The City of Olympia’s Yard Waste Drop-Off Site opens for the season at 9:00 a.m., Saturday, March 1, 2008. The site is located at the City’s Maintenance Center, 1401 Eastside Street, SE, and provides a convenient option for Olympia’s Waste ReSources customers to recycle their woody debris. The site is scheduled to be open every Saturday through November 15, 2008, from 9:00 a.m. until 2:00 p.m.

Fees are based on the type of material and the amount you bring. Customers are required to unload their own vehicles.

Chasing arrows do not guarantee safe passage from shelf to curb to factory to shelf again.

Not all numbers within the triangle (Resin Identification Code) are accepted for recycling.

I'm SO THANKFUL the city switched to one giant comingled bin.

Here's how it was: one bin for cans - my favorite thing to recycle. When everything worked out you might have a few shiny flat envelopes that used to be cans of soup. Since I rarely eat canned soup this bin was never full.

For some inexplicable reason manufacturers created new cans that could only be opened on the top. You could never crush them completely nor you you easily empty them by puncturing the bottom to relieve the vacuum. However, even without crushing, the bin was NEVER full.

Turn woody debris into valuable chips for landscaping, mulching, and composting. The City will arrange for a chipper and a two-person crew to come to your neighborhood for two hours of free wood chipping. The resultant chips are left on site for residents to use. Chipping events are scheduled for groups of four or more households that are on City of Olympia garbage service.