Recycle

Recycle Flyer – Find out what can and cannot be recycled in Jefferson County’s Recycling Program, and where to drop-off recyclables.

Residential Curbside Recycling – Inside Port Townsend city limits: City of PT Trash Collection/Recycling page.  In Jefferson County, outside Port Townsend city limits, contact Olympic Disposal at 360-452-7278 or 800-422-7854.

Workplace Recycling -Olympic Disposal’s commercial garbage customers within the City of Port Townsend receive recycling services at no extra charge.  Contact Olympic Disposal at 360-385-6612 or 1-800-422-7854.

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Paint Recycling – The Department of Ecology has contracted with PaintCare to establish collection points for unused oil-based and latex paints where those products are sold. The PaintCare program launched April 1 with a single collection point at Peninsula Paint Center located at 315 Decatur St., Port Townsend. For questions about the PaintCare program or to find other retail collection points, please visit: https://www.paintcare.org/states/washington/ or phone (360) 450-1639. PaintCare Washington Launch Press Release.

The PaintCare program is independent of Jefferson County’s Moderate Risk Waste Program which will continue to collect oil-based paints only at the Moderate Risk Waste Facility located in the Port of Port Townsend Boat Haven.

Recycling Clean Wood Waste – “Market Development for Clean Wood Waste” is a recently completed study funded by a Recycling Development Center grant from the Washington State Department of Ecology.  The study was discussed at the 7/22/2021 SWAC meeting.

05/24 BOCC Workshop on Recycling – Al Cairns, Solid Waste Manager, presented on what’s going on with recycling and the need for the upcoming Recycling RFP. Here’s a link to the AVCaptureAll recording of the workshop. Once you’ve opened the webpage, scroll down the agenda to 1:30 p.m. and click on the workshop link in the agenda. That will take you to the start of Al’s presentation to the BOCC.  The Truth about Recycling – Watch the eye-opening video, Is Recycling Worth It Anymore? The Truth Is Complicated. to find out the truth about recycling. 

Recycling videos – Get answers to common recycling questions and learn about contaminants.

• Blue is Recycling, Red is Garbage
  (by Commissioner Brotherton and Tracy & David Grisman.) 
• Do you know what to recycle?
  (by Commissioner Brotherton and Laura Tucker, Jefferson County Environmental Educator)

Other Recycling Info

• Where does our recycling go?
• Moving-It-On 2021 Local resources for donating and recycling useable stuff.
• Recycle Plastic Bags and Wraps at local grocers.
• Recycle rechargeable, button, and lithium batteries.
• JeffCo Styrofoam Recycling
• Opt out of phone book deliveries here.