Waste Recovery and Composting

In Oregon, cities with a population over 4,000 must offer monthly curbside recycling, according to ORS 459A. To find out what materials are accepted in your community for recycling and how to prepare them, contact your city or county solid waste official (Visit the Solid Waste Resources Web page.), the nearest DEQ regional office (see Contact DEQ link above), or in the Portland-Metro area call the recycling hotline: 503-234-3000.

• Solid Waste Resources
  City and county solid waste officials.

Programs

• Beneficial Use of Solid Waste
• Composting Program
• Electronics recycling (Oregon E-Cycles)
  A DEQ web page with information on reuse and recycling of electronics.
• Household Hazardous Waste Program
• Global Warming
• Minimum Recycled Content
  Requirements for Glass, Newsprint, and Telephone Directories.
• Oregon Bottle Bill
• Product Stewardship
• Solid Waste Grants
  DEQ awards grants each year to local governments for waste recovery projects. By law, the grants must go to local governments, but local governments may contract with community groups, private individuals, non-profit organizations, schools, businesses, or chambers of commerce to implement grant-funded projects.
• Waste Tire Management Program

Material Recovery and Waste Generation

• Forms
  Individual (Private) Recyclers, Recycling Collectors (Haulers), Scrap Metal Dealers, and Electronics Recyclers are required to complete and submit these forms by February 28 of each year.
  • Attachments
• Reports:
  Describing the methodology and results of Oregon's Material Recovery and Waste Generation Surveys. The past three years are available online, for previous reports please contact the Solid Waste Section.

Materials

• Rigid Plastic Containers
• Used Oil Recovery

Other resources

• Community Cleanup Guide
  Metro's guide for how to plan and implement neighborhood, natural area and civic event cleanups. Funded by a DEQ/Metro matching grant application.
• NWMaterialsmart.org
  A web portal promoting material exchanges that benefit Oregon businesses.
• Solid Waste Education Page (DEQ)
  DEQ’s K-5 solid waste curriculum, clip art, and other resources with a broad solid waste focus.
• Two Percent Credits
  Wasteshed programs for a 2% material recovery and waste generation rate credit.

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