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 webpage) 
• Fluorescent Bulb Disposal (for businesses) pdf
• Food Scrap Coomposting Retirement Homes Case Study (pdf)
• Moderate Risk Waste (MRW) facility (Business hazard waste webpage)  
• Take it Back Network - Electronics Recycling webpage

Car Care

• Automotive Hazards Recycling & Disposal (webpage) 
• Protect Your Car and the Environment (a manual)
• Recycle Your Used Antifreeze, Car Batteries, Motor Oil, and Oil Filters for FREE! (webpage)

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

Household Hazardous Waste 

• Hazard Free Home (Do-It-Yourself Checklist)  
• Household Hazardous Waste facility (webpage)
• Here's How to Dispose of Me Safely (refrigerators, freezers, air conditioners, units with CFC's) pdf (webpage)
  
• Alternatives to Using Toxic Products:                                               These are available on the Washington Toxics Coalition website
  • 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 (webpage)

Recycling/Waste Prevention

• Advertising Mail Overwhelming You?  pdf
• Appliance Recycling webpage
• Curbside Collection Service Can Save You Time & Money (pdf) (curbside hauler webpage)
• Directory of Recyclers (see WA State Dept. of Ecology webpage) 
• Electronics Recycling (computers,TV's, CRT's) (webpage)
• How & What to Recycle (curbside recycling instruction) pdf 
• Scrap Metal Recycling pdf
• 2Good2Toss pdf (website)
• Unwanted Advertising Mail  (website)
• Waste Prevention and Recycling are Easier Than Ever in Snohomish County pdf
• Wood Waste Recycling pdf  (webpage)
• Yard Waste Recycling (webpage)

Tips for the Holidays!

• Holiday checklist pdf
• Holiday pledge form pdf
• Holiday Gift Certificates (give a gift of your time—blank certificates for your use) pdf

Miscellaneous

• Coloring Sheets on Compost (ages 6-12)
• Coloring Sheets with Recyclettes (ages 3-5)
• Composting Hexaflexagon Activity (ages 9 and up)
• List of videos, books, and kits to borrow
  (see Resource Library at top of this page)
• 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