Recycling Programs

PWES and its partners are committed to providing residents with convenient, cost- effective, quality recycling services, which exceed the State recycling goals. This task is best accomplished through partnerships with the waste generators, the recycling community, the franchised collection companies and the cities; these groups continue to educate and motivate residents and businesses to voluntarily reduce, reuse and recycle their wastes. PWES has implemented several recycling initiatives consisting of residential curbside collections, multi-family recycling, commercial recycling, drop-off facilities, special waste collections, and tire and agricultural waste recycling.

Residential Curbside Recycling Collections

Curbside collection of designated recyclable materials is provided for all single-family homes in all but one of the cities and suburban areas of Marion County; this city maintains recycling drop-off depot services only. In some communities, materials are collected separated, while other jurisdictions subscribe to commingled or mixed (also called single-stream) recycling systems. Although collection frequency, container size and type, and setout instructions vary, materials handled are uniform.

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Residents may recycle standard curbside recycling items such as: • Aluminum (foil, trays and cans);

• Corrugated Cardboard;

• Greyboard (paperboard/boxboard); • Magazines;

• Mixed Waste Paper; • Newspaper;

• Rigid Plastic Containers (any #1-7 container such as tubs, trays and bottles); • Plastic Milk Jugs;

• Glass Bottles & Jars; and • Tin/Steel Cans.

All programs require Glass Bottles & Jars to be separated from standard recyclables for segregated collection. In addition, the Marion County program supports curbside collection of specialty recyclables:

• Household Batteries; • Motor Oil;

• Cooking Oil; and • Latex Paint.

Many haulers offer the option for residents to contract only for curbside recycling services and elect to self-haul their wastes. Curbside Yard Waste collection is also available to residents of many communities in a specialized container. Variable rates for waste collection provide residents some incentive to reduce or recover certain materials.

Commingled collections of recyclables, where materials are mixed together in one container, occur in or are planned for several cities throughout Marion County. Various commingled curbside recycling programs will typically offer a manually- collected bin/basket or a larger automated cart. Separated curbside recycling programs will use the manual bin/basket and ask residents to separate materials in bags within or next to the bin/basket. Specialty recycling is provided in the manual bin/basket. Some jurisdictions offer the automated cart for standard commingled recycling and the manual bin/basket for specialty recyclables. The automated cart units can be lifted and dumped using vehicle equipment, rather than requiring manual labor handling, preventing worker injuries and handling more materials for less cost. Most communities have implemented automated curbside collection of wastes as well.

More communities have implemented commingled collection programs, moving away from the source separated method. This makes it much easier for these households to recycle, thus increasing the participation rate. By doing so, the amount of recycled material is increased. PWES supports expansion of commingled recycling to other cities of the County.

Multi-family Housing Recycling

PWES also promotes multi-family housing recycling programs. Most multi-family complexes are in city jurisdictions and therefore not governed by County programs.

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Franchised haulers are available to provide recycling collection at the multi-family housing locations however; participation in multi-family recycling programs is not as high as desired. This is likely due to limited environmental commitment on the part of property management, frequent management turnover, and the transient nature of residents, as well as possible space constraints for collection containers and perceived program costs. Both franchised hauler representatives and PWES staff consider this sector an opportunity for additional diversion as well as a continuing challenge. Starting in 2008, PWES is piloting additional multi-family recycling program efforts with an AmeriCorps Volunteer as the Program Specialist. This employee will spend approximately 70% FTE on expanding the multi-family recycling program by working with apartment managers, residents, and the garbage/recycling haulers to develop an education and outreach plan.

Commercial Recycling

In Marion County, commercial trash collection is franchised by the cities, but commercial recycling is outside of the cities’ franchise system and is arranged between the generator and hauler. Each of the nine franchise companies that make up the Mid-Valley Garbage & Recycling Association offer commercial recycling collection to their refuse customers as well as providing stand-alone recycling services. Wastes from some industrial customers may also be accepted, as long as they meet the criteria of municipal solid waste.

