ClackCo Sustainability Newsletter for Multifamily Property Managers

We all know it's fall when we are surrounded by orange: leaves, pumpkins, and now orange glass carts...and blue recycling bins!

Over 500 multifamily communities in Clackamas County will be seeing new recycling and/or glass bins pop up. This is part of a regional effort to color-code bins, so whether you live in Milwaukie or move to Sandy or Beaverton or Portland, the colors will remain the same! While this effort won't be complete until June 2028, ClackCo is utilizing funding from Oregon's Recycling Modernization Act to get efforts underway. If your community is impacted by this first wave, you would have received an email or letter from our team informing of the change. We also have a team member out in the county connecting with onsite staff and leaving door hangers on doors to inform residents about the new bins and reminding them which items are accepted in each bin.

More recycling options are coming to Clackamas County! Thanks to Oregon's Recycling Modernization Act, new recycling drop-off locations are popping up across the state and two have already opened in Clackamas County!

KB Recycling - 9602 SE Clackamas Rd., Clackamas (M-F 7a-3:30p)

ClackCo Transfer Station - 19600 SE Canyon Valley Rd., Sandy (Th-M 9a-4:30p)

These new, free recycling centers accept items that aren't allowed in your regular recycling bin because they can't be sorted properly at the recycling sorting facilities:

RecycleOn Centers also accept these items that are also allowed in your regular recycling bin in Clackamas, Multnomah, and Washington Counties:

As with regular recycling, all items should be empty and dry.

New RecycleOn Centers will continue to pop up throughout the state. Use the locator tool to find one near you. And keep checking back for new locations!

Since 2021, communities throughout the nation have come together to promote food waste prevention in their counties, cities, and towns. This year, you can be a part of it by being your family's food hero and helping your household waste less food. It can be as easy as eating the food you already have (including leftovers), buying only what you need (it's not a deal if it goes to waste), and freezing excess for a ready-made meal in a week or two.

Want to try food preservation? Check out a ClackCo Library of Things where you can borrow a pressure canner (or boiling water canner kit), food dehydrator, vacuum sealer, and more!

Learn more food saving tips and tricks at www.foodwastepreventionweek.com or at Clackamas County's Food Waste Prevention webpage.

Save the date! We have three more opportunities for you to bring your broken household item to see if a volunteer fixer can revive it. Does your favorite shirt have a hole or is your kid's favorite stuffed animal missing an eye? Maybe your electric kettle is no longer turning on or you can't figure out how to take apart your stand mixer to get it working again. Don't despair, attend one of our remaining repair fairs:

Saturday, October 10: 12-3p - Molalla Library (event link)

Saturday, October 24: 10a-1p - Oregon City Public Library (event link)

Saturday, November 7: 10a-1p - Clackamas Community College (event link)

Visit the individual event links for additional details or visit www.clackamas.us/recycling/repairfair. We hope to see you soon!

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