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E-Cycle Washington

A free statewide programme for televisions, computers, laptops, monitors, tablets and e-readers, the electronics Seattle's transfer stations will not take.

Right for you if

  • It has a screen or a circuit board and the transfer station just turned you away.
  • It has to cost nothing.
  • You can get it there under your own steam.
  • You want to turn up without booking.

Look elsewhere if

  • You have no way of getting it there.
  • You live outside the area it serves.
  • It is business waste.

Contact and booking

Phone
1-800-RECYCLE
Email
Not published
Book online
Booking page
Address
Not published
Opening hours
Not published
Website
Official website

Verification

Verified against an official source

Last checked 18 August 2026

That means we read a published source and it said this. It does not mean we watched them do it, or followed the material afterwards, that is a separate, deeper check this has not been through. How we check →

Sources

Part of How to get rid of stuff in Seattle.

Something wrong here?

Why use it

This is the answer to the gap most people hit: the transfer stations refuse electronics and TVs outright, and this is where they go instead. Ecology's own description is "a free program that makes it easy for Washington residents to recycle certain broken, obsolete, or worn-out electronics". Find your nearest site at ecyclewa.org or call 1-800-RECYCLE. Two catches worth knowing: keyboards, mice and printers are NOT part of the scheme, though Best Buy and Staples take some of them; and a site can refuse an old TV with a broken tube, so call ahead if yours is damaged.

Good for

  • electronics

How it works

How you use it You take it there.
Cost Free for Washington residents.
Booking No appointment needed.
Service area Washington State
Run by Washington State Department of Ecology, a government programme

Where your things go

A named destination is worth more than a stated intention, and both are worth more than silence. This is the row to read before you book: if your item's row is empty, ask them on the phone and tell us what they say.

Item
Reuses
Donates
Recycles
Disposes of
electronics
Reuses Not published
Donates Not published
Recycles in-state disassembly, some out-of-state processors, some export to approved facilities
Disposes of Not published

Does it actually work

The part no company website tells you. Some of this comes from our checks, some from readers who used the service, and where nobody has told us yet, it says so.

  • Booking

    Needs reports

    No appointment needed.

    The programme is drop-off at registered collection sites and neither page states whether any site takes bookings. Individual collector listings on ecyclewa.org, or an Ecology line saying "no appointment needed", would settle it.

  • Typical wait

    Needs reports

    Not established

    No turnaround or queue information is published for a state drop-off network. Would need per-site data from the ecyclewa.org locator.

  • Do they answer

    Their pages

    Yes. 1-800-RECYCLE (1-800-732-9253); WMMFA locator support on 855.674.5871.

  • Restrictions

    Their pages

    Over 10 items, call WMMFA first.

    Residents only · Households only

  • Who it's for

    Their pages

    Free at drop-off for households; pickup and premium services may be charged.

  • Last checked

    Pipeline

    18 August 2026

    Checked against the sources listed on this page.

Where donated things land

The organisations this operator names. The linked ones have profiles here; the rest are named on their pages and not yet checked by us.

  • in-state disassembly, some out-of-state processors, some export to approved facilities Named on their pages, not yet checked

What happens to it

  • Recycled
  • Broken down for materials

This describes the route the item takes, as the operator states it. We do not claim a recovery rate we have not seen evidence for.

What readers told us

Used them recently?

How long you waited, what they refused, whether anyone picked up the phone. Those are the three facts no website publishes and the ones the next reader needs.

Tell us what happened

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