Many businesses in Marion County have a recycling program, even though it is not mandatory. The number of businesses recycling and the materials being collected varies from business to business and area of the County. Haulers work with businesses to specifically design a program that is right for them. Haulers offer variable collection container services, ranging from 90-gallon roll carts to 40-50 yard drop boxes (also known as roll-off containers). Typically, drop box service is offered to construction companies to collect recyclable materials such as: scrap lumber, scrap metal, corrugated cardboard, construction and demolition material, asphalt and concrete, wood pallets, saw dust, sod and grass stripping, wood and cedar shakes, and yard material. Smaller containers are most often used inside and outside office buildings to collect corrugated cardboard, white office paper, mixed paper, newspaper, and metal, glass and plastic containers.

PWES is not able to easily quantify how much recyclable material is being collected directly from businesses as most haulers have routes combining collection from both residential and business customers. PWES does, however, use print, television, and radio advertising to continually promote business recycling.

There appears to be more opportunity to expand commercial recycling efforts and many of the necessary elements are in place. There is a desire by PWES and the franchised collection companies to recycle more commercial waste. Also, Mid-Valley Garbage & Recycling Association has constructed a material recovery facility for construction materials and dry waste that is capable of increasing recycling processing levels and expanding to meet future demand.

However, as mentioned previously, the County only has the authority to develop and implement programs in the unincorporated areas. The support of each local jurisdiction is needed in order to implement upgraded commercial recycling in the area.

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Drop-off Facilities

To augment curbside collection, there are recycling depots throughout the County where citizens may drop off designated recyclable materials. These facilities, for the most part, are operated and serviced by the local franchise collection companies, and the County has marked them with green and white “Recycling” signs to aid the public in locating them. The recycling depot operators, locations, and materials accepted are as follows1:

Allied Waste of Marion County (Silverton) 830 McClaine St, Silverton

Open for Recycling: Saturdays Only – 9 am to 5 pm.

Accepted Materials: Appliances, Cardboard, Glass

Bottles & Jars, Latex Paint, Magazines, Motor Oil, Newspaper, Rigid Plastic Bottles/Containers/Trays/ Tubs #1-7, Plastic Milk Jugs, Scrap Metal, Tin & Aluminum. Allied Waste of Marion County (Woodburn)

2215 N. Front Street, Woodburn

Open for Recycling: Monday through Friday – 8 am to 5 pm.

Accepted Materials: Appliances, Cardboard, Glass

Bottles & Jars, Greyboard, Latex Paint, Magazines, Motor Oil, Newspaper, Rigid Plastic Bottles/Containers/ Trays/Tubs #1-7, Plastic Milk Jugs, Scrap Metal, and Tin & Aluminum.

Clayton-Ward Recycling Center 3500 Mainline Dr NE, Salem

Open for Recycling: Monday-Friday 7:00 - 5:30, Saturday 7:00 - 3:00

Accepted Materials: Cardboard, Glass Bottles & Jars, Greyboard, Magazines, Motor

Oil, Newspaper, Office Paper, Mixed Scrap Paper, Plastic Milk Jugs, Scrap Metal, Tires, Tin & Aluminum, Wood Waste, and Yard Waste.

D&O Garbage Service, Inc. 1140 Boone Road SE, Salem

Open for Recycling: 7 days per week – 24 hours per day.

Accepted Materials: Aluminum Cans/Foil/Trays, Cardboard, Glass Bottle & Jars,

Magazines, Newspaper, Plastic Bottles/Containers/Trays/Tubs #1–7, Plastic Milk Jugs, Scrap Metal, and Tin Cans.

Garten Services, Inc.

3334 Industrial Way NE, Salem

Open for Recycling: 7 days per week, 24 hours per day.

