Winter Hours: (18 Sept until 29 June 2014) OPEN WED., SAT., SUN. NOON to 3pm

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1 Lopez Solid Waste Disposal District 11/27/ Fisherman Bay Road P.O.Box 922 Lopez Island, WA Recycling Guide Prepared by Neil Hanson, LSWDD Facility Operator NOTE: This Recycling Guide is a working document. Markets and conditions may change without notice. Current information regarding accepted Recyclables and their correct preparation will be updated as needed by the LSWDD on our web site: Winter Hours: (18 Sept until 29 June 2014) OPEN WED., SAT., SUN. NOON to 3pm In the interest of moving toward our goal of Zero Waste, the LSWDD Fee Schedule provides for One Free Shopping Bag of Commingled Recyclables per day the facility is open. Please remember to check the Commingled Recycling Guidelines page for recyclable items that are NOT included in the source-separated categories. You can put these items in your One Free Shopping Bag of Commingled Recyclables per shift, reducing your garbage. Before leaving home, please: EMPTY/DRAIN, RINSE WELL, AND FLATTEN ALL CONTAINERS (EXCEPT GLASS). PLEASE DECLARE ALL LIQUIDS INTENDED FOR DISPOSAL AT THE PAY STATION. MIXED PAPER This is a broad category including most types of paper. Examples of Mixed Paper include: mail, magazines, catalogs, writing paper, bound books, paper bags, greeting cards, wrapping paper, computer paper, any thin cardboard boxes (including shoe boxes, cereal boxes, toilet paper rolls) thin pulp items such as egg cartons and produce box inserts. Mixed Paper can be loose or in paper bags. Paper must be free of plastic, wax, and other contamination. Staples and envelope windows are ok. NO non-paper items, facial tissues, napkins, paper towels. NO food-contaminated paper. The following items are NOT accepted as Mixed Paper, but are recycled in the Commingled category for a fee: Waxed or Poly-coated milk cartons, freezer boxes, cereal/cracker box liners, aseptic multimaterial single serving (e.g. juice) boxes. NEWSPRINT Newspapers (Including comics, advertising and other inserts) Do NOT include product samples, advertising mail, cardboard, or any other paper or non-paper product No bags, string, twine, or rubber bands. Do not use plastic for bundling or bagging newsprint.

2 CORRUGATED CARDBOARD (now also includes natural brown kraft paper) Corrugated cardboard is smooth on the outside and wavy in the middle. Extra large boxes can be flattened and set aside for gardeners, crafts, etc. Otherwise, please empty, flatten and cut down boxes to be no longer than 3 feet long or wide. * All Corrugated Cardboard must be Clean and Dry. NO dirty, greasy, painted, or food-contaminated cardboard. NO waxed cardboard or other types of paper with the exception of brown kraft paper. For example, cereal boxes, beer boxes, and pop boxes are considered Mixed Paper. Yellow mustard-colored cardboard or shiny (clay-coated) cardboard must also go in Mixed Paper. Boxes with shiny labels are OK. Staples and minimal tape are OK. * Corrugated Cardboard will be fed onto the Baler Conveyor. PLASTIC CONTAINERS AND LIDS WITH NECKS (necks = opening smaller than base) Must be empty and clean and flattened. Bottles/Lids OK (OFF) Jars/Lids OK (OFF) Jugs/Lids OK (OFF) Examples: Soda and Juice bottles Salad dressing bottles Shampoo bottles Window cleaner bottles Milk jugs Detergent bottles Saline solution bottles Fabric softener bottles Bleach bottles FLATTEN ALL CONTAINERS: Removed caps and lids can be recycled with containers. Household hazardous waste product containers are not accepted for recycling. NO automotive fluid bottles e.g. no oil, antifreeze, or brake fluid containers. PLASTIC CONTAINERS AND LIDS WITHOUT NECKS (No necks = opening on top equal or Must be empty and clean. larger diameter than base) Tubs / Lids OK (OFF) (Yogurt, margarine, ice cream, etc.) Buckets and Pails / Lids OK (OFF) Metal parts (such as handles) must be removed. Totes and Bins / Lids OK (OFF) Removed lids recycle with containers Household hazardous waste containers including those containing oil and antifreeze are not accepted for recycling. MOLDED PLASTIC CLAMSHELLS AND BLISTER PACKS Clamshells may be opaque and of any color. Two-part or hinged or snap-together plastic containers (sandwich, salad, etc.) (Clean, dry, flattened.)

