Brochures Available

Free brochures and information regarding our many solid waste disposal, recycling, waste prevention and hazardous waste programs are listed below.

You may request information by email, phone or mail. Just follow the instructions below. Some brochures are also available as PDFs for you to print to your printer.

 

 Mail

Print out this page and indicate which information you'd like to receive, or write your requests on paper. Include your name, address, city/zip, phone. Mail your request to:

Snohomish County Public Works, Solid Waste
3000 Rockefeller Ave M/S 607
Everett, WA 98201

 Phone

If you have questions or wish to request information by phone, call (425) 388-3425, (press “0”), Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.  (Hearing/speech impaired, call 425-388-3700.)

 Email

E-mail your request for information to: pw.solid.waste@co.snohomish.wa.us. Be sure to include your name, address, city/zip and phone.

 Categories of Brochures Available

Businesses

• Construction, Demolition & Landclearing Debris Recycling Guide pdf
• Directory of Recyclers (see WA State Dept. of Ecology web  page) 
• Fluorescent Bulb Disposal (for businesses) pdf
• Food Scrap Composting Retirement Homes Case Study (pdf)
• Moderate Risk Waste (MRW) facility (Business hazard waste web page)  
• Take it Back Network - Electronics Recycling web page

Car Care

• Automotive Hazards Recycling & Disposal (web page) 
• Recycle Your Used Antifreeze, Car Batteries, Motor Oil, and Oil Filters for FREE! (web page)

Yard Care/Composting

• A Leaflet on Easy Composting
• Aphids: Safe and Successful Control (external link)
• Choosing Fertilizers for the Lawn and Garden  (external link)
• Composting at Home
• Composting Food Scraps
• Crane Flies, Dead Ducks and Diazinon
• Grasscycling pdf 
• How Mulching Can Make Your Trees Grow Bigger and Healthier
• How to be a Salmon-Friendly Gardener
• Low-Cost Compost Bins
• Managing Tent Caterpillars Without Chemicals  (external link)
• Mulches from Yard Debris
• Natural Yard Care (external link to DOE brochure)
• Portable Wood & Wire Compost Bin
• Protecting Your Plants from Slugs (external link)
• Salmon Friendly Garden
• Weed Management for the Lawn and Garden (external link)
• Wood & Wire Stationary 3-Bin Compost System

Espanol (Brochures in Spanish)

• Por que compostear? (Why Compost)
• Una Guia para Reduccion de Residuos y Reciclaje en su casa
  (A Guide for Reduction of Waste and Recycling in your Home)
• Enfoque en Vermicompostaje (Focus on Vermicomposting)
• Enfoque sobre la Realidad y la Ficcion de Reciclaje
  (Focus on Recycling Fact and Fiction)
• Desechos Domesticos Peligrosos (Household Hazardous Waste)
• Desechos de Automovil para Proyectos Hechos por Uno Mismo (Automotive Waste and the Do-It-Yourselfer

Garbage Disposal

• Secure Your Load! (web page)
• Garbage Dollars
• Getting Down to Basics: Where Does Our Garbage Go? (web page)
• Maps to County Disposal Facilities pdf
• Pet Waste pdf
• Waste Acceptance Policy pdf)

Household Hazardous Waste   

• Household Hazardous Waste facility (web page)
• Here's How to Dispose of Me Safely (refrigerators, freezers, air conditioners, units with CFC's) pdf (web page)
  
• Alternatives to Using Toxic Products:                                               These are available on the Washington Toxics Coalition web site
  • Aphids: Safe and Successful Control
  • Art and Hobby Supplies 
  • Choosing Fertilizers for the Lawn and Garden 
  • Clothing Moths - Prevention and Control 
  • Healthy Homes for Healthy Kids
  • Lawn Care 
  • Managing Fleas in Your Home 
  • Managing Tent Caterpillars Without Chemicals 
  • Paints & Wood Preservatives: Protecting Your Wood and Your Health 
  • Protecting Your Home from Carpenter Ants 
  • Protecting Your Plants from Slugs 
  • Safer Cleaning Products 
  • Spiders, Ants, Flies and Cockroaches 
  • Weed Management for the Lawn and Garden 

Illegal Dumping

• Is Illegal Dumping Spoiling Your Environment? pdf

Medical Waste

• Don't Needle Your Garbage Collector (Sharps) pdf

Pharmaceuticals (Medicine disposal)

• Pharmaceutical - Medicine disposal (web page)

Recycling/Waste Prevention

• Appliance Recycling (web page)
• Curbside Collection Service Can Save You Time & Money (pdf) (curbside hauler web page)
• Directory of Recyclers (WA State Dept. of Ecology web page) 
• Electronics Recycling (computers,TV's, CRT's) (web page)
• How & What to Recycle (curbside recycling instruction) (pdf)
• Scrap Metal Recycling (pdf)
• Thermostat Recycling (web page)
• Unwanted Advertising Mail  (web site)
• Waste Prevention and Recycling are Easier Than Ever in Snohomish County (pdf)
• Wood Waste Recycling (pdf)  (web page)
• Yard Waste Recycling (web page)

Miscellaneous

• Resource Guide for Educators pdf (links to lesson plans, activity guides, curricula, videos and more to teach students about waste reduction and recycling in the cafeteria and beyond)
• 2009 Waste Characterization Study