Washer and Dryer Recycling in Lawrence, KS
Washers and dryers are collected curbside in Lawrence through the Residential Special Item Pickup Service on your next trash day.
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Before you go
- Ask whether each machine is priced separately.
- Disconnect water and gas lines safely, or have a professional do it.
- Confirm whether the operator wants hoses and cords left attached.
Kansas rules
- KDHE counts clothes washers and dryers as white goods; Kansas allows them in landfills but encourages recycling. Source: KDHE Technical Guidance SW-1995-G2: White Goods Storage, Recycling and Disposal (PDF, revised 8/02) (opens in new tab)
- Each Kansas county (or a designated city) must submit a solid waste management plan to KDHE; counties may join regional plans. Source: K.S.A. 65-3405: County solid waste management plans (opens in new tab)
More Kansas rules (6)
- County solid waste plans must consider specific programs for wastes such as lead-acid batteries, household hazardous waste, white goods containing CFCs, motor oil and consumer electronics. The law requires consideration, not a program. Source: K.S.A. 65-3405: County solid waste management plans (opens in new tab)
- KDHE may coordinate voluntary hazardous waste collection programs and encourages local governments to run household hazardous waste collection, alone or jointly. Source: K.S.A. 65-3460: Voluntary local hazardous waste programs; grants (opens in new tab)
- KDHE may give grants to help pay for local hazardous waste collection programs, from the state hazardous waste collection fund. Source: K.S.A. 65-3460: Voluntary local hazardous waste programs; grants (opens in new tab)
- Part of a hazardous waste treatment fee paid to KDHE by the Ash Grove cement plant in Chanute funds grants to HHW facilities. Source: KDHE: Kansas Household Hazardous Waste Program SFY 2024 Report to the Legislature (PDF) (opens in new tab)
- Kansas has 45 permanent permitted HHW facilities plus 39 satellite locations (SFY 2024). Source: KDHE: Kansas Household Hazardous Waste Program SFY 2024 Report to the Legislature (PDF) (opens in new tab)
- KDHE says HHW disposal options are available in 93 Kansas counties, covering over 95% of the population; a few counties have none. Source: KDHE: Kansas Household Hazardous Waste Program SFY 2024 Report to the Legislature (PDF) (opens in new tab)
Where this information comes from (13)
Where this information comes from
Checked October 26, 2026
- Residential Special Item Pickup Service (opens in new tab) · City of Lawrence
- Requests must be submitted by 4 p.m. on the business day before the regular trash day; bulk items are not collected during holiday weeks. Checked October 26, 2026.
- Excessive bulk piles are charged fees on the next utility bill. Checked October 26, 2026.
- For appliance pickups, all food must be removed or the appliance will be left. Checked October 26, 2026.
- Trash Collection (opens in new tab) · City of Lawrence
- For large or bulky items like a couch or refrigerator, residents fill out the Residential Special Item Pickup Service form. Checked October 26, 2026.
- The monthly solid waste fee covers weekly trash and yard waste collection, recycling, limited bulk item pick-up and HHW disposal services. Checked October 26, 2026.
- K.S.A. 65-3405: County solid waste management plans (opens in new tab) · Kansas Office of Revisor of Statutes
- Each Kansas county (or a designated city) must submit a solid waste management plan to KDHE; counties may join regional plans. Checked October 26, 2026.
- County solid waste plans must consider specific programs for wastes such as lead-acid batteries, household hazardous waste, white goods containing CFCs, motor oil and consumer electronics. The law requires consideration, not a program. Checked October 26, 2026.
- K.S.A. 65-3460: Voluntary local hazardous waste programs; grants (opens in new tab) · Kansas Office of Revisor of Statutes
- KDHE may coordinate voluntary hazardous waste collection programs and encourages local governments to run household hazardous waste collection, alone or jointly. Checked October 26, 2026.
- KDHE may give grants to help pay for local hazardous waste collection programs, from the state hazardous waste collection fund. Checked October 26, 2026.
- KDHE: Kansas Household Hazardous Waste Program SFY 2024 Report to the Legislature (PDF) (opens in new tab) · Kansas Department of Health and Environment, Bureau of Waste Management
- Part of a hazardous waste treatment fee paid to KDHE by the Ash Grove cement plant in Chanute funds grants to HHW facilities. Checked October 26, 2026.
- Kansas has 45 permanent permitted HHW facilities plus 39 satellite locations (SFY 2024). Checked October 26, 2026.
- KDHE says HHW disposal options are available in 93 Kansas counties, covering over 95% of the population; a few counties have none. Checked October 26, 2026.
- KDHE Technical Guidance SW-1995-G2: White Goods Storage, Recycling and Disposal (PDF, revised 8/02) (opens in new tab) · Kansas Department of Health and Environment, Bureau of Waste Management
- KDHE counts clothes washers and dryers as white goods; Kansas allows them in landfills but encourages recycling. Checked October 26, 2026.
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