The Port Ludlow 'drop-boxes' are open 24 hrs / 7 days.

Please pay attention to the following guidelines for recycling. Misuse of the bins threatens the existence of the drop-box program.

We have attempted to format these guidelines so you can look up information quickly and easily. It is not enough to simply "get the stuff down there" - you need to do it properly. It's not difficult or particularly time consuming, but, otherwise, unless your intent is to sabotage the program, it would be better if you didn't use the recycling bids at all.

The menu on the left lists the items that are accepted at the drop-boxes.

• DO always rinse out food contamination;
  
   
• DO prepare the materials per the instructions for each type of material, for example, remove & throw away all lids;
  
   
• DO place all materials in the appropriate bins -- take care to separate them properly -- know what can be recycled here and what you have to take to Poulsbo or Hansville (for example, bleach and wine bottles);
  
   
• DO call (385-9444) if you have an item you think can be recycled but it is not listed;
  
   
• DON'T use recycle containers for garbage disposal;
  
   
• DON'T put any paint or aerosol cans in recycle containers;
  
   
• DON'T leave materials outside the bins. If a bin is full, please go to another site or come back later. Leaving items outside the bins is illegal (and punishable by a hefty fine and possible imprisonment).

The following items may NOT be recycled in the Port Ludlow bins,
however most may be recycled at other locations in Jefferson and Kitsap counties.
Also see the Living with Less page (with options for clothing, furniture, cell phones, and more).

PETE #1 - PETE plastic bottles with the number 1 in the recycling symbol and the letters 'PETE'. These are primarily soda, juice and drinking water bottles. NO OTHER PETE IS ACCEPTABLE

	No microwave dishes			No fruit containers
	No shampoo bottles			No dishsoap bottles
	No trays			No bags

Please throw away caps and flatten the bottles to save space.

if you didn't DRINK the contents of that bottle,
DON'T try to recycle it!!

HDPE #2 - Milk and water jugs are the ONLY HDPE accepted. NO SOLID COLORS - NO OTHER HDPE IS ACCEPTABLE!

	No detergent bottles
	No oil containers
	No shampoo bottles
	No food contaminated bottles
	N0 SOLID COLORS AND NO OTHER PLASTICS

Please throw away caps and flatten the bottles.

corrugated cardboard - corrugated cardboard boxes only!

please flatten first NO WAXED CARDBOARD! NO PIZZA BOXES! Look for this
This is what makes cardboard corrugated.

mixed waste paper - mixed paper, white paper, and junk mail. Newspapers and inserts, magazines and catalogs, telephone books, paperback and hardcover books, cardboard tubes and other paperboard products (pasta boxes, cereal boxes). Please separate newspaper from mixed waste if a 'newspaper only' bin is available (which it normally is).

NO WAXED PAPER
or FOOD CONTAMINATED PAPER PRODUCTS!

newspaper - Newspaper ONLY! This is newsprint and the inserts that come inside.

NO OTHER PAPER IN THIS GRADE, PLEASE!

glass jars and bottles - Container glass only. All brown and clear glass beverage bottles and rinsed food jars.

	NO WINE BOTTLES
	No window glass
	No light bulbs
	No Pyrex
	No porcelain
	NO GREEN or BLUE GLASS

aluminum cans - and clean aluminum foil ONLY! Please empty and flatten.

NO OTHER ALUMINUM!

tinned and steel cans - please rinse out food contamination and throw away lids before recycling

motor oil - take to Port Ludlow Marina

yard waste - take to Jefferson County landfill (just outside Port Townsend on Jacob Miller Road); the green waste section is free but you still have to go through the scales.

paint - must be disposed of. Beginning January 1, 2003, Jefferson County will no longer accept latex paint or latex caulking products at the Moderate Risk Waste (MRW) facility. Latex paint and products are not regulated hazardous waste and the Department of Ecology is no longer subsidizing their disposal through the MRW Facility. Latex paint cans are garbage. For more information, call Public Works at 385-9160 or the MRW at 379-6911.

save money - and the environment - by reducing the amount of leftover paint you discard.

• Buy only what you need,
• Use it all up or give it away - use for touch-up, an extra coat, or small projects; mix leftover paint for base coats where it won't show,
• Store it properly for future use - seal the lid and store the can upside down, keep from freezing.

If you must dispose of unusable or unwanted latex paint: dry it out and discard the can - dry out one inch or less by opening the can (keeping it away from children and pets). To dry out larger amounts mix Quikrete^TM or clay-based kitty litter in the paint and stir until liquid is absorbed - when the latex paint has dried leave the lid off and throw the can in the garbage.

Don't try to dry up oil-based paint and stain or paints containing lead or fungicide - take these to the MRW Facility, 282 10^th St. in the Port Townsend Industrial Park, Friday and Saturday between 10am and 4:30pm.

wine bottles - and many other items (such as plastic types 1-5 incl. detergent and bleach bottles, all colors of glass, and some scrap metal (plus motor oil and antifreeze)) are accepted just over the bridge at 21868 Viking Way NW in Poulsbo (or in Hansville). This is a large, staffed facility which is open Tuesday thru Saturday between 8am and 3:30pm. Contact Kitsap County for more information. Either visit their web site or call 360-779-1044.