Connect with BI Zero Waste
About Us
Bainbridge Island Zero Waste’s mission is to reduce the amount of waste produced by our community, from acquisition to disposal. We aim to encourage changes in behavior that ultimately lead to a more sustainable use of resources.
Want to know if you can recycle something?
Want to know which organization might reuse your functional item?
Get the answers on our “Guide to Reusing and/or Recycling Locally” page.
Sustainable Bainbridge created BIZW in 2010. It is managed and run by all volunteers. We encourage you to explore our site, check out news posts and future events, and engage with us if anything strikes your fancy.
Subscribe to our monthly newsletter to keep current on our activities, opportunities for participation and education, and other zero waste news.
Our steering committee consists of Carolyn Hart, Diane Landry (ZW director), Susan Knell (Terracycle collector), Whitney Lane, Jane Martin (Tableware Lending Library head), and Barbara Ochota (education lead). We encourage you to contact us if you would like to be involved in Zero Waste endeavors.
What We Do and How We Inform
Highlights
Zero Waste
General Meeting
When: Thursday, February 6
Time: 5-6:30
Where: Marge Williams Center, 221 Winslow Way West
Zoom will also be available
5-5:30: Zero Waste business – Feel free to propose areas of research or action you might like to pursue.
5:30-6: Speaker – Beau Myers of rWorld, a reuse cup and serviceware company that is currently piloting reusable cups on the Bainbridge/Seattle ferry
6-6:30: Show & Tell – Recycling questions and/or examples of waste reduction in your life
Volunteer for an Hour
at Mochi Tsuki Discard Station
The annual Mochi Tsuki Festival needs discard station volunteers to help guests put their disposables in the right spot (compost/recycle/trash).
Sign-ups are for one-hour slots, 11am-3pm, Saturday, January 11, at Woodward Middle School.
On SignUpGenius, scroll down to “Green Team” and pick a slot(s).
Stick around to have fun yourself! Info on the festival is here (ignore the 2024 date).
Bainbridge Fix-it Fair
Needs Fixers and Volunteers
Sustainable Bainbridge, Kitsap County Solid Waste and BARN are partnering to bring a fix-it fair to BI in 2025! If you would potentially like to be involved as a volunteer fixer or helper, please email organizer Heather Dowey and you will be added to the contact list.
Scrap Metal Recycling
Look for the bin pictured below at the BI Senior/Community to recycle small pieces of metal that are not allowed in curbside or transfer station mixed recycling. The BISCC is open Monday-Friday, 9am-4pm. Do not include food or drink cans, as these go with regular recycling.
Click below to hear Zero Waste’s Barbara Ochota popular talk with BISCC’s executive director Reed Price on this collaboration.
Keep Compostable Bags
out of Yard and Food Waste Cart
Put yard and food waste in LOOSE in the cart. If you need to cover the bottom, use newsprint or a paper bag.
