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.
Connect with Zero Waste BI
What We Do and How We Inform
Highlights
Help Chilly Hilly
Be Zero Waste
Be a Zero Waste ambassador at the Senior & Community Center chili feed that nourishes bike riders at the end of their Chilly Hilly ride on February 22. We make sure discards end up in the right recycling streams. Contact Barbara Ochota to help anytime between 10am-2pm.
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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.
Tour a Recycling Facility…Virtually
Have you ever wondered how your recyclables get sorted? Now you can take a virtual tour of a materials recovery facility (MRF) and ask all your burning questions.
Waste Management, the company that owns the MRF where Bainbridge Disposal trucks our recyclables, will hold a virtual recycling center tour on Friday, February 27, 12-1 pm. Register here.
#1 Way to Help Compost
Take off the produce stickers!!!
