Reuse:

Helpline House accepts unopened cosmetics and toiletries.

> The Buy Nothing mobile app enables you to freely offer your unwanted items to your neighbors on Bainbridge Island and beyond.
> The Craigslist mobile app and website enable you to give away stuff under their For Sale > Free Stuff category
> Facebook has numerous groups for giving away things to your Bainbridge Island neighbors, including:
—Bainbridge Freely Given
—Buy Nothing Bainbridge North, WA
—Buy Nothing Bainbridge Central, WA
—Buy Nothing Bainbridge South, WA
—Free On Bainbridge
—Free On The Rock
> The Freecycle website

Recycle:

Pact is a nonprofit collective that collects and recycles beauty and wellness packaging not accepted in regular recycling programs.
You can find drop-off locations at these stores:

  • Ulta Beauty at the Trails in Silverdale, 11066 Pacific Crest Pl, Ste A120
  • Sephora – many Seattle locations
  • Nordstrom

You can drop off any beauty or wellness packaging, as long as it’s clean, empty and on the following list:

  • Plastic bottles + jars smaller than a than a fist

  • Plastic + aluminum squeezable tubes

  • Ceramic + porcelain containers

  • Colored glass bottles and jars

  • Caps + closures

  • Pumps + dispensers

  • Droppers + applicators

  • Compacts + palettes

  • Lipstick/lip gloss tubes + applicators

  • Mascara tubes + wand

  • Plastic pencil components for eye/lip liner + brow pencils

  • Toothpaste tubes + dental floss containers

  • Silicone containers

  • Supplement bottles

  • Pouches

They can not accept aerosol cans or perfume, nail polish or nail polish remover bottles.

Have packaging that’s not on this list? Use their Packaging Drop-Off Guide to see where it goes.

Last updated 1/26/25