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Frequently Asked Questions When do I put my cart out for pick up? Call or visit the website of your provider for a current schedule in your area. Management: wmnorthwest.com 800.592.9995 YOUR GUIDE TO Bainbridge Disposal: bainbridgedisposal.com 206.842.4882

Compost (food & yard waste) collection Can I leave recyclables outside of my cart? Most single-family homes in Kitsap County can receive CURBSIDE collection service from their service provider. See if your home is Unincorporated County: If you regularly have extra within the service area using the map at kcowa.us/curbcomp. recyclables that don’t fit in your cart, add a second cart for just a few dollars per month. For occasional extra You can compost these items in your curbside cart: recyclables, secure them in a labeled and set it • Food scraps, including meat, dairy, and bone next to your recycling cart. Make sure recyclables can’t blow RECYCLING • Yard waste away or get wet • Napkins and towels. Cities: Contact your service provider to ask about curbside options for extra recycling.

Free TV and Televisions, computers, monitors, laptops, and e-readers can be How clean do recyclables need to be? taken to free drop-off recycling sites around Kitsap County. Visit Wash food until you can’t see any food residue. Recycle.KitsapGov.com to find a site near you. It’s very important that recyclables are empty, clean, and dry! Tip! Remove stubborn food from cans and by washing Household them in your dishwasher. If a container has the words caution, warning, flammable, combustible, danger, toxic, or poison and still has product inside, it The only allowed in the recycling cart are clean does not belong in the trash. Visit Recycle.KitsapGov.com to find a , jugs, jars, and dairy tubs. Why? free disposal site for hazardous household items like: Even if they have a recycling symbol, don’t recycle other kinds of in your recycling cart. There are multiple • Aerosols reasons other plastics aren’t collected at the curb: • Adhesives • Sorting machinery cannot sort them. • Antifreeze • They may damage sorting machinery. • Automotive products • Batteries • There is no market for them, so they cannot be sold. • Cleaning products • The volume is too small to recycle economically. • Contaminated motor oil • Flammable liquids, gasoline, & solvents • Paints & stains • Fluorescent tubes & light bulbs For more curbside recycling and • Herbicides & pesticides garbage service information call: • • Motor Oil • Pool & spa supplies • flares Bainbridge Disposal • Small propane bottles Kitsap County Bainbridge Disposal • Syringes / sharps Kitsap1:360.337.5777 800.592.9995 206.842.4882 [email protected] 3086 (03/18) Kitsap County Kitsap1: 360.337.5777 RECYCLE Recycle.KitsapGov.com

PAPER & empty • clean • rinse • flatten cardboard GLASS empty • rinse • no • don’t break

Milk and Juice Paper and Frozen Mail and Magazines Cardboard Cartons Food Bottles and Jars

CANS empty • rinse • no loose lids • don’t crush

Office Paper Newspapers Phone Books Paper

PLASTIC CONTAINERS empty • rinse • replace twist caps • no lids Aluminum

Jugs Jars Dairy Tubs Bottles (Tin) 3007 (06/18)