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Blue Carts

     Please prepare your recyclables as instructed below. Recycling properly saves energy, reduces pollution, and preserves resources for future uses. Even a small amount of contaminants can cause manufacturers to reject an entire load of recycling, which may then end up as garbage in the landfill. This adds to the cost of collecting and processing, which can cause an increase in your garbage collection fees
        
     
Paper & Cardboard 

Magazines, catalogs, phone books
Opened junk mail, office paper
Corrugated cardboard boxes 
Cereal, cracker, and shoe-type boxes 

Shredded paper  (place in paper bag)
Paper bags, paper egg cartons
Labels from metal cans
Wrapping paper, greeting cards 
(no tape, ribbons, or foil paper)

Milk, juice, and soup cartons 
(rinsed, drained)
No plastic bags
No liners
Paper with food residue
(pizza boxes, etc)
Wax, plastic, or foil coated paper
Paper containing wet strength
(frozen food boxes, paper cups, paper plates, paper towels, tissue, pet food bags)
 
 Metals
 Metal cans 
(rinsed, drained)
Clean foil, pie plates, and trays
Empty aerosol cans (don't puncture or 
remove nozzle)
Other scrap metal 
30 lb max
No longer than 30 inches
 Plastics
 Plastic bottles and tubs 6 oz. 
or larger 
(rinsed, no lids)
Buckets no larger than 5 gallons 
(rinsed, no lids) 
Rigid Nursery Pots 4 inches across 
or larger 
(rinsed, no dirt)
 Plastic bags and film
(recycle plastic bags at the 
grocery store)
Plastic bottles and tubs smaller 
than 6 oz. 
Styrofoam packaging, peanuts, 
trays, take-out containers
Clear "clamshells" 
(bakery containers)
Lids, trays, cups, plates, 
silverware
Blister packaging
(tough, clear, product-
shaped display plastic)
Toys
Plastic that contained hazardous 
material
(motor oil, pesticides, etc)
 Glass   NO Glass of any kind 

Yellow and Blue Baskets

     
     
Glass Bottles & Jars   Rinsed, loose, unbroken bottles and jars only
 No lids or bags
 Motor Oil  Place in an unbreakable, see-through container, with a screw-top lid and no 
larger than 2 gallons		  
 NOT ACCEPTABLE    Plates, glasses, cookware, ceramics, candle holders, vases, light bulbs, mirrors, window or picture frame glass, any liquid other than motor oil
     

Green Carts

     If you prefer to bag your yard debris before placing it in your cart, or have more than will fit in your cart, be sure to use a biodegradable paper bag.  You can find them at most grocery and hardware store.
     
  Grass clippings
Leaves
Flower, shrub & tree prunings		  Nothing over  4" in diameter & 36" in length
Dirt, sod, wood, lumber, stumps, logs, flower pots, plant tags,  concrete, rocks, animal waste, cat litter, food waste,metal, garbage, plastic bags
     





Rotary International

Oregon Refuse Recycling Association

Clackams County

Association of Oregon Recyclers