Clackamas County Newsletter for Multifamily Property Managers 
Summer/Fall 2021
Your quarterly guide to successful recycling & waste reduction
from Clackamas County's Sustainability & Solid Waste Program
In this edition:
  • New Look, Same Recycling Rules!
  • Oregon's Plastic Pollution and Recycling Modernization Act
  • DIY Safer Cleaners (Video) - Fun for the whole family!
  • ClackCo Climate Action Plan Project
  • Move for Hunger
New Look, Same Rules!
Across the tri-county region, we are rolling out new signage for multifamily garbage and recycling. Work crews have already started replacing old signage with a plan to have all new signage in place across the region by 2024!
The new, regional signage helps provide consistent messaging to multifamily residents and was designed with the end-user in mind. After focus groups and user-testing, the new decals are image-based and color-coded:
  • Blue = Recycling
  • Orange = Glass
  • Black = Garbage
  • Green = Yard debris and/or food (where available)
While the design has changed, what's accepted in the recycling bin remains the same. Test your local recycling knowledge at RecycleOrNot, watch our Recycling Basics video (2:35), or review our Recycle Guide (available in seven languages).
Do you manage communities outside of Clackamas County? See our list of regional multifamily contacts throughout the tri-county area who are ready to help with your waste prevention, reuse, and recycling efforts.
Oregon's Plastic Pollution and Recycling Modernization Act
Oregon became the second state (after Maine) to extend the responsibility of recycling to producers. Under this new law, brand owners of packaging, paper products, and food service ware will pay into a system to improve the recycling infrastructure and recycling programs statewide, including in multifamily and rural communities. Implementation is set for July 2025.
To read more, visit the state's Plastic Pollution and Recycling Modernization Act webpage.
ClackCo - Making Green Cleaners at Home: Soft Scrub
DIY Safer Cleaners - Fun for the whole family!
Thinking about a safer alternative to conventional cleaning products, but don't want to spend twice as much? Looking to keep the kids busy before school starts? Make your own safer cleaners at home - it's cheaper, safer, and fun!
Using everyday household ingredients, like baking soda, vinegar, hydrogen peroxide, and more, we can make our own cleaners that contain fewer chemicals than convention store-bought cleaners and can even save us money! Benefits to cleaning with DIY green cleaners include: 
  • You know what ingredients are used
  • Safer products for our families (pets, too!)
  • Better indoor air quality
  • Better for the environment
  • Less expensive
  • It's easy and fun for the whole family
Watch the video (2:25) above to see how easy and effective it is to make your own soft scrub to remove those tough stains in the kitchen sink or burnt-on crud off the stovetop. View our shopping list of common household ingredients, and get started today! For additional recipes, visit Metro's Green Cleaner webpage.
ClackCo Climate Action Plan 
ClackCo's Climate Action Plan Project is underway! 
GOAL: By 2023, a Climate Action Plan is adopted for our community with specific recommendations to reach the goal of being carbon neutral by 2050.
Over the last year, we have experienced hotter temperatures, more extensive wildfires, and a debilitating ice storm. More extreme weather reminds us that now is the time to act.
With the help of community partners, including the Community Advisory Task Force and the Youth Advisory Task Force, the Climate Action Plan Project prepares to develop and embrace an equitable engagement strategy to ensure a variety of community voices are heard. As noted in a recent Climate Action Newsletter, "The involvement of people throughout Clackamas County is crucial if we are to meet the goal of being carbon-neutral by 2050."
The graphic below shows the project timeline and process (public engagement and outreach are noted in red):
ClackCo Climate Action Plan Project Timeline
Are you and/or your residents interested in staying informed? Sign up to receive the ClackCo Climate Action Newsletter via email for news, updates, and more.
Move For Hunger
Move-outs often generate extra waste: extra garbage, furniture, and in some cases, food. 
While you probably have a method to handle the extra waste (like calling your garbage company or encouraging residents to donate gently-used items), you may not be aware of local food donation options.
Since the start of the pandemic, we've seen an increased need to get food into the hands of those who need it. Depending on your community, it may make sense to:
  • Set up a food drive at your property or set aside space in the office for shelf-stable food items for residents to donate to and/or take, as needed
  • Encourage move-outs to connect with local food pantries
  • Partner with Move for Hunger (at least one ClackCo multifamily community already has!)
Move for Hunger helps you engage your residents while also doing good in the community. As a national non-profit focused on food recovery and hunger relief, Move For Hunger works with over 2,000 properties nationwide (many in Oregon) to set up resident engagement events like a Thanksgiving Food Drive, or help residents donate their food when they move out. Over the past decade, Move For Hunger has helped transport nearly 17,000 meals to food banks in Oregon. 
For more information, visit www.moveforhunger.org, review their flyer, or watch their video below.
Move for Hunger on The Today Show (3:46)

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