Reuse:
Use durable containers when possible.
Recycle:
On Bainbridge and throughout Kitsap County, curbside service and transfer stations accept only the following types of plastic, and they must be clean and empty:
- bottles
- jugs
- jars
- dairy tubs
Notes:
- Plastic tops and lids go in trash. Plastic screw caps can go to a friend with a Ridwell account.
- Plastic bottles smaller than a fist should go in your trash.**
- Empty squeezable snack plastic pouches and caps, any brand, may be put in the Zero Waste box outside the Marge Williams Center, 221 Winslow Way West.
- Clamshells (#1 PET) are not recyclable except through Ridwell.
- Dark brown or black plastic bottles are not "read" by the scanners at the recycling center and end up in the landfill, so don't bother recycling them. Please put them in your trash.
- A recycling symbol on a product does not necessarily mean it can be recycled in every community, if at all. (Read EcoCycle's excellent guide on greenwashing terms.)
** The shop Ulta Beauty, 11066 Pacific Crest Place NW, Ste A-120, Silverdale, WA 98383, has a recycling collection bin for fist-sized or smaller clean and empty supplement and beauty plastic bottles.
Last updated 2/10/2025