Accepted Materials: Household Aluminum including Cans, Trays, and Foil,

Cardboard, Glass Bottles & Jars, Greyboard, Newspapers, Magazines, Mixed Paper/Junk Mail, Phone Books, Office Paper, Plastic Milk Jugs, Computers/Electronics, Rigid Plastic Bottles/Containers/Trays/Tubs #1-7, and Tin Cans

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Loren’s Sanitary Service, Inc.

1141 Chemewa Road N, North Keizer

Open for Recycling: 7 days per week – 24 hours per day.

Accepted Materials: Appliances, Cardboard, Glass Bottles & Jars, Greyboard, Latex

Paint, Magazines, Motor Oil, Newspaper, Rigid Plastic Bottles/Containers/Trays/Tubs #1-7, Plastic Milk Jugs, Scrap Metal, Tin & Aluminum.

Marion Recycling Center, Inc. 3680 Brooklake Road NE, Brooks

Open for Recycling: Monday through Friday – 7 am to 3 pm.

Accepted Materials: Cardboard, Glass Bottles & Jars, Greyboard, Magazines, Mixed

Scrap Paper, Newspaper, Office Paper, Rigid Plastic Bottles/Containers/Trays/Tubs #1-7, Plastic Milk Jugs, Tin & Aluminum.

North Marion County Disposal Facility (NMCDF) 17827 Whitney Lane NE, Woodburn

Open for Recycling: Monday through Saturday – 8 am to 5pm. Closed major holidays.

Accepted Materials: Appliances, Car Batteries, Cardboard, Cell Phones, Dry Cell

Batteries, Electronics including Computers, Eyeglasses, Glass Bottles & Jars, Hearing Aids, Latex Paint, Magazines, Mixed Scrap Paper, Motor Oil, Newspaper, Plastic Bags, Rigid Plastic Bottles/Containers/Trays/Tubs #1-7, Plastic Milk Jugs, Printer Cartridges, Scrap Metal, Tin & Aluminum, Tires, Yard Waste.

Pacific Sanitation, Inc.

3475 Blossom Drive NE, Salem

Open for Recycling: 7 days per week – 24 hours per day.

Accepted Materials: Cardboard, Glass Bottles & Jars, Greyboard, Latex Paint,

Magazines, Mixed Scrap Paper, Motor Oil, Newspaper, Office Paper, Rigid Plastic Bottles/Containers/Trays/Tubs #1-7, Plastic Milk Jugs, Scrap Metal, Tin & Aluminum. Regis High School

550 W. Regis, Stayton

Open for Recycling: 7 days per week – 24 hours per day. Accepted Materials: Newspaper Only.

Salem/Keizer Recycling & Transfer Station (SKRTS) 3250 Deer Park Road SE, Salem

Open for Recycling: 7 days per week – 8 am to 5 pm. Closed major holidays.

Accepted Materials: Appliances, Car Batteries, Cardboard, Cell Phones, Computer

Components/Electronics, Dry Cell Batteries, Eyeglasses, Firewood (Cordwood), Fluorescent Tubes/Mercury Lamps, Glass Bottles & Jars, Greyboard, Hearing Aids, Latex Paint, Magazines, Mercury Thermometers, Milk/Juice Cartons/Drink Boxes, Mixed Scrap Paper, Motor Oil, Newspaper, Office Paper, Rigid Plastic Bottles/Containers/Trays/Tubs #1-7, Plastic Bags, Plastic Milk Jugs, Printer Cartridges, Telephone Books, Scrap Metal, Tin & Aluminum, Tires, St. Vincent DePaul Donations of Clothing and Furniture, Wood Waste, and Yard Waste.

Suburban Garbage Service, Inc. 6075 State Street, Salem

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Accepted Materials: Cardboard, Glass Bottles & Jars, Greyboard, Magazines, Mixed

Scrap Paper, Motor Oil, Newspaper, Rigid Plastic Bottles/Containers/Trays/Tubs #1- 7, Plastic Milk Jugs, Scrap Metal, Tin & Aluminum.

