Green Okanogan

11/10/2026

Just a reminder that our next Repair Cafe is this Saturday from 10 am to noon at the CCC. We have our fixers lined up, our muffins ordered and our tools ready to go so bring your Bring your scissors, your knives, your skirt or your shirt. Bring your radio, your blender, your heater or your mixer. Let's fix it!

Our next repair cafe' is Saturday, November 14 from 10 am till noon at the Community Cultural Center of Tonasket. So start gathering your broken tools, things that need sharpened, items that need sewn and whatever doesn't work that can be carried in the door without leaking. Don't miss it!

11/07/2026

Another Barter Faire in the Books! A huge thank you to all the wonderful people who volunteered to help us in one way or another. It's a big job and only gets done when a lot of people step in to help. As always, our own Bruce McCormack took the helm, coordinating the whole operation from start to finish. We thank him from the bottom of our hearts! I wish we had pictures of everyone who helped but these, taken during the weekend, will have to do. Stay tuned for photos of the after-faire work and crew!

10/29/2026

What did Green Okanogan do this summer? Besides working our regular schedule at the recycling center and thrift store, we recycled what we could at the Sinlahekin Fire Camp at Chief Tonasket Park. Just about every morning, for over two months, we lumbered through camp in our noisy old Dodge pickup picking up recyclables at regular stops along the way. Camp workers and late sleepers could definitely hear us coming! We collected plastic bottles, aluminum cans, tin cans, cardboard and some mixed paper. When it was all said and done, we managed to divert 23,210 pounds of recyclable material that otherwise would have gone to the landfill. A huge shout out to Phil Christy who took the lead, showing up every day to drive the truck, load product and make sure everything got sorted and baled once back at GO. Thank you too to all the volunteers who rode sh***un, loaded, sorted, baled and kept things running smoothly back at GO. We worked hard, learned a lot and look forward to future opportunities like this one!

10/23/2026

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10/22/2026

Our next repair cafe' is Saturday, November 14 from 10 am till noon at the Community Cultural Center of Tonasket. So start gathering your broken tools, things that need sharpened, items that need sewn and whatever doesn't work that can be carried in the door without leaking. Don't miss it!

10/16/2026

Out of the Fire and into the Faire! We've had about a week between collecting recyclables at the Sinlahekin Fire's Incident Command Center and the Okanogan Family Faire, but we're pumped up and ready to roll with it. Our recycling stations are scattered throughout the faire, our main station is ready for sorting, and our volunteers are all lined up. We encourage everyone to use the recycling bins, and the compost totes, and to take the rest of their garbage home. As always, this is a "Pack it In, Pack it Out" event - see you at the faire!

07/24/2026

Looks like it's cooling off a bit! Tomorrow, Saturday the 25th, we will be open our regular hours from 10 am to 4 pm. Come in with your recycling and then visit our super cool Go Again Thrift Store!

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07/22/2026

Another load got shipped off to Keyes Fiber in Wenatchee yesterday to be recycled and made into molded pulp packaging. Their molded packaging is used for fruit and vegetable trays, egg cartons, and beverage packaging. 36 bales of cardboard and 14 boxes of mixed paper - about 45,000 pounds. Keep it coming, folks! You bring it in, we'll bale it up and ship it out to places that will make something out of it. It's what we do!

07/20/2026

Heat Hours Tuesday July 21st and Thursday, July 23
Looks like a heat wave coming our way this week! Green Okanogan Recycling and the GO Again Thrift Store will be open 9 am to Noon on July 21 and July 23. Sorry for the inconvenience. Just trying to keep our workers safe.
Please check the weather this summer before you come to recycle or shop. If the temperature is predicted to be 100 or above (according to accuweather.com) our hours will be from 9-12. We'll post it on our page the day before, so if it's super-hot, check before you head our way.