Details on Using RDS

The Ins & Outs of Using RDS

Click above PLAY BUTTON image for video narrated drive-through of how to use RDS.

  • RDS is a solid waste transfer station that handles residential and commercial customers’ trash and recyclables. 

  • We don’t pick up your garbage, but you bring your waste and recyclables to our transfer station two miles north of the Bellingham Airport.

  • We accept almost anything except for liquids and hazardous wastes (see details on what we don’t take).

  • Our staff can help direct you to where you need to unload your items.

  • Once you leave your waste and recyclables, RDS does the rest to recycle or dispose of it responsibly. For more details, click here.

  • For pricing and details of what RDS accepts, see our RATES page.

Download the PDF map to help find your way around inside RDS (click here).

Details for First-Time Vistors?

Check out our guided text and video tour on NEW USER INFO PAGE.

Accessibility at RDS and Compliance with ADA

RDS recognizes its commitment to our customers and our obligations under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Due to the many self-serve services at our Ferndale, Washington business site and the physical need for customers to drop off materials, not all self-serve stations are easily maneuvered by all customers. To provide the proper accommodation and services to our valued customers, RDS staff will assist customers with disposing of their materials upon request. Upon entry to our facility, please notify our scalehouse staff that you need assistance.

Scrape Out Services

For larger trucks or trailers, we offer a $20 scrape-out service, in which our equipment can “scrape out” the contents of your trailer bed.

This service is at your own risk.

Operations

Hours

  • Seven days a week

  • 7:30 am to 5:30 pm

Holiday Hours:

  • Thanksgiving Thursday: 7:30 am to 2:00 pm

  • Christmas Eve: 7:30 am to 3:30 pm

  • Christmas Day: 7:30 am to 2:00 pm

  • New Year’s: Normal hours on the Eve and Day

SITE ADDRESS:
4916 Labounty Drive, Ferndale, WA 98248

Google Map Clickable Link
Long/Lat: 48.819435 -122.56134

Mailing Address:
P.O. Box 2219
Ferndale, WA 98248-2219

Phone:
Office: (360) 384-8011
Fax: (360) 384-0873

Businesses: Would you like to set up a charge account with RDS and get billed monthly? Complete this RDS CREDIT APPLICATION and then mail or fax back to us.