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?
	Old TVs, computer monitors, desktop computers, laptop computers	Methow Recycles!	$0
	Compact Fluorescent Bulbs (CFLs)	Methow Recycles, Methow Valley Community Center (Twisp), Winthrop Ace Hardware, Okanogan County Electric Coop (Winthrop)	$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)
	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
	Ferrous scrap metal - old cars, farm equipment, rusty metal what'sit	Methow Recycles Metal Drive. The next one was scheduled for 2010 - stay tuned - we need to see what happens to prices.
	Barbed wire Note- we will not be taking this in future metal drives, so please do not hang on to it!	Twisp Transfer Station Methownet Bulletin Board - some people do reuse it if it's in decent shape!	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	$0 $0 Same as general garbage, but it will go into a metals bin that gets it recycled.
	Functional Applicances - microwaves, phones, washers, dryers or usable furniture	The Cove - 997-0227 - call, don't drop off! Methownet Bulletin Board	$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	$0
	Automotive batteries	Les Schwab Twisp Transfer Station
	Old motor homes and campers	Central landfill in Okanogan. Try calling Randy's Towing or Shull's.	Same as general garbage
	Usable Building materials	Methow Resource Recovery Methownet Bulletin Board	$0
	Household hazardous chemicals (old paint, anfifreeze, fertilizer, etc.)	Twisp Transfer Station, Thursdays only until 3pm, must be in original (labeled) container.	$0
	Books	Donate to the library for their annual book sale. They take ALL kinds of books!	$0
	Nursery pots - not broken	Wild Hearts Nursery Methow Natives Twisp Transfer or your trash can	$0 $0
	Unwanted catalogs	www.catalogchoice.org Call the 800# on the catalog & ask them to remove your name.	It can take a little while, but it helps for most catalogs