Reuse:

> 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

Otherwise, for these types of mailers (numbers correspond to pictures below)...

  1. Plastic bubble wrap - Recycle with other plastic film at the grocery store.*
  2. Paper with bubble wrap lining - Put in the trash.
  3. Plastic film - Recycle with other plastic film at the grocery store.*
  4. Tyvek - Recycle with other plastic film at the grocery store.*
  5. Paper with padded (fiberfill) interior - Compost after removing the plastic strip and cutting out the paper mailing label.
  6. Flat paper - Put in with your paper recycling.
  7. Paperboard - Put in with your paper recycling.
  8. Paper with white glue dots - Put in with your paper recycling.

* Trex, which recycles this plastic, says the best practice is to remove (cut out) the paper label. However, if left on and it is a small enough amount of contamination, it will burn off in their process.

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Last updated 3/8/2025