Valley Recycling & Disposal, Inc.

2515 Salem-Dallas Highway NW, Salem

Open for Recycling: 7 days per week – 24 hours per day.

Accepted Materials: Cardboard, Glass Bottles & Jars, Magazines, Motor Oil,

Newspaper, Rigid Plastic Bottles/Containers/Trays/Tubs #1-7, Plastic Milk Jugs, Tin & Aluminum.

In addition to the drop-off centers, the franchised hauler companies sponsor other efforts and events aimed at collecting source-separated materials. At present, there are nearly 20 container locations throughout Marion County, including businesses and schools, for a newspaper and magazine collection program. A direct donation from the sale of recyclables in this high-profile “DARE to RECYCLE” program helps to fund the DARE program, a public-safety program designed to help keep children off of drugs. There are also some recycling drop-off centers in the County that are not affiliated with the franchisees, including Clayton-Ward Recycling Center and Garten in Salem. The franchised haulers heavily support Garten Services, which serves people with disabilities through curbside recycling and other areas of the local recycling industry.

Special Waste Collections

There are several programs for collection/drop-off of “special wastes” in Marion County, targeting specific materials for diversion/recycling.

• Latex Paint – Marion County is reportedly the only program in the country collecting latex paint through the city curbside recycling collections by local garbage haulers. Household quantity for collection is limited to two cans per week. In addition, latex paint is accepted at several of the recycling drop-off facilities operated by area haulers. Collected latex paint is blended and processed into reusable paint and provided in five-gallon buckets. It is marketed free-of-charge on a first-come basis at SKRTS and NMCDF as an undercoat to cover graffiti, and the effort has been named the “Paint Back” program. Any leftover quantity at the end of the year is discarded (via burning WTEF), as material is not stored in a temperature controlled environment over the winter.

• PVC Plastics – Each year in April, in conjunction with Earth Day celebrations, PWES hosts a PVC plastics collection event. Material is accepted free-of- charge at either the recycling center at SKRTS, NMCDF, or the Brown’s Island Demolition Landfill. Staff arranges for recycling of recyclable PVC items and safely disposes of the remainder. The 2007 PVC disposal day yielded about 19.5 tons, a 33% increase from the previous year.2

• Green Waste – Green waste (yard, garden, wood waste, and leaves), is collected curbside in many communities as well as accepted at SKRTS, NMCDF, and BI. Materials collected curbside and at the County transfer

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stations are transported to a company called Compost Oregon in Aumsville, where they are made into compost, mulch, or hog fuel products. Material delivered to BI is composted and utilized back on public projects such as various city and County parks.

• Food Waste – A small portion of pre-consumer food waste from manufacturing is currently diverted to small-scale composting at Compost Oregon in Aumsville. With the implementation of new ODEQ composting site regulations, CO anticipates increasing the amounts and types of food wastes accepted for composting in the near future.

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Electronics Recycling – As of January 2008, Marion County has expanded their partnership with Garten to include recycling of a wider variety of consumer electronics including: televisions, microwaves, photocopy machines, computers/laptops, electronics peripherals (mouse, keyboard, speakers, etc.), printers, printer cartridges, cell phones/PDAs, stereos/portable music players, VCR/DVD players, telephones, cameras, video camera. Items are accepted at the SKRTS, North Marion Recycling and Transfer Station, or directly at Garten for recycling.

