Curbside recycling is available to all Clark County residents and is mandatory in some cities and urban growth areas, optional elsewhere. Carts take metal cans, paper, cardboard, cartons, and plastic bottles, jugs and tubs; glass, plastic bags, and batteries are excluded.
Clark County's blue-cart recycling program accepts aluminum trays, cardboard, cartons, empty aerosol cans, metal cans, paper, plastic bottles, jugs and tubs up to five gallons, and scrap metal roughly 2 to 24 inches and under 35 pounds. Glass, plastic bags, food-soiled items, and batteries must be kept out of the blue cart. Whether recycling participation is mandatory depends on location, it is required in some cities and urban growth areas and optional in others. Glass is recycled separately at drop sites. Use the RecycleRight tool to confirm accepted materials for your address.
Contaminated recycling can be rejected by the hauler; local mandatory-recycling requirements, where they apply, are enforced by the city or service area, not by a county-wide fine.
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Clark County encourages backyard composting and runs free workshops, We Compost community food-waste hubs, and a Composter Recycler program. Optional every-o...
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Clark County has no ordinance banning residential artificial turf, and homeowners may install it in their yards. In development-regulated landscaping, county...
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Clark County actively encourages native landscaping. Its development code favors compatibility with existing native vegetation and drought-resistant planting...
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Rainwater harvesting is legal in Clark County and statewide. Washington's Department of Ecology exempts on-site rooftop rainwater collection from water-right...
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Clark County itself imposes no countywide lawn-watering schedule. Water is delivered by local utilities and districts, chiefly Clark Public Utilities, which ...
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Washington's RCW 17.10 requires every property owner to eradicate Class A noxious weeds and control designated Class B and listed Class C weeds. The Clark Co...
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