According to Dave Peters, Kitsap County’s Recycling Coordinator, “Sorting your recycling just got a lot easier. Waste Management customers can put everything in one cart."

The new program includes two new items. Residents can now add rinsed out gable top milk and juice cartons, and frozen food boxes, as long as there is no food residue. Other items accepted at curbside are plastic bottles, phone books, glass, mail and magazines, cans, newspaper, plastic dairy tubs, paper cereal-type boxes, and cardboard that fits in the cart.

Each bin comes with a brochure and a calendar to help residents remember when their pick up week is. Waste Management recommends customers look carefully at their calendars, as some neighborhoods will experience a shift in their schedule to accommodate a new routing system that will benefit the customers.

What do you do with the old recycling bins? Waste Management customers may keep their old bins or take them to a recycling and garbage facility for convenient drop-off. Facilities may be found at www.kitsapgov.com/sw.

There are other changes to curbside recycling in Kitsap County . Curbside yard waste pick-up, which is available to residents in burn ban areas, now includes shredded paper, pulp egg cartons, and vegetable food waste in addition to grass, leaves, weeds, prunings, and 4” diameter branches.

For more information about curbside service, residents should contact their recycling company. For other waste reduction and recycling information, visit or call The Open Line at 360-337-5777.

Related Links:

Garbage and recycling information and list of facilities

Curbside recycling map

Burn ban map