper Queen Anne Bartells 1929 Queen Anne Ave N 206-285-0200