Recycling?? (Kennewick, Richland, Pasco: apartment complex, house, employment)

[mzkttee]

I've just moved into an apartment complex, and there's no on-site recycling. No one in the manager's office seems to know where I can take my recycling, and I'm not having much luck finding a center that takes your average household paper/glass/plastic/etc.

Are there any neighborhood recycle sites, or is my only option waste management in Kennewick, or a salvage yard? Location is not a problem; I'll haul this stuff to the outskirts of Kennewick, Richland or Pasco if I must.

Thanks!

[M3 Mitch]

I know that Richland has recycling bins, there is one near where I work. They recycle clear, green, brown glass, steel/aluminum, newspaper, and some plastice (I forget which ones)

If you have any significant aluminum scrap, you can sell that rather than donate it.

Don't know about Kennewick, someone who does should post soon.

[j_k_k]

I know WM has curbside recycling in Kennewick. Call them up and find out if they'll take yours: 509-582-5121.

[mzkttee]

Thanks for the suggestion, but alas, they won't do curbside collection where I live. WM has a transfer station in Kennewick, so I guess that's going to be it. They're open limited hours, so if anyone knows of a recycle center that's open 24/7 (or at least open past 5:00PM), the address or cross-streets would be great!

[Moon Waffle]

It is absolutely PATHETIC that Tri-Cities does not have better recycling options for the size of the community. This place has a long way to go toward becoming more eco-conscious...

[mzkttee]

Originally Posted by Moon Waffle

It is absolutely PATHETIC that Tri-Cities does not have better recycling options for the size of the community. This place has a long way to go toward becoming more eco-conscious...

No kidding!! I've lived in King Co. and Snohomish Co., and if curbside pick up wasn't already available, you didn't have to go far to find a recycling center, even in remote corners of Sno. Co.

[j_k_k]

Originally Posted by Moon Waffle

It is absolutely PATHETIC that Tri-Cities does not have better recycling options for the size of the community. This place has a long way to go toward becoming more eco-conscious...

Its primary employment comes from nuclear contamination cleanup, nuclear fuel manufacture and various other nuclear thises and thats. Expecting a strong local sentiment toward better ecological consciousness here is like hoping for vegan restaurants in Kansas: it just won't get much traction.

[tcres]

I would really like to see better recycling options. Fortunately in Kennewick you can get curbside bins and I use them but most of my friends and family do not. I did have to call WM to request the bins but they were delivered quickly. They mailed a brochure recently that lists all of the recyclable items and I was shocked to see how many things I could have been recycling this entire time and wasn't.

I'm not surprised that there are not more recycle options in the Tri-Cities just from the attitude of most of my friends who find recycling to be a hassle because they are extremely lazy.

[PDXGirlJ]

Coming from Portland I was just used to having recycling everywhere. It is sooo strange to not have them at our apartment complex, etc. Hopefully we can get some curb side bins in Richland when our house is done being built.

[j_k_k]

Originally Posted by tcres

I would really like to see better recycling options. Fortunately in Kennewick you can get curbside bins and I use them but most of my friends and family do not. I did have to call WM to request the bins but they were delivered quickly. They mailed a brochure recently that lists all of the recyclable items and I was shocked to see how many things I could have been recycling this entire time and wasn't.

I got that same brochure. One request I made of WM was a different colour bin for paper, since inexplicably that isn't one of the three bins they usually drop off. They did so and I've been sending out a pile of old magazines and junk mail that way ever since.