By contract Skookum is responsible for the management and servicing of Public recyclables collection box sites county wide; the processing and marketing of recyclables received from public sites, residential curbside and commercial collection haulers in Jefferson County and the City of Port Townsend.

In addition to the resource recovery plan Skookum contracts with the County to provide a work-training program for adult residences with developmental disabilities at the recycle facility.

The Skookum operated Jefferson Recycling Center accepts electronics for recycling. You can bring your old or broken TV's, VCR's, personal computers and monitors, cell phones, printers, and cameras to our site on County Landfill Rd in Port Townsend. For 35¢ a pound, we'll box up and send your electronics to a state-of-the-art recycling facility. There, the equipment will be disassembled and metals, hazardous materials or components can be recycled or reused. Any data on a personal computer hard drive will be destroyed.

Location and Hours

The recycle center is located at 301 County Landfill Road, just outside of Port Townsend off of Jacob Miller Road. The facility is open Monday through Saturday from 9 AM to 4:30 PM for fiber and non fiber recycling. Electronics recycling is open on Monday through Friday from 9AM to 4:30 PM and on Saturday from 10AM to 2PM.  This site is closed on most public holidays.

The following items are accepted at the site to be recycled:

• Corrugated Cardboard
• Newspaper
• Mixed paper
• Office Paper
• Aluminum cans
• Tinned Cans
• Clear glass containers
• Green and brown glass containers
• Plastic PET #1 containers
• Plastic HDPE #2 containers, all colors

In addition to our processing facility located off of Jacob Miller road we service several drop off sites located through out Jefferson County that accept the above listed commodities as well. Those sites include the following:

• Quilcene Solid Waste Drop Box Site
• Port Ludlow Village Store
• Port Hadlock Elkins Road
• Brinnon Dosewallips State Park
• Kala Point
• Chimacum High School (no glass or nonfiber materials accepted at this location)
• Chimacum Primary School (no glass accepted at this location)
• Indian Island Naval base (no glass accepted at this location)

This is the Skookum Recycle Mission Statement:

We are dedicated to diverting all possible recyclables from the Jefferson County waste stream in a clean and efficient manner. We will empower all our employees and provide an excellent vocational training center for the "at risk" people in our community.

We are dedicated to creating a "world class" service oriented recycle center that is responsive to our contractual obligations and to the recycle needs of the community.

We will maintain a work environment that is both flexible and stable.

Division Contact

Alysa Russell
360-385-4980 ext. 109
arussell@skookum.org