Videos
It can hold the most delicate objects AND be detrimental to our environment. The Packaging King — expanded polystyrene foam or EPS (Styrofoam™) — pollutes our water and takes hundreds of years to breakdown in landfills. Once broken apart, the polystyrene components crumble into small bits that contaminate our environment even further. Discover ways to reuse EPS and learn how it can be reprocessed into products with a longer lifespan. Future solutions include using textile waste and biomaterials as sustainable packaging filler.
Learn easy, real-life, every day actions that you can take to help reduce plastic pollution in the Salish Sea.
Organics Management
Food Waste Prevention
WSU Snohomish County Extension Food Waste Prevention page
Cedar Grove Compost
Drop off yard waste at a Cedar Grove facility
Third party tested and approved compostable items
Other composters
Where to take yard/clean wood debris
DIY Compost
Waste Reduction
Zero Waste and bulk stores in Washington
Why I live a zero-waste life Ted Talk
Fix-it events and tool libraries
Zero Waste Washington legislative work
Practical living low waste presentation
Green Cleaning recipes: Are you interested in finding easy, inexpensive, and non-toxic recipes to replace cleaning products found at the grocery store? Our volunteers tested over 20 recipes and narrowed down their favorites into this online Green Cleaning booklet.
Waste Haulers + Recycling
Snohomish County Solid Waste
Household hazardous waste disposal
Beyond the curb recycling at Snohomish County Transfer Stations and drop boxes
Republic Services
Republic Services in Snohomish County