About Us
Bainbridge Island Zero Waste'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 BIZW 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 BI Zero Waste
What We Do and How We Inform
Highlights
July 4th Discard Stations
We Need 40 Volunteers!
Calling first-time volunteers and veterans! The island's 4th of July celebration is a low-waste affair, but only because of the 40+ volunteers who step up each year to staff the nine Zero Waste discard stations in the Waterfront Park area. Training provided. Contact Diane Landry with questions.
Attention All Lending Library Borrowers
You can email anytime to update a current reservation and to make a new reservation for after September 8.
Jane Martin
Earth Day Award Winner!
BI Zero Waste's Jane Martin is one of the recipients of the 2025 Kitsap County Earth Day Awards. Jane was honored by the Kitsap County Commissioners, including Christine Rolfes, at their meeting on April 14. Read all about what makes Jane special and her contributions to our community in this Kitsap Daily News article.
Scrap Metal Recycling
Look for the bins pictured below at the BI Senior/Community to recycle small pieces of metal that are not allowed in curbside or transfer station mixed recycling. If you can, pre-sort metal (magnetic) from aluminum. The BISCC is open Monday-Friday, 9am-4pm.
There are metal sorting parties the second and fourth Saturdays of the month from 11-12pm at the Senior/Community Center. Anyone can attend. Children love it! (Ages 5&up recommended.) Contact Barbara Ochota for more info.
