Cascade Recycling Center (CRC)

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Cascade Recycling Center opened in in 2003, paving the way for convenient, efficient collection of mixed recyclables from hundreds of thousands of Puget Sound residents and businesses.

Facility Details

The CRC processes recyclables collected from over 250,000 households in Washington. The facility is 82,000 square feet on 6.25 acres. CRC processes 12,000 tons of commingled recyclables every month. With advanced sorting capabilities, less than 5% of the material that enters the facility ends up at the landfill. The CRC is open for public tours; to request a tour Click Here.

Materials Processed

The WM single stream sorting system allows residents and businesses to combine all of their recyclables in one container. Paper, metals, glass and plastic bottles are collected together and specially designed technology and quality control employees sort the materials and create bales of various commodities ready for shipment and their second life.

Acceptable Material for Single Stream

Aluminum food and beverage containers
Glass food and beverage containers (brown, clear or green)
Ferrous (tin, steel, iron) cans
Catalogs
Cereal boxes
Telephone books
Printed paper
Copier paper
Polycoated cartons and boxes

Plastic containers (bottles, jars and tubs)
Newspaper
Old corrugated cardboard (OCC)
Magazines and Flyers
Mail
Paper cups
All other clean paper without laminate, coatings, or other cross contaminants
Small pieces of scrap metal weighing less than 20 lbs and smaller than 20" in any direction

Unacceptable Material

Medical waste
Hazardous material
Ammunition
Batteries
Fuel
Oils
Explosives
Plastics, other than listed above

Wet paper products
Waxed cardboard
Garbage
Small Appliances
Tire Chains
Christmas Lights
Rope

Hours of Operation:

Monday - Friday: 4:00 am to 8:30 pm

The facility is not open to public drive-in customers but is open to commercial customers.

425 951-8308

Tours of the recycling center are available to customers and community groups on a limited basis. Request a tour