City of Beaverton: Recycling & Garbage

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City of Beaverton: Recycling & Garbage

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For more information about garbage and recycling services in the City of Beaverton, please contact the Solid Waste and Recycling Program at (503) 526-2665 or email recyclingmail@ci.beaverton.or.us

  1. How do I get a current recycling guide?

    Call the Beaverton Solid Waste and Recycling Program at (503) 526-2665. Well gladly send the latest version of the guidebook to you or download the 2008 guidebook (PDF) (for apartments and condo dwellers).

  2. How are we doing overall?

    Area residents do a great job with recycling:  in 2005, we recovered 56% of all waste generated, but the legislature set our goal at 64% by 2009. On the other hand, were simply producing more garbage: in 1995, there were 2,200 pounds of solid waste generated per person each year (about 6.2 pounds per day). Ten years later, in 2005, this went up to 3,050 pounds per person per year (about 8.4 pounds per day).

  3. I do not have a red tote bag. How do I get one?

    You can get a bag from your property manager, or call Beaverton’s Solid Waste and Recycling Program at (503) 526-2665 or send an email with your name and address to recyclingmail@ci.beaverton.or.us.

  4. The recycling program at my apartment/condo could use some improvements. What can I do?

    Talk to your property manager and let them know your interest in improving recycling and/or contact Beaverton’s Solid Waste and Recycling Program (503) 526-2665 or email recyclingmail@ci.beaverton.or.us and we will contact your property manager to offer assistance in setting up and/or improving your recycling opportunities.

  5. What happens to my garbage?

    Garbage in Beaverton is picked up and typically taken by your hauler to a transfer station (the majority of Beaverton’s trash goes to a transfer station in Forest Grove.. The garbage is then transferred to trucks that haul the garbage to a landfill (either near McMinnville or in eastern Oregon near Arlington).

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  6. What is a transfer station?

    A transfer station is a facility where waste is moved from collection trucks to transport trucks that move the materials to a landfill.

  7. I’m recycling everything I can at home—what more can I do?

    There are two possible things to think about:  (1) consider ways you might generate less waste at home:   buying products with less packaging, buying more recycled-content products or reusing more materials. (2) Take your home practices to work. Are you recycling the same materials at work that you can recycle at home? Since businesses produce over 50% of the regions waste, there is huge potential for recovery from businesses.

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