Sunday: 11"00 AM - PM. The Fix Hut - Milwaukie. Is your family or organization upgrading electronics or IT equipment? Need to get rid of your old devices in an environmentally-friendly way? We can help you recycle your electronics for FREE! We accept the following types of electronics:. Office Phones.
Telecom Systems. Game Consoles. Business Solutions. Individual Solutions. Contact Us. Recycling reuses materials, preventing the need to harvest new material, like oil for plastic and trees for paper. This all reduces pollution and saves energy. Sorting out your recycling is the first step on its journey to be becoming something new. First it is hauled to a Material Recovery Facility, where it's sorted into similar materials, bailed together, then sold to manufacturers to finally be recycled into something new.
Watch how the materials are sorted and baled together so they could be sold to processors to be made into new items. The recycling industry has gone through big changes recently - When China stopped accepting recyclables in late , there was a need for new places to send materials to be recycled. Since then, new recyclers have started up and other recyclers have increased operations. For Seattle, this means that most recyclables are now being recycled in North America, including all plastics, glass and metal, and most of the paper and cardboard.
Seattle is committed to recycling and you can rest assured your recyclables are still being recycled. Recycling is alive and well, and we need your help to keep it going and make it better!
SPU is working with our contractor, Republic Services, to ensure material is successfully processed, and partnering with coordinating local, state and federal agencies on regional market opportunities. Republic Services facility has implemented significant new technology and operations to meet the changing market. SPU monitors Republic to ensure materials are successfully processed and sold to available markets, both domestically and internationally.
SPU has also been partnering with regional agencies and other processors on short and long-term opportunities to diversify markets and support domestic options for additional processing and incorporating recyclables into new products. The City's contracted recyclables processor is not allowed to send Seattle's recyclables to the landfill. Seattle's recyclables continue to be processed and shipped, both domestically and internationally Destinations and markets for Seattle's recyclables vary from month to month and year to year.
Two-thirds of Seattle's recycling is processed domestically. The other one-third of Seattle's recyclables are exported, mostly to other manufacturing facilities in Southeast Asia, including Korea, India, Indonesia, and Thailand. These programs are free unless otherwise noted in the listing. For example, most holiday lights recycling programs want you to remove large glass bulbs the smaller bulbs are okay from light strands, and remove any excessive plastic attachments from the light strands, since that glass and plastic is not recyclable you can throw those materials away yourself at home.
Other businesses and organizations may also offer holiday lights recycling programs. This list will be updated as new programs are announced.
When shopping for new holiday lights at retailers, ask if they have a program. Thanks for recycling your holiday lights! Administrative offices: King Street Center S.
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