Curbside Recycling

Please have your recycling roll cart & bins curbside by 6 am on your service day.

Recycling is collected every other week.

Mixed Recycling Cart / Bins

Place the following items together in your mixed recycling container. All materials must fall freely from the recycling container when tipped.

If you regularly have more recycling than will fit in your cart, contact us to get an additional recycling cart at no additional charge.

Clean paper and cardboard, including

Newspapers
Magazines & Catalogs
Telephone Books
Paper Bags
Cereal, cracker & shoe boxes
Paper egg cartons
Notebook paper, computer paper, file folders, stationery
Wrapping paper (No foil, plastic coating or tape)

Cardboard (flatten large boxes, cut into sections less than 3ft x 3ft)

Clean drink cartons

Milk and juice cartons
Soup and broth cartons

Clean Plastic Bottles and Tubs

Yogurt-type containers (6 oz. or larger)
Rigid plant pots (4 in. or larger)
Buckets (5 gal. or smaller)
Plastic bottles (6oz. or larger)
Plastic jugs

Clean Metal

Metal cans. Place the lid inside the can and crimp shut to hold the lid inside.
Aluminum foil and trays
Empty aerosol cans
Small Scrap Metal Pieces (No larger than 30 inches. Weight limit 30 pounds.)

Recycling on the side

Glass

Mix all colors. Labels OK.
Do not include light bulbs, window glass, vases or drinking glasses.

Motor Oil

Put your used motor oil in a one-gallon or smaller plastic see-through container with a screw cap lid. Empty milk jugs make good oil containers.

Beyond Curbside Recycling

For recycling options for materials not collected curbside, visit www.oregonmetro.gov/findarecycler or call 503-234-3000 to find a recycler near you.

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