Everything You Wanted To Know About Where To Take Your Recycling (And Weren’t Afraid to Ask)

More about recycling? It seems to be the Topic of the Week in the news right now, and that’s always encouraging so let’s roll with it. Up in Washington it seems that quite a few people have questions about where to take their own more dubious recyclables, and The Olympian is up to the task of getting those questions answered.

Question: Where can I recycle plastic compost bags that contained compost from Home Depot?

Answer: Any plastic film that you can stretch and poke your finger through, you can recycle, said Amber Wells, an education and outreach specialist with Thurston County Solid Waste. A bag that contained soil or compost should be turned inside out and hosed off or wiped on the grass.

Many stores accept plastic bags for recycling. Recycle bins often are located near the front door of supermarkets such as Albertsons, Safeway and Top Food & Drug. The bags are used to make more bags, as well as plastic lumber products such as Trex decking.

Q: Could you please let me know where I should take my old TV now that I’ve broken down and bought a new HD one?

A: Bring televisions and computer monitors to the Thurston County Waste an d Recovery Center to be recycled for a $15 fee. The center is at 2418 Hogum Bay Road N.E. in Lacey. It’s open 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. Mon day through Friday and 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.

You also can take it to Community Recycle Days from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday at the Thurston County Fairgrounds, 3054 Carpenter Road, Lacey.

There’s more where that came from. I realize this article is really only specifically helpful for those of you up in our great northern state’s capital, but it does paint an excellent list of items you might not immediately assume to be recyclable, and as such it is inspiring me to compile a similar list for my own locale. Perhaps you shall see that published here soon!

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