Contact your garbage hauler to sign up for Recycle+.
- There is a monthly base fee of $2.50 (added on to your regular garbage service bill) and a $9.25 fee per collection.
- No subscription is required, cancel at any time.
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Recycle Plus
Recycle+ is a new residential collection service offered by garbage and recycling haulers. Recycle+ is an optional service to recycle materials not included in weekly recycling collection. Residents who choose this service are charged a monthly base fee and collection pick-up fee.
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When you sign up to add Recycle+ to your garbage service, your garbage hauler will provide a 20-gallon purple Recycle+ bin and plastic bags to separate items.
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Clear one-piece containers hinged on one side and stamped with (#1 PET/PETE only).
Not included: Containers labeled #6, containers with food residue, opaque plastic, trays and cups or bottles.
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Soft stretch polyethylene packaging free of food residue. This may include dry cleaning and produce bags, plastic wrap and air pillows.
Do not include: Food-soiled film, paper-padded envelopes and non-stretchy film or bags.
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Fluorescent bulbs that are curved or folded to fit the space of a regular household lamp. Place bulbs in a zip-sealed bag.
Do not include: Incandescent bulbs, halogen, LED bulbs, fluorescent tubes, broken bulbs.
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Include clothing, bed linens, pillowcases, towels and rags.
Do not include: Shoes, pillows and cushions, wet or mildewed items, fabric with oil, gasoline or other hazardous materials
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Include White Styrofoam(#6PS) only. This may include coolers and other protective packaging.
Do not include: Styrofoam with food residue, dirt or tape, packing peanuts, or squishy foam.
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Rotating item for reuse or recycling.
Each quarter the program will feature a rotating item for reuse or recycling. This quarter, you can include small electronics, including phones, cords, keyboards and chargers.
Do not include: Computers, TVs or other large items.
How to Prepare Materials
Prepare your recycle+ collection
- Separate all materials by type.
- Place materials in the plastic bags provided by your hauler. The plastic bags keep materials dry, separated and will be recycled.
- Place bagged items in purple Recycle+ bin. Tie extra bags to the bin handle if they do not fit inside the bin.
- Make sure the lid is completely closed.
Note: Materials that are wet will not be collected.
Materials Collected
Accepted items
Stretchy plastic film and bags
- Soft stretch polyethylene packaging free of food residue. This may include dry cleaning and produce bags, plastic wrap, plastic overwrap and air pillows.
- Not included: Food-soiled film, paper-padded envelopes and non-stretchy film or bags.
Clear plastic clamshell containers (#1)
- Clear one-piece containers hinged on one side and labeled #1 PET/PETE only.
- Not included: Containers labeled #6, containers with food residue, opaque plastic, trays and cups or bottles.
Textiles
- Bed linens, clothing, towels and rags.
- Not included: Shoes, pillows and cushions, wet or mildewed items, fabric with oil, gasoline or other hazardous materials.
Compact fluorescent lightbulbs
- Lightbulbs must be contained in a zip-sealed bag.
- Not included: long fluorescent tubes.
Styrofoam
- Include White Styrofoam(#6PS) only. This may include coolers and other protective packaging.
- Not included: Styrofoam with food residue, dirt or tape, packing peanuts, or squishy foam.
Note: There is an extra fee for Styrofoam collection.
Rotating item: Small electronics
Every quarter will add a featured for reuse or recycling. This quarter we are collecting small electronics.
- Including phones, cords, keyboards and chargers.
- Not included: Computers, TVs or other large items.
Recycle+ Rates
To use Recycle+, customers are charged a monthly base fee and a pickup fee for each requested pickup.
- Monthly Base fee: $2.50.
- Pickup fee: $9.25
Extra bags
Each extra bag is $1. You may add up to 5 extra bags per scheduled collection.
Styrofoam collection
Each bag of Styrofoam is an additional $9 fee.
Curbside collection
You can set out your Recycle+ curbside. Curbside is within 3 feet of a public or private road.
- Place bin within 3 feet of the curb and leave a space of 3 feet between recycling carts.
- Place bin 10 feet from cars, mailboxes, basketball hoops, trees and other stationary objects.
Non-curbside pickup
- Non-curbside pickup over 5-150 feet from curb: $11.70
- Non-curbside pickup over 150 feet from curb: $13.02
Fee assistance
Disabled residents may qualify for a non-curbside fee waiver.
If you qualify as a person with a disability as identified by Oregon state law and do not share a household with an individual capable of placing your container curbside, you can request non-curbside pickup at no extra charge. Contact your garbage and recycling company for more information.
Where Materials Go
All items are recycled and sent to responsible markets instead of the landfill. The companies that work with these materials are listed below:
- Stretchy plastic bags and film are shipped to a company that uses the materials to manufacture outdoor products such as composite decking, playground equipment and benches. Currently, the primary company receiving Recycle+ plastic film is TREX.
- Clear plastic #1 clamshell containers are delivered to a recycling processing facility and, in coordination with D6inc, a partner of Green Impact Plastics, the PET thermoform, clamshell containers are recycled into new PET plastic packaging.
- Textiles are sent to Pioneer Wiping Cloth, a local company that recycles/downcycles textiles into wiping cloths and rags.
- Compact fluorescent lightbulbs are sent to processors who are vetted and have received third party certification such as through R2, RIOS and/or e-stewards.
- Styrofoam is sent to Far West Recycling.
- Electronic waste is sent to Far West Recycling.
Contact
- To sign up for Recycle+, or to schedule a collection, please contact your hauler.
- For all other questions email Recycle@GreshamOregon.gov.