Helpful Hints or A Conscious Person's Guide to Getting Rid of Stuff in the Methow Valley
Somehow it has happened that people think that folks involved with Methow Recycles have the inside scoop on how to best get rid of just about anything. So this is an attempt to document the answers to the questions that come up regularly. What do you wonder about? If you have something you'd like to see added - either a question or an answer - please contact us.
How do I get rid of... |
Suggestions | Cost? |
| Compact Fluorescent Bulbs (CFLs) | Now: Any Home Depot or IKEA store Future: Methow Recycles |
$0 |
| Clothing in good condition | Methow Valley Senior Center Rummage Room (at the community center in Twisp) Red Hen Trading Company, Winthrop Room One (please call first) |
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| Used motor oil | Twisp Transfer Station Methow Valley Community Center - they use it for their recycled oil furnace. Please call 997-2926 to arrange drop off. |
$0 $0 |
| Non-ferrous scrap metal - copper, aluminum, brass | Methow Recycles - anytime, sorry, we do not pay for these, but it does help support the program! | |
| Ferrous scrap metal - old cars, farm equipment, rusty metal what'sit | Methow Recycles Metal Drive. The next one is scheduled for 2010. | |
Barbed wire Note- we will not be taking this in future metal drives, so please do not hang on to it!
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Twisp Transfer Station Methownet Bulletin Board - some people do reuse it if it's in decent shape!
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same as general garbage, but it will go into a metals bin that gets it recycled |
| Steel Roofing | Methow Resource Recovery if usable Methownet Bulletin Board if usable Twisp Transfer Station if not usable
Methow Recycles Metal Drive 2010 if it's not usable and you can wait that long. |
$0 $0 same as general garbage, but it will go into a metals bin that gets it recycled
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Functional Applicances - microwaves, phones, washers, dryers, etc. or.. Usable furniture |
The Cove - 997-0227 - call, don't drop off! |
$0 $0 |
| Non-functional applicances - same as above | Twisp Transfer Station |
$19.68 for refrigerants, $12.43 for all other appliances |
| Styrofoam packing peanuts | Methow Recycles. We collect them for artists and shops around the valley who reuse them. North Cascade Frame Shop and Aspen Grove Gifts in Winthrop |
These get reused directly, so please make sure they look like something you would like to receive something nice packaged with - ie clean, no tape, packing slips, etc. |
| Yard waste | compost if you can Twisp Transfer Station |
same as general garbage |
Tree trimmings - small quantities Tree trimmings - large quantities |
Twisp Transfer Station Anyone know chippers who'd want to be here? |
same as general garbage |
| Household Batteries - regular or rechargable | Methow Recycles - bucket outside Hank's - bucket outside Raycom on Glover St. - check inside |
$0 |
| Automotive batteries | Les Schwab Twisp Transfer Station |
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| Old motorhomes and campers | Central landfill in Okanogan. Try calling Randy's Towing or Shull's. |
same as general garbage |
| Usable Building materials | $0 $0 |
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| Household hazardous chemicals (old paint, antifreeze, fertilizer, etc.) | Twisp Transfer Station, Thursdays only until 3pm, must be in original (labeled) container. | $0 |
| Books | Donate to the libary for their annual book sale. They take ALL kinds of books!
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$0 |
Nursery pots - not broken
Nursery pots - broken |
Wild Hearts Nursery Methow Natives Twisp Transfer or your trash can |
$0 |