Curbside Recycling
Recycling is collected every other week. Please have your recycling roll cart & bin curbside by 6 am on your service day.
| Mixed Recycling Cart |
Place the following items together in your recycling cart:
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)
- Milk and juice cartons
- Soup and broth cartons
- 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
- 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 |
Motor Oil: Put your used motor oil in a one-gallon or smaller see-through container with a screw cap lid. Empty milk jugs make good oil containers.
Glass
Mix all colors. Labels OK.
Do not include light bulbs, window glass, vases or drinking glasses.
Sauvie Island
Glass is not collected at the curb. Bring glass to the depot on NW Charlton Rd. - behind Sauvie Academy.
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| Beyond Curbside Recycling |
WM offers convenient mail-in collection programs for batteries, electronics, sharps, toner cartridges and compact fluorescent light bulbs. Call 800-808-5901 (M-F 7 am - 5 pm, SAT 9 am - 1 pm) or visit www.thinkgreenfromhome.com for more information.
For recycling options for materials not collected curbside, visit www.oregonmetro.gov/findarecycler or call 503-234-3000.
If you have any questions, please contact WM Customer Service at 800-808-5901 (M-F 7 am - 5 pm, SAT 9 am - 1 pm) or e-mail us at WM Customer Service.
