Recycle old block foam February 7 and March 7

Vancouver, WA – Clark County residents have additional opportunities to recycle block foam for free on the following dates:

Saturday, Feb. 7, in the Yellow 1 parking lot at Clark College, off Fort Vancouver Way. Collection hours are 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Saturday, March 7, at the Fisher’s Landing Transit Center, 3510 SE 164th Ave. Collection hours are 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

The collection at the transit center will accept polystyrene and polypropylene block foam. The foam may be any color, but it must be clean and bagged/boxed. Plastic wrapped yellow urethane foam or packing peanuts will not be accepted.

A Portland recycling business uses the foam to manufacture pellets that maintain the same quality as new plastic.

The program also allows businesses to bring in small loads, no bigger than what will fit into a passenger or cargo van, at no charge. Larger business loads are directed to Total Reclaim’s in Portland during weekday business hours.

Only Washington-licensed cars may participate. All participants must remain on site until staff have examined and accepted the material; unacceptable material will be returned to participants.

If you have questions or would like more information about this program, please contact Clark County Solid Waste at (360) 397-6118 ext. 4352 or Vancouver Solid Waste Services at

(360) 619-4122.