3 Blister Packs: Clear plastic display packaging: either two part, hinged flat, snap-together or display bubbles without paper backing. Blister pacts must be clean, dry, flattened, with card stock inserts and/or glued paper backing removed. Not Styrofoam packaging in any form PLASTIC FILM AND BAGS Accepted in clean, tightly bundled form: Stretch/shrink/bubble wrap plastic. Plastic grocery and garbage bags (bundled into one bag and tied shut) Sheet plastic/visqueen Clean lumber wrap Completely clean and empty plastic feed and soil amendment bags NOT accepted: Foam wrap Agricultural film plastic (such as bale wrap) Woven plastic bags and tarps NO paper, water, dirt, mold, animal waste, food waste, or other contamination. AGRICULTURAL PLASTIC ITEMS Completely empty and clean: Nursery Pots Flats Seed trays Tightly bundled Flat Plastic Irrigation Drip Line (e.g. T-Tape) NO Agricultural Film Plastics (Bags/Bale Wrap) NO Plastic twine NO Ceramic pots GLASS BOTTLES and JARS Currently no economically viable recycling market exists for glass containers in our area. Until this situation changes, the District will povide glass bottles and jars collected at the recycling center for local use as inert fill at a Lopez sandpit as part of that mining operation s required long term reclamation plan. This interim solution is more energy efficient and much more economic than continuing trucking color-separated glass to Burlington, then paying Skagit Recycling to haul it to Seattle. The District will continue to seek a viable local market for glass and will supprt state container deposit legislation. Until such better options are found, we suggest you consider recyclable arternatives to glass when shopping. Empty and clean whole glass bottles and jars are the only kind of glass accepted. Examples include glass soda, juice, beer, wine, and liquor bottles, as well as all kinds of glass food jars. Empty and rinse the containers with water. Labels and neck rings need not be removed, but keep glass free from other contaminating materials such as plastics, paper packaging, corks, caps, lids. Wash glass items to remove all contents. (Metal lids can be recycled in either the aluminum cans or steel can categories, as appropriate.) NO ceramics, pyrex, tableware (crystal, cups, dishes), windows, light bulbs, mirrors, or broken glass. Place your prepared glass bottles and jars (which no longer need to be separated by color) in the 20 yard roll-off container at the recycle plaza.

4 ALUMINUM CANS Any flattened all-aluminum food or beverage can including poly-lined pet food cans (white inside). (Steel-aluminum bi-metal cans are recycled with steel cans. If in doubt, test with a magnet for steel content. Foil and Pie plates are recycled separately from aluminum cans. Aluminum cans must be clean and completely free of steel parts, dirt, liquid, or other foreign contamination. Lightly rinse and drain before flattening. ALUMINUM FOIL Clean foil, free from colored (anodized) foil, paper, plastics, food, or foreign materials. Reynolds wrap and aluminum Pie plates belong in this category. All foil must be delivered FLAT (NOT BALLED) to demonstrate that it has been cleaned and will not attract animals. Aluminum cans are recycled separately from aluminum foil. E-CYCLE PROGRAM IEMS Televisions, Computer towers, Computer monitors, Laptops and tablets, e-readers, portabe DVD players. We are now also able to accept printers, keyboards, mice, cables, and most other electronic devices. Note: Working e-cycle items should be delivered to the TIOLI, non-working items should be placed as directed by the kiosk operator. SCRAP NON-FERROUS METALS Accepted; Copper scrap Brass scrap Radiators Insulated copper wire/cable Insulated aluminum wire/cable Stainless steel Aluminum scrap and cast aluminum items Aluminum extrusions 50% or greater aluminum content items (by staff authorization) Examples: Lawn furniture, (with webbing removed), house siding, downspouts and gutters, truck canopy shells, storm doors and window frames, pots and pans, house wiring, utility wire and cable, tubing, electric motors, generators, ammunition shell casings, plumbing fixtures. Lead and zinc are also accepted, but require special handling/storage. Please take these items to facility staff. This category does NOT include lightweight aluminum items such as soda cans, pie plates, and foil. These go in other categories. CLEAN SCRAP STEEL and IRON Clean steel and cast iron without fluids, grease, dirt, mud, or other significant non-metal attachments. Items may be tinned, galvanized, plated, enameled, or painted. This category includes tinned steel food cans and lids (no fee for these). (Note: Stainless Steel is accepted in the Non-Ferrous Metal Category) NOT accepted in any form: Non-metal attachments such as concrete, fiberglass, plastic, foam, insulation, etc. Asbestos

