Earth Day Recycling Event

Clear your clutter and reduce your environmental impact for Earth Day! The City of Bellingham is partnering with Sanitary Service Company (SSC), Recycling & Disposal Services Inc. (RDS), 1PC, Bellingham Covenant Church, and Whatcom County Health and Community Services to host a free recycling event. Bring your hard-to-recycle items and get a free tree sapling!

What to bring:

• Up to three grocery bags (or 2 banker boxes) of sensitive documents to be shredded in SSC’s shredder truck at the event and then recycled. No need to remove staples, paper clips, or notebook spirals. Ringed binders, CDs, and DVDs can not be shredded. (Shredded paper cannot typically be recycled through residential recycling services in Bellingham).
• Old TVs, computer monitors, desktop computers, laptops, tablets, e-readers, and portable DVD players to be refurbished or recycled
• Single-use batteries (such as alkaline):
  • AA, AAA, 9V, C, D, and button cells
  • Lithium primary
• Rechargeable batteries:
  • Lithium ion (Li-Ion)
  • Nickel Cadmium (Ni-Cd)
  • Nickel Metal Hydride (Ni-MH)
  • Nickel Zinc (Ni-Zn)
  • Small Sealed Lead Acid (SSLA/Pb)
• Used athletic shoes and sneakers in any size or condition. Shoes will be donated or recycled depending on condition. NOT ACCEPTED: Non-athletic footwear of any kind (i.e. dress shoes, heels, sandals, wedges, water socks, rainboots, cleats, crocs, etc.)

At this event, SSC will have their shredder truck to shred and recycle sensitive documents, 1PC will collect electronic waste that can be refurbished, RDS will collect electronic waste and batteries to recycle, and the Bellingham Covenant Church will collect used athletic shoes to donate or recycle. City staff will give away free trees at the event and Whatcom County Health and Community Services will share information about how to dispose hazardous materials locally.

Location

The event takes place at the Bellingham Covenant Church parking lot at 1530 East Bakerview Road.

Additional Earth Week Events

This is one of many events hosted by the City during Earth Week. Find a full list of events.

Contact

For questions about this event, please contact AskPW@cob.org.