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)…
- Plastic bubble wrap – Recycle with other plastic film at the grocery store.*
- Paper with bubble wrap lining – Put in the trash.
- Plastic film – Recycle with other plastic film at the grocery store.*
- Tyvek – Recycle with other plastic film at the grocery store.*
- Paper with padded (fiberfill) interior – Compost after removing the plastic strip and cutting out the paper mailing label.
- Flat paper – Put in with your paper recycling.
- Paperboard – Put in with your paper recycling.
- 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