Oregon’s Electronics Recycling Law enacted in 2007 (House Bill 2626) creates and finances a statewide collection, transportation, and recycling system for desktop computers, portable computers, monitors, and televisions (deemed ‘covered electronic devices’ or CEDs). Manufacturers of CEDs sold or offered for sale in Oregon must either manage their own collection and recycling programs under a plan approved by DEQ or participate in the State contractor program established under this new law. These programs must use environmentally sound management practices for the collection, transportation, and recycling of CEDs. “Environmentally sound management practices” are defined as: [P]ractices that comply with all applicable laws, including but not limited to adequate record keeping, tracking the fate of recycled materials, performance audits and inspections, provisions for reuse and refurbishment, compliance with worker health and safety requirements, maintaining liability insurance and financial assurances. As this law experiences implementation, a system of more coordinated electronics recycling opportunities should become available to Marion County residents. • Fluorescent/Mercury-Containing Light Bulb Recycling – Residents can take up

to 10 residential fluorescent or mercury/containing lamps to the SKRTS and drop them off for recycling at no charge. In addition, lamps are accepted at the permanent HHW facility at SKRTS during operating hours and periodic events.

• Household Hazardous Waste (HHW) – In early 2005, Marion County opened a permanent HHW Collection Facility co-located with SKRTS and operated by a private hazardous waste services contractor. On each Thursday and the 1st

and 3rd _{Saturdays of every month, residents of Marion County can drop off}

HHW materials free of charge. As a cooperative effort between Marion and Polk Counties, residents of Polk County may also use the location free of charge. In addition, ODEQ has entered into an agreement whereby PWES can be reimbursed for residents of any Oregon county utilizing the facility for HHW material. Business materials are also accepted at the facility by the HHW

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contractor. A cost is assessed for commercial materials except for mercury- containing devices, such as thermostats, switches and thermometers, the reimbursement of which is covered by an ODEQ program. In addition to general promotional information on toxics reduction, PWES also sponsors and funds HHW collection events in outlying communities of the County through an intergovernmental agreement with Polk and Yamhill counties. Rotating through various cities and towns, PWES plans to phase Marion County event schedules from yearly to every other year, based on a reduction in participation as residents clean out stockpiled materials and utilize the permanent HHW facility.

• Mercury Thermometers – In 1999, Marion County initiated a mercury thermometer exchange program, allowing residents to exchange their mercury-containing thermometers for a new digital thermometer at SKRTS and at periodic HHW collection events. Use of the program has diminished in recent years as many households have already exchanged old thermometers and now own digital thermometers. PWES sends the mercury thermometers collected through this program for recycling.

• Polystyrene #6 Plastics (“Styrofoam”) – PWES advertises and promotes periodic polystyrene collection event days, targeting packing block and meat/egg tray foam products. They partner with a private recycler of the material for the truckload quantity received at the event(s). Recently, Compost Oregon obtained a densifier for the material and transports the foam product to their Portland, Oregon location for processing. Due to overwhelming success and demand for an increasing number of these periodic collection events, PWES staff and CO have devised a year-round collection program at the Salem location of Fresh Start Market.

• Eyeglasses/Hearing Aids – PWES partners with Lions Clubs’ Gift of Sight program, collecting reusable eyeglasses and hearing aids at both of the County transfer stations for distribution worldwide to needy recipients.

• Appliances – Unwanted appliances are accepted for scrap metal recycling at the SKRTS and NMCDF. There is a charge to citizens for this service.

• Plastic Bags – Since 2007, plastic bags such as those used in grocery stores, dry cleaners, and/or newspaper delivery are collected in receptacles at the NMCDF and SKRTS transfer stations through a PWES partnership with Agri- Plas, Inc. a local plastics recycler handling multiple types of plastics.

• Cooking Oil – In support of local biodiesel refineries and as an effort to reduce the amount of liquid in wastes, Marion County accepts used cooking oil for recycling. Residents can bring used cooking oil, in clear, closed containers, to the recycling drop-off centers at SKRTS and NMCDF. In addition, as of February 2009, the Mid-Valley Garbage & Recycling Association franchised haulers of Marion County announced expansion of their specialty curbside recycling collection services to also include used cooking oil, making it likely

In document Marion County, Oregon Solid Waste Management Plan Update 2009 (Page 58-68)