Factoria Transfer Station

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The Factoria Transfer Station is located on 13800 SE 32nd Street, Bellevue, WA 98005. This landfill is opened on the following hours:

• Monday: 6:30am-4pm
• Tuesday: 6:30am-4pm
• Wednesday: 6:30am-4pm
• Thursday: 6:30am-4pm
• Friday: 6:30am-4pm
• Saturday: 8:30am-5:30pm
• Sunday: 8:30am-5:30pm

The landfill is closed on all US federal holidays. The dumps on the landfill are regulated by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the applicable state laws.

The recycling drop-off area is located inside the transfer station building where there are designated areas or marked recycling bins for each type of material accepted. A separate area is designated for yard waste and clean wood. The new Moderate Risk Waste building has advanced environmental control features including spill containment and an innovative ventilation system that reduces employee exposure to vapors during fuel collection.

The Factoria Transfer Station Washington buries trash and garbage below secured and stratified layers of dirt and isolating material. The transfer station accepts tire, solid waste, hazardous waste, and inert material waste. For any other type of waste that you are not SURE ABOUT, you can reach them out at (206) 296-4385.

You may contact the Factoria Transfer Station about any information regarding: waste managing policies, recycling policies, commercial garbage, accepted types of trash, industrial waste, household garbage, appliances disposal and hazardous waste management.

You can reach the Factoria Transfer Station about their opening hours to the public and what is the visitor policy. They would gladly answer your questions.

Length Limits for Vehicles and Trailers

Accepted Recyclable Materials

• Appliances
• Bicycles and bicycle parts
• Cardboard
• Mercury-containing light bulbs and tubes
• Scrap metal
• Textiles
• Wood (clean, untreated)
• Yard waste
• The following items can be combined in the large blue “Recyclable Materials” containers, must be empty, clean, and dry:
• Paper, including office paper, junk mail, envelopes, newspapers, magazines, catalogs, paper food boxes, cartons such as milk, juice, and broth cartons, paper cups if securely tied in clear plastic bags, and hard and paperback books
• Cans (aluminum, tin, steel)
• Glass bottles and jars
• Plastic bottles, cups, jugs, tubs, pots, food containers, clamshells, trays
• Lids (3 inches or more)

Online services EPA

Guide to Recycling Services	Regional Office EPA
EPA Certifications	EPA regulations

Popular questions at Factoria Transfer Station

How is a landfill different from a dump?

There is one detail to clear out. Landfills and dumps sound the same but are not. A landfill is engineered to maximally reduce the effect on the environment of the waste. The advantages of landfills over dumps are that landfills are managed with more care and landfills can even recycle the waste to produce other compounds or to even produce energy. Dumps are almost nonexistent today as they do not manage the waste and just leave things in the open.

What is landfill waste?

A landfill is a location that manages our waste. In some landfills the garbage is left in piles, in some the garbage is incinerated and, in some others, the waste is decomposed onto other chemical structures and processed. In some landfills, the waste is buried.

Landfills are in specific areas, and they are away from cities and counties as there are gases that leak from the decomposition of the waste. There are various types of landfills. Some are used for municipal waste, some are used for sorting of the waste, some serve as transfer stations, and some are specialized only for recycling. Each landfill has its acceptance conditions, which means only a specific type of waste can be accepted.

When a load of waste is accepted, the garbage trucks go to the dumping point and offload the materials. During the processing of the waste, the main ideas are to confine the waste in the smallest space possible and to reduce the volume of the waste by compacting it. The garbage trucks are weighed when they enter and exit the landfill. The difference is the tons of garbage deposited and that affects the cost to use the landfill. Each landfill has its prices per ton depending on the type of waste that is deposited.

Where is the landfill near me?

There are many landfills and they have accepted different types of waste. To make it simpler for our readers to locate your nearest landfill, we have created a simple website that helps you to answer those questions. The website is free and very simple to use. All that you must do is input your zip code and the type of waste that you will deposit. The website generates an interactive map, where it lists all landfills near your zip code that accept your predefined type of waste. The website also generates a list of all landfills near you where you can click and get more information for each landfill.

What is a sanitary landfill?

A sanitary landfill is different from a dump in the meaning that it goes above and beyond to assure that there is no environmental pollution. A sanitary landfill also reuses gases to generate electricity while eliminating the chance of liquids spillage onto fresh groundwater. The landfill is also covered, so the wind won’t fly away debris or any piece of garbage. A dump is just an open space to dump the garbage. No controlled activity, no monitoring, no expert supervision, and no environmental protection. The waste decomposes in the open air and pollutes the soil and groundwater water.

What is a secure chemical landfill?

Chemical landfills are a variation of sanitary landfills. Chemical landfills are made to secure and hazardous waste. This type of landfill is made on top of a nonporous bedrock. The idea is to create a place that is specialized to reduce the likelihood of hazardous waste reaching the environment. This type of landfill has a pit with a heavily protected bottom that does not allow hazardous materials to reach the soil. These landfills are operated by specialized personnel, and they have strong monitoring systems. To deposit materials in a chemical landfill, it is mandatory to research the local applicable laws and any federal laws that pertain to the type of waste that you intend to dispose of.