About Us
Zero Waste Bainbridge Island's mission is to reduce the amount of waste produced by our community, from acquisition to disposal. We aim to encourage changes in behavior that ultimately lead to a more sustainable use of resources.
Want to know if you can recycle something?
Want to know which organization might reuse your functional item?
Get the answers on our “Guide to Reusing and/or Recycling Locally” page.
Sustainable Bainbridge created ZWBI in 2010. It is managed and run by all volunteers. We encourage you to explore our site, check out news posts and future events, and engage with us if anything strikes your fancy.
Subscribe to our monthly newsletter to keep current on our activities, opportunities for participation and education, and other zero waste news.
Our steering committee consists of Carolyn Hart, Diane Landry (ZW director), Susan Knell (Terracycle collector), Whitney Lane, Jane Martin (Tableware Lending Library head), Barbara Ochota (education lead) and Anna Ullrich (Reuse/Recycle Guide hawk). We encourage you to contact us if you would like to be involved in Zero Waste endeavors.
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What We Do and How We Inform
Highlights
New Zero Waste Poster
Zero Waste has created a supplemental poster to the Bainbridge Island/Kitsap County recycling poster that highlights alternative destinations for some of the items listed in its "Garbage" section,
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Scrap Metal Recycling
We've switched scrapyards -- Aluminum foil is once again accepted!
Look for the bins pictured below at the BI Senior/Community to recycle small or medium-sized pieces of metal that are not allowed in curbside or transfer station mixed recycling. If you can, pre-sort metal (magnetic) from aluminum. The BISCC is open Monday-Friday, 9am-4pm.
There are metal sorting parties the second and fourth Saturdays of the month from 11-12pm at the Senior/Community Center. Anyone can attend. Children love it! (Ages 5&up recommended.) Contact Barbara Ochota for more info.
#1 Way to Help Compost
Take off the produce stickers!!!
