Blaine Bay Refuse recycling is collected every other week on the same day of your weekly trash collection. Please have your recyclables at your curbside by 6:30 a.m.

Please have all recyclables clean, dry and free of any residue.

If you require recycling bins, call our office at (360) 332-5443.

Extra Recyclables -
Put extra recyclables out into cardboard boxes, plastic tubes or paper bags and put next to your recycling bins.

Materials that can be recycled in your WHITE BIN
Mixed Paper
Junk Mail
Catalogs
Magazines
Phone Books
Office Paper
Computer Paper
School Paper

What you CAN NOT put in your WHITE BIN:
Wax-coated Wax paper or stretch wrap
Milk Cartons and Ice Cream Containers
Food-soiled material
Styrofoam
Plastic trays (bakery, meat, etc.)
Disposable diapers
Loose plastic bags
Frozen food bags
Plastic take-out containers or utensils
Scrap aluminum or foil
Toxic containers

What you can put in your BLUE BIN:
Glass, Tin, Aluminum & Plastic Bottles
All colors of bottles, jars and jugs, tin, aluminum and plastic bottles
Please remove all caps and lids!
Glass Jars & Bottles (rinse, remove lids)
Tin Cans (rinse and remove paper labels, flatten if possible)
Aluminum Cans (rinse and crush if possible, no need to remove labels)
Plastic Bottles Milk jugs, plastic pop bottles, shampoo bottles, dish detergent.
Plastic Lids and Caps OK.

Do not put these in your BLUE BIN
Light bulbs
Window glass
Mirrors
Pyrex
Glassware
Glass in bags, boxes or six-pack holders
Ceramics or dishes
Metals
Auto fluid containers (motor oil, solvents or antifreeze containers)
Plastic lids or caps

What you can put in your RED BIN:
Newspaper or Newsprint items
Anything that is printed on newsprint such as newspapers. No need to bundle. Place loose in the bin. Shiny inserts are okay.

Cardboard:
Cardboard must be broken down and not exceed 2' x 3'. Breakdown cardboard and place next to bins.
If windy, place bins on top. Ceral, Beveridge, Shoe Boxes and Borwn Bags OK.

Motor Oil must be sealed in a 1 gallon, screw top unbreakable container. No antifreeze or antifreeze containers.

Batteries - Car batteries are accepted if they are NOT leaking. We cannot accept cell phone batteries.

Scrap Metal - We accept any scrap metal stripped of plastic or rubber parts. It must be less than 23" x 24" in any dimemsion and weigh less than 36 lbs. Place in metal bin. We CANNOT accept aerosol containers.

NOT Considered Recyclable:
Tissue paper
Paper Towels
Napkins
Carbon paper
Any wax, foil coated containers

Please keep hazardous waste from all your trash disposal and recycling!
Such as paints, solvents and pesticides. To dispose of these hazardous and toxic wastes call
(360) 380-4640. Hazardous Waste Disposal is located at 3505 Airport Drive in Bellingham.
There hours are Monday through Friday 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. and open the first Saturday of each month
9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Thanks for recycling!