Event Details

Anyone with Styrofoam filling up their garages, closets, or storage areas can bring them to McCollum Pioneer Park in Everett on August 14 for a FREE collection event. Washington State University Snohomish County Extension’s Sustainable Community Stewards will collect the material, then transport it to a recycling facility in Kent. The stewards will be at the Northwest Stream Center in the park from 10 a.m. until 1 p.m. on Wednesday the 14^th.

“Styrofoam isn’t generally recyclable in normal community recycling programs, but many people don’t want to put this material into their trash or landfills,” said Kellee Byard, WSU Snohomish County Extension’s Sustainable Communities Program Coordinator. “This event allows people from all around our county to conveniently drop off the material for free and we’ll handle the transportation to a certified recycling facility.”

Acceptable Styrofoam and related products, which must be clean, dry, and tape and label free, include:

• To-go containers and food trays
• Bagged packing peanuts (Please check that they are NOT the biodegradable kind)
• Bubble wrap
• LPDE #4 foam
• Polystyrene block packaging, coolers, and sheets
• Pink, blue, or gray XPS foam insulation.

Items that cannot be accepted include:

• Spray-in foam
• Insta-Pak foam
• Grey insta-pak foam
• Foil-lined foam
• Hot tub cover

For more information on what is and isn’t accepted during this collection event, visit Styro Recycle’s website.

Funded by Snohomish County Solid Waste. For questions, email the coordinator Kellee Byard at kellee.byard@wsu.edu or call 425-357-6027