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Recycling is Easy in Yakima County!
Each person in Yakima County discards the equivalent of 6 pounds of waste daily. More than 50% of that waste is reusable or recyclable. The loss of natural resources and energy and increasing costs of disposal, make home source separating and recycling an important alternative.
In an effort to reduce the large amount of recyclable items that are presently disposed of in our landfills, Yakima County offers a wide array of recycling opportunities at public and private drop off recycling sites. Recyclable items within Yakima County include:
- Newspaper
- High Grade Paper, including computer and white ledger
- Mixed Waste Paper
- Magazines
- Corrugated Cardboard
- Aluminum
- Tin/Steel
- Clear Glass
- Plastic Pop Bottles #1
- Plastic Milk and Water Jugs #2
Other recyclable items in Yakima County are:
- Scrap Metal
- Vehicle Batteries
- Motor Oil
- Small Household Batteries
Many of the above items are recyclable at the county landfills. Please check with your local recycler or Solid Waste Division to determine which items they accept. Also, please recycle properly. A small amount of the wrong material in a recycling bin can contaminate an entire load.
Yakima County Recycling Guide
Download the latest edition of Yes, You Can Recycle In Yakima County from our website:
- Yes, You Can Recycle in Yakima County
(English, 5.5 MB)
- Where to recycle?
(English, 133 KB) - Si, Usted Puede Reciclar en el Condado de Yakima
(Español, 2.3 MB) - Dónde reciclar?
(Español, 133 KB)
Y.E.S - Youth Environmental Summit
Yakima County held a Youth Environmental Summit on April 23, 2009 at the Yakima Armory as a way to increase environmental awareness in schools. The event was free for middle, junior and senior high students and staff in Yakima County. There were nearly 400 attendees, surpassing the goal of 100 students for its first year!
You can now download the presentations from the summit. Please click on the any of the pictures below to download the presentation. Also, be sure to check out the Y.E.S. contact list and Environmental Bingo.
Yakima County Recycling Heroes
Yakima County has selected three Recycling Heroes who tirelessly work to help the environment by saving resources and conserving landfill space. Congratulations Recycling Heroes! Know a Recycling Hero? Look for our next contest, Spring 2010.
2009 Recycling Hero Winners:
We would like to recognize the following citizens for their efforts to reduce, reuse and recycle in Yakima County. You can click on each picture to get more information:
Plastic Grocery Bags
Did you know that the average American family uses over 400 plastic
shopping bags per year?
Every year, Americans throw away 100 billion polyethylene plastic bags. (read more)
EnviroTip Videos
These EnviroTip videos will provide you with information about greening various aspects of your home life. The EnviroTip Series is provided by www.earth911.org.
The EnviroTip series features Earth 911 spokespeople Sandra Keil and Jonathan Smith providing tips and facts on greening various aspects of your home life.
