These Are Items You CAN Recycle in Yakima County Green Bins

Yakima County offers recycling services for paper, plastic, and metal on a weekly basis. Now that we have seen a comprehensive list of what we cannot recycle, let's get familiar with what the Yakima Waste Systems team does want us to put in the green bins.

But first, did you know that in Yakima County, you can recycle some electronic items for free, even if they don't work? Instead of putting them in the alley behind your house for someone on the street to pick up, donate it instead. Let's get you to the right place.

Related: 13 Common Items That Don't Belong in Yakima County Recycling Bins

For instance, you can recycle shredders, brooms/stick vacuums, fans, robot vacuums, upright/canister vacuums at the Best Buy in Union Gap. Other electronics may incur a $25 per item recycling fee, so either call 1-800-Recycle or visit this database and put in your zip code to find the drop off center nearest you. (If you need to request a pickup, there is a $199+ fee)

Most Goodwill stores will also accept electronic gear (even if it doesn't work) and textile/fabric donations.

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Can't Recycle It? Then Repurpose It!

There are some wonderfully talented people out here with very creative minds. I mean, who came up with these ideas? They are both genius and hilarious at the same time!

A repurposed umbrella made out of empty used Capri Sun bags.

A "Plastic Bag Fairy" costume made out of 500 discarded plastic grocery bags.

THESE Items You CAN Put in the Green Recycling Bins in Yakima County

PAPER:
• Newspaper
• Corrugated cardboard boxes
• Direct Mail
• Cereal, cracker, shoe boxes (chipboard)
• Office paper, copier and printer paper, file folders, note paper, computer paper, brochures
• Magazines and catalogs

METAL:
• Steel (tin) cans
��� Aluminum cans

PLASTIC:
• Plastic Bottles #1 PET and #2 HDPE
• Plastic Soda Bottles
• Plastic Water Bottles
• Plastic Milk Jugs
• Plastic Orange Juice bottles and jugs
• Plastic Detergent
• Plastic Cleaning Solution bottles

For more info on residential recycling visit YakimaWaste.com.