MOUNTLAKE TERRACE — There is a light at the end of that long line to dump your junk at the Mountlake Terrace transfer station and recycling area. But it won’t be bright until Summer of 2004 when Snohomish County will open its brand new Southwest site.
The last day the Mountlake Terrace transfer station and recycling area will be open is March 16.
“We’ve had a lot of back ups in the street before, but this will be much more convenient for people to use and get through,” said Snohomish County solid waste director Jeff Kelley-Clarke.
According to Kelley-Clarke disposal needs have outgrown the current facility and a new station has been designed to accommodate area growth. The new facility, mostly covered, will feature a new “flat floor” design, additional scale houses, a new expanded recycling area and additional holding lanes to keep traffic off the street, he said. Private and city property was also acquired in order for the expansion to happen. A parcel of property formerly used by a moving company, across the street from the current site will be used as the new, larger recycling center. It will have larger easier to use containers and a staff member will be stationed there to keep the area clean, he said.
The plans were started in 1998 but were delayed for about two years, Kelley-Clarke said.
They had to wait for permits to work in a on property stream bed, Hall Creek.
Despite barriers downstream which prevent salmon from swimming through at this time, Kelley-Clarke said “we need to realign the stream and make it salmon friendly for the future.”
Improvements to SWRTS will reduce future delays for customers and provide improved service for both garbage haulers and recyclers, Kelley-Clarke said.
“Together with construction of the new transfer station near Paine Field (opening Summer 2003), improvements to recycling facilities at the North County Transfer Station, the opening of the Hazardous Waste Drop-off Station in Everett in 1999, and other service and efficiency upgrades,” he said, “this project is helping to create a modern solid waste system designed to meet the county’s solid waste needs for more than 20 years into the future.”
Recycling and garbage disposal options:
• King County- Shoreline transfer station at 2300 N. 165th. For hours and more information call 206-296-6540.
• Snohomish County Recycling and Transfer Stations: Everett Recycling and Transfer Station at 2902 – 36th St. is open from 7 to 9 a.m. and 3 to 7 p.m., Monday through Friday and from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on weekends. (The Everett station will close this summer and the new Paine Field station will open.)
• Temporary Recycling and Transfer Station (TRTS) at Cathcart near Snohomish is open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday – Friday and from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on weekends.
• North County Recycling and Transfer Station in Arlington is open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday – Friday and from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on weekends.
Curbside Collection:
• Lynnwood Disposal, 425-778-0188 (Lynnwood, Meadowdale, Woodway, Firdale, Edmonds, Lake Stevens, Snohomish and parts of unincorporated Snohomish County)
• Rubatino Refuse, 425-259-0044 (Everett, Mukilteo)
• Sound Disposal, 425-778-2404 (Downtown Edmonds)
• Waste Management NW, 425-481-1100, 1-800-722-5894 (Bothell, Mill Creek, Lynnwood, Edmonds, Monroe, Marysville and Arlington, Darrington, Granite Falls and most of unincorporated Snohomish County)
Private Recycling Center:
• Sno-King Recycling at 16123 Highway 99 in Lynnwood is open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday. Accepts: aluminum cans, newspaper, cardboard and ledger paper. For more information call 425-745-8282 or 425-388-3425.
At each of these sites, citizens and businesses will be able to drop off garbage. Private citizens will also be able to drop off recyclables at each of these facilities. In addition, customers are encouraged to sign up with a local hauler for curbside collection of garbage and recyclables.
For more information about Snohomish County recycling or transfer stations call 425-388-3425. Or the Facilities Update Hotline at 425-388-3121 to check updates on Solid Waste facility construction projects, www.co.Snohomish.wa.us/publicwk/solidwaste/information/swfacilities.htm.
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