5 Light fixtures. Mercury or other ballasts Transformers, capacitors or mercury switches from appliances Paint, spray cans, gas cans, or other containers with chemicals or residues Radioactive material Tires or rubber wheels of any sort Other items NOT acceptable in unaltered or unprepared form include: Wood stoves, closed containers or cylinders, fire extinguishers, gas cylinders, hydraulic cylinders, barrels, drums, tanks, hydraulic jacks, empty propane tanks, shock absorbers, auto bodies/frames, steel cable and turnings, motor blocks, transmissions, rear ends, or gas engines that contained oil. Please consult with facility staff regarding the specifications for preparing various materials for acceptance. BULK APPLIANCES (INCLUDES OBJECTS WITH AT LEAST 50% STEEL OR IRON CONTENT) This category includes such items as bicycles, microwave ovens, baseboard heaters, light fixtures, lawn mowers, swing sets, electrical panels, toasters, etc. Check with staff to confirm the suitability of items intended for this category. All fuels, lubricants, and other fluids must be drained from item before recycling. All easily removable non-metal attachments (including light bulbs and electrical power cords) must be removed LARGE APPLIANCES ( WHITE GOODS ) All large appliances require a disposal fee. EMPTY refrigerators, freezers, air conditioners, washers, dryers, stoves, furnaces, water heaters, water treatment tanks, compactors, etc. These items are segregated into 3 groups for transport: 1. Refrigerant-containing appliances 2. Tanks 3. All other white goods listed above Refrigerators, freezers, and air conditioners should be handled with care, and dropped off gently in an upright position. The refrigerant gas must be reclaimed by our mainland recycler. Your disposal fee covers this costly process. Please remove mechanical latches on refrigerators and freezers builts prior to 1958 when federal law mandated magnetic closures. Duplex or oversized units will be charged for by volume as multiples of a single standard unit fee.. LEAD ACID BATTERIES Lead acid batteries CANNOT be disposed of in the garbage. Lead acid batteries of all shapes and sizes are accepted for recycling. Batteries are to be placed neatly into the plastic totes located at the north side of the Baler Building. Do not stack batteries directly on top of other batteries. A layer of cushioning cardboard must be placed between layers of stacked batteries. Notify staff if the battery casing is leaking, broken, or missing cell caps, or if you have lead cores without casings, which require special handling/storage. Ask for help if your battery is too heavy to lift from your vehicle without assistance. Call ahead if you are bringing oversized batteries which require the forklift for offloading.

6 TIRES All vehicle tires require a disposal fee. Accepted for recycling: Tires with an inside diameter of 16.5 inches or less, with or without rims NOT accepted for recycling: Larger oversize tires. Tires contaminated by dirt, mud, sand or filled with styrofoam. Staff will direct customers with recyclable tires to collection pallets where they will be stacked for transport. For tires not accepted for recycling and charged instead by volume as absolute garbage, they and should be left near but not in the absolute garbage boxes as directed by staff. USED MOTOR OIL Used motor oil, hydraulic fluid, transmission fluid, kerosene, diesel fuel. 5 gallon limit per vehicle per day. NO WATER! and NO ANTIFREEZE IN MOTOR OIL! (Antifreeze collected separately) NO: Solids, emulsified oil, brake fluid, gasoline, synthetic oil, cooking oil, liquid hazardous wastes, or any other liquid not listed as Accepted. Collect and transport oil with great care in clean sealed containers. Pour carefully into the collection tank. Avoid spills, Report any drips or spills, clogged filter screen, or overflow, to facility staff. Note: Plastic jugs used for oil recycling may not be recycled with other plastic containers. Keep for future oil recycling, storage, and transport, or tightly replace the cap and put into your absolute garbage. USED OIL FILTERS Whole, uncrushed, used oil filters can be placed into the marked steel drum next to the used oil collection tank. (Both oil and steel scrap are recovered from used oil filters.) Transport used oil filters carefully in sealed containers. You may let your filter transport containers drain into the main used oil collection tank. Avoid drips and spills. Report any drips and spills to facility staff. ANTIFREEZE Transport in a clean sealed container. Pour into collection bucket for inspection by facility staff. Only clean, used antifreeze (uncontaminated by high levels of oil and/or solids) will be accepted. Pour carefully. Avoid spills. 5 gallon limit per vehicle per day. Note: Plastic jugs used for antifreeze recycling may not be recycled with other plastic containers. Keep for future antifreeze recycling, storage, and transport, or tightly replace the cap and put into your absolute garbage. HOUSEHOLD HAZARDOUS WASTE HHW refers to products that list CAUTION, DANGER, WARNING, or POISONOUS on their labels. HHW should not be thrown into garbage or recycling containers. HHW products should be safely stored until the County s Collection Events, held annually at the LSWDD site.