Pullman Disposal Service

WHY WE DO WHAT WE DO

Garbage is our livelihood. It’s hardly our life. Yet, we still believe in what we do. We provide an essential service. And because we live in the community where we serve, we make it our goal to provide this service in the best possible way we can.

• We have 141 high-quality mini storage units at a great location. Newly built, cement floors, reasonable rates.
• Your recycling schedule is determined by where you live. Check out the calendar to know your pickup dates.
• Yard waste schedules are like recycling schedules: they vary based on location. Consult a current calendar.
• We observe six holidays throughout the year.Collections will be made the following business day after the holiday.

PULLMAN DISPOSAL SERVICE ELECTRONIC WASTE RECYCLING

• There are many dangerous or hazardous chemicals in today’s electronic waste (especially computer monitors). In fact, Whitman County has banned certain items of e-waste from the landfill. That means you cannot throw the following items away: TV’s, CPU’s, computer monitors, laptops, and e-readers.

• Please do not put your old electronic equipment in the trash. Rather, you may bring in your e-waste to our shop from Noon to 4:45 pm Mondays through Thursdays to have it disposed of in an environmentally responsible manner.

• We are now collecting some e-waste at no charge (subject to certain limitations) under the auspices of Washington’s E-Cycle program administered by the WMMFA. Please see below for details.

• The official website for the program is http://www.ecy.wa.gov/programs/swfa/eproductrecycle/

• Just a couple notes. We are open to the public for e-waste collection from Mondays through Thursdays noon to 4:45 p.m. (Wednesdays till 5:00). Please stop in our office first to sign in before dropping off the material.

• Do NOT drop off e-waste unattended. Unattended e-waste can possibly be removed by members of the public. Destroy or remove your hard-drive before leaving your computer towers. Recycle computers with intact hard drives at Your Own Risk! Recycle cell phones at the front office.

• If the official hours do not work for your schedule, please call our office and set up a date and time that will work for the both of us. The number is 509-334-1914.

  Recycling Centre

Single-stream items: newspapers, glass jars and bottles, plastic bottles and jars (Nos. 1-7), tin cans, magazines, catalogs, cereal boxes, egg cartons, and clean uncoated paper. These can all be mixed together in the designated bins.

Coated paper products such as milk cartons do NOT qualify in the recycling program. Other things that can NOT be recycled in our single stream program include plastic wrap, Styrofoam, clothing, plastic items that are not bottles or jars (such as hangers and toys), items that are combinations of metal, plastic, and/or paper, juice pouches, ceramics, wood and other yardwaste, drinking glasses and mirrors.

No plastic bags! Please recycle your plastic bags at Dissmores, Safeway, Wal-Mart and other fine stores in our community.

Aluminum cans. Currently, we are paying 30 cents per pound for aluminum cans. Our buyback hours for aluminum cans are Wednesdays from 4:00 to 5:00 in the afternoon and on Saturdays from 11:00 am to 2:00 pm. Our buyback personnel will take, weight, and pay for your clean aluminum cans at the northwest corner of the building at those times.

Only aluminum cans will be accepted. We cannot take aluminum in other forms – such as foil, pie pans, doors and car parts. Aluminum must be clean and the cans must be empty. Cans that have liquid in them will not be accepted.

You can also drop your aluminum off in the main recycling area at any time. There is a separate container for aluminum cans there. We do not pay for the aluminum cans dropped off in the main area.

Electronic Waste. Please see our office staff to sign-in before recycling your electronic waste. Please do not drop off your e-waste without checking in! E-waste left unattended could possibly be taken by non-PDS staff… leave at your own risk. Never leave a CPU with a functioning hard-drive unattended!

TV’s, Monitors, CPU’s, Laptops, and E-Readers are all accepted at no charge at part of the state’s e-Cycle recycling program. Other types of e-waste such as printers and scanners do not qualify for the e-Cycle program and are assessed a 50 cents per pound fee to recycle.

We also pay for old cell phones at 6 cents per ounce in the front office during office hours.