Recycling Guide
West Linn Refuse & Recycling takes pride in being the trusted recycling partner for residential facilities and homeowners across northwest Oregon. Our commitment to a cleaner environment drives our efforts to enhance recycling convenience in your area.
Residential/Home Recycling Guide
Discover our network offerings, featuring:
- Single or multiple-bin collection service
- Separated or combined recyclables collection programs
- Green waste recycling programs
- Recycling options for cardboard, newspaper, plastic bottles, aluminum cans, glass containers, and electronics.
For your convenience, we've created a comprehensive recycling guide to help you understand what and how to recycle. Join us in promoting sustainability!
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What is Recycling & Why You Should Recycle
Recycling is when certain materials are collected, processed and made reusable. While not all materials can be recycled, most can. Trash & waste generate toxic chemicals and greenhouse gasses from rubbish in landfill sites. Recycling helps the environment by reducing the overall amount of pollution caused by waste, landfills, etc.
How Does Recycling Work
Initiating recycling starts with individuals making the conscious choice to participate. It's crucial to ensure that each recycled item is thoroughly cleaned, preventing contamination during transportation to recycling facilities. West Linn Refuse & Recycling collects filled blue and green bins from curbsides, multi-family dwellings, or depots. At the recycling facility, or material recovery facility (MRF), materials undergo sorting and organization based on their types. Quality control inspections follow, ensuring a clean final product. The sorted and inspected materials are then compressed into bales and prepared for sale to end markets.
How Does Recycling Work?
We collect full recycle dumpsters at curbsides, multi-family dwellings, or businesses. At recycling facilities (MRFs), materials are sorted, cleaned, compressed, and prepared for sale to end markets.
Clean every item
Clean items are crucial to avoid contamination during transportation.
Waste Collection
When recycle dumpsters are full, they are then collected by West Linn Refuse & Recycling at a curbside, multi-family dwelling, or business.
Recycling facility (MRF)
Materials are sorted and organized by material types, then inspected for final quality control clean-up before being baled (compressed) together and staged for sale to end markets.
Incorrect Battery Disposal Can Cause Fires
Common household items seem harmless, however, the batteries in them pose risks when disposed into regular garbage or recycling containers because of their highly flammable nature.
Remove the batteries
Check the electronic devices you need to dispose of. If possible, remove the batteries. If not, bring the whole device to the drop off location.Store batteries in a safe place
Store batteries in non-metallic containers (plastic, cardboard, or glass) that do not conduct electricity if there is a spark.Find your local drop off
Find a local electronic disposal store, or find a drop off location near you.
