Documents

• Annual reports
• Awards
• Planning documents
• Waste monitoring & surveys
• Other documents

Annual reports

• 2018 Solid Waste Division Annual ReportDownload PDF , 900 K
• 2017 Solid Waste Division Annual ReportDownload PDF , 700 K
• 2016 Solid Waste Division Annual ReportDownload PDF , 1 MB
• 2015 Solid Waste Division Annual ReportDownload PDF , 1.3 MB
• 2014 Solid Waste Division Annual ReportDownload PDF , 1 MB
• 2013 Solid Waste Division Annual ReportDownload PDF , 1.7 MB
• 2012 Solid Waste Division Annual ReportDownload PDF , 1.6 MB
• 2011 Solid Waste Division Annual ReportDownload PDF , 1.6 MB
• 2010 King County Solid Waste Division Climate Team Report – Responding to Climate ChangeDownload PDF , 2.8 MB
• 2010 Solid Waste Division Annual ReportDownload PDF , 1 MB
• 2009 Solid Waste Division Annual ReportDownload PDF , 1 MB

Awards

Solid Waste Association of North America

In 2014, the Solid Waste Division was again presented with a Solid Waste Association of North America external link award. King County won the Silver Award for Excellence in Transfer Stations in recognition of the Bow Lake Recycling and Transfer Station. Read the complete award application external link Download PDF .

In 2005, the Solid Waste Division was presented with Excellence Awards in three separate categories by the Solid Waste Association of North America:

• Excellence in Landfill Gas Control Award Application Download PDF , 1.7 MB
  King County won the Gold Award for Excellence for the innovative gas collection system at the Cedar Hills Regional Landfill.
• Excellence in Landfill Management Award ApplicationDownload PDF , 932 K
  King County won the Bronze Award for Excellence for the Solid Waste Division's focus on preventive maintenance of equipment, facilities, roads and environmental control systems at the Cedar Hills Regional Landfill.
• Special Waste Management Award ApplicationDownload PDF , 477 K
  The Solid Waste Division won the Bronze Award for Excellence for a pilot project that tested the feasibility of collecting TVs for recycling in a retail store setting.

Award winner posters

• DNRP Award Winners Poster – 2013Download PDF , 560 K
• DNRP Award Winners Poster – 2012Download PDF , 1 MB
• DNRP Award Winners Poster – 2011Download PDF , 1.5 MB
• DNRP Award Winners Poster – 2010Download PDF , 435 K
• DNRP Award Winners Poster – 2009Download PDF , 659 K

Planning documents

See the Planning website for:

• Sustainable Solid Waste Management Study
• Transfer and Waste Management Plan
• Comprehensive Solid Waste Management Plan
• Optimized Transfer Station Recycling Feasibility Study
• Unincorporated Area Single-family/Multi-family Research and Pilots

Waste monitoring & surveys

See the Waste monitoring & surveys website for: waste characterization studies, market assessments, customer satisfaction surveys and more.

Other documents

• King County Solid Waste Division Organization ChartDownload PDF , 220 K
• Transfer Station and Disposal SchematicDownload PDF , 11 K
  Illustrates how the transfer station and disposal system currently works and how a typical waste export system might function.