Solid Waste Disposal and Recycling

Many household cleaning items and other products are hazardous waste that must be disposed of properly. Items such as paints, solvents, batteries, poisons, pesticides, and aerosols cannot be disposed of with your household garbage. These items are accepted free of charge at your local Moderate Risk Waste Facilities. For more information on hazardous wastes:

What does the Health Department have to do with Solid Waste?

We are responsible for review, permitting, and inspection of all solid waste disposal sites. Recycling or materials recovery facilities are exempt from solid waste permitting, but are still inspected by our staff. For more information on recycling, click here.

The environmental health division also investigates illegal dump sites and problem waste situations. If you have would like to file a complaint please call Environmental Health at (509)460.4205 or 1-800-814-4323 ext. 4205.

Currently, 24 solid waste disposal sites are permitted by the Health District. This includes:
One operation municipal solid waste landfill:	City of Richland Landfill
Two closed municipal solid waste landfills:	New Waste Landfill Pasco Sanitary Landfill
Three transfer stations:	B. D. I Transfer Station Kennewick Waste Management (private use only) Integrated Environmental Technology
Two drop box facilities:	Ed's Disposal Benton City Drop Box Basin Disposal Prosser Drop Box
Three inert landfills (for private use only):	City of Kennewick Inert Landfill City of Prosser Inert Landfill Drollinger Park Inert Landfill
Two moderate risk waste facilities:	Benton County Moderate Risk Waste Franklin County Moderate Risk Waste
Four organic waste land application sites:	ChemRad Columbia Crest Coventry Vale Winery Lamb Weston - Connell
One compost facility (for private use only):	Lamb Weston
Four pile facilities (for private use only):	City of Kennewick Decant Facility City of Richland Decant Facility City of Pasco Decant Iron Horse Vac. LLC

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Benton Franklin Health District

Kennewick
7102 W Okanogan Pl
Kennewick WA
99336
(509) 460 4200

Pasco
412 W Clark
Pasco WA
99301
(509) 547-9737

Prosser
310 7^th Ave. E.
Prosser WA
99350
(509) 786-1633

IN CASE OF EMERGENCY PLEASE CALL 911
If you are either a medical practitioner, first responder, or public works official and need to report an emergency that immediately endangers public health, please call 509-543-3851. Only medical practitioners, first responders, and public works officials may use this number.

The public can reference BFHD policies available in Kennewick office.
BFHD Privacy Statement
Copies of the annual report available at all BFHD offices.

State and County Resources:

WAC's - RCW's
Community Health Status Indicators
Reportable Conditions

Contact: info(at)bfhd.wa.gov 1-509-460-4357