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Select a category of material below to learn what can be recycled and how to prepare it:
Aluminum Cans & Foil
Antifreeze
Appliances
Aseptics (cartons)
Batteries - Auto & Other
Cardboard & Brown Paper Bags
Electronics
Glass Bottles/Jars
Motor Oil
Oil Filters
Paper
Plastics
Repairable or Reusable Items
Scrap Metal
Tin Cans
Tires
Wood Waste
Yard Debris
Compact Fluorescent Lamps (CFLs) or fluorescent tubes 4 ft or less, are recyclable at many local hardware and lighting stores. See our PDF brochure or ask at your favorite store.
Aluminum Cans & Foil
Preparation: Rinse. No food particles allowed.
Acceptable: Aluminum cans and foil, TV dinner trays, pie pans
Unacceptable: No steel. If unsure, test with (refrigerator) magnet which sticks to steel and not to aluminum.
Fee: None
Recycling Centers: All Transfer Sites and Glenwood
Antifreeze
Preparation: Put in unbreakable container
Acceptable: Antifreeze only. Households only.
Unacceptable: No gasoline, solvents, oils. No business generated materials.
Fee: None
Recycling Centers: Glenwood Central Recycling Station, Veneta, Florence, Cottage Grove, Creswell, London, Low Pass, Oakridge, Marcola, McKenzie Bridge, Rattlesnake, Swisshome, Vida.
Appliances
Acceptable as scrap metal - no fee: stoves, water heaters, toasters and other small appliances without motors, washers, dryers, dishwashers-motors do not need to be removed.
Accepted for fee only - no exceptions: refrigerators, freezers, air conditioners, heat pumps, water coolers and other appliances with compressors/freon, whether or not freon has been removed.
Auto Batteries
Preparation: Leave intact, do not remove parts
Acceptable: Auto, motorcycle, Marine, Electric Auto, Gel Cell
Unacceptable:
Fee: None
Recycling Centers: All Transfer Sites and Glenwood
Household Batteries
Preparation: Separate by type. Handle with care, acid will burn bare skin.
Acceptable: Nickel-cadmium, alkaline, mercury, lithium, lead acid car batteries.
Unacceptable: Alkaline batteries sold in Oregon after 1996. Throw these away as trash. Old Alkaline batteries sold before 1996, or those that may contain mercury, are acceptable in the collection program.
Fee: None
Recycling Centers: All Transfer Sites and Glenwood
Cardboard & Brown Paper Bags
Preparation: Flatten all items
Acceptable: All corrugated cardboard (three-ply with visible wavy layer inside) and brown paper shopping bags.
Unacceptable: No waxed boxes, no cereal boxes, or other box board that does not have the three ply.
Fee: None
Recycling Centers: All Transfer Sites and Glenwood
Glass Bottles and Jars
Preparation: Rinse, don't break, separate by color.
Acceptable: Brown, green, and clear. Labels are OK, put metal lids with tin cans.
Unacceptable: Pyrex dishes, drinking glasses, light bulbs, window or mirror glass.
Fee: None
Recycling Centers: All Transfer Sites and Glenwood
Motor Oil and Oil Filters
Preparation: Pour motor oil into an unbreakable container with a tight lid. Empty your container into recycling drum. Place oil filters in oil filter drum.
Acceptable: Household, DIY only. Automotive motor oils only, including transmission and hydraulic fluids.
Unacceptable: No antifreeze, No brake fluid, solves, or gasoline. NO business generated materials (call 682-4120 for referral)
Fee: None
Recycling Centers: All Transfer Sites and Glenwood accept oil. Oil Filters are accepted at all transfer sites except McKenzie Bridge and Walton.
Paper - High Grade
Preparation: Remove non-paper items like pencils, samples, plastic tokens, etc.
Acceptable: White and Pastel colored paper, envelopes (white windows OK), file folders, NCR paper, post-it notes, fax paper, autocad paper.
Unacceptable: Blueprints, brightly colored, magazine and other low grade paper (phone books, box board, ream wrappers etc.)
Fee: None
Recycling Centers: Glenwood Central Receiving Center, Cottage Grove, Florence, and Veneta
Paper - Mixed Scrap or Low Grade Paper
Preparation: Remove non-paper items like pencils, samples, plastic tokens, etc.
Acceptable: Catalogs, construction paper, brightly colored paper, paper gift wrap, glossy brochures, magazines, junk mail, phone books, cereal boxes, shoe boxes and ream wrappers.
Unacceptable: blueprints and wax paper, any metallic/plastic coatings, NO cups, NO paper towels, NO napkins, plates or cups.
Fee: None
Recycling Centers: All Transfer Sites and Glenwood
Paper - Newspaper
Preparation: Bundle or place in brown paper bags. At rural sites, recycle loose newspapers, then recycle brown paper bags with cardboard.
Acceptable: Just as it comes from the carrier, including all inserts. No plastic bag.
Unacceptable: Glossy inserts OK, but no magazines or junk mail.
Fee: None
Recycling Centers: All Transfer Sites and Glenwood
Paper - Aseptic Containers
Preparation: Rinse and drip dry. Remove lids.
Acceptable: Paper milk cartons and juice boxes
Unacceptable: No straws
Fee: None
Recycling Centers: All Transfer Sites and Glenwood
Plastics - Bottles, Tubs and Jugs
Preparation: Rinse containers, remove and discard lids. Separate milk jugs, no lids.
Acceptable: ONLY bottles, tubs (6oz or larger) and jar shapes. Separate milk jugs.
Unacceptable: Bottle, jug or tub shapes only. Other shapes cannot be accepted.
Fee: None
Recycling Centers: All Transfer Sites and Glenwood
Plastics - Bags and Film
Preparation: Rinse, or turn inside out and shake vigorously.
Acceptable: All bags from grocery, retail or number with #2 or #4
Unacceptable: No ziplock bags, no cellophane or other wrappers, plastic bags. No food or dirt contamination.
Fee: None
Recycling Centers: Glenwood Central Receiving Station, Cottage Grove, Creswell, Florence, Mapleton, McKenzie Bridge, Oakridge, and Veneta
Plastic - Media Mix
Preparation: Separate CDs/DVDs from cases; remove paper labels if possible.
Acceptable: Clear plastic Jewel cases only (not black), and CDs/DVDs.
Unacceptable: reel to reel media
Fee: None
Recycling Centers: Glenwood Central Receiving Station
Repairable or Reusable Items (Glenwood site only)
Preparation: Textiles (clothing or rags) must be clean. Household items must be boxed.
Acceptable: Items able to be repaired and used again including building materials.
Unacceptable: No clothing with mold or mildew, no torn upholstered items.
Fee: None
Recycling Centers: Glenwood Central Recycling Station.
Scrap Metal
Preparation: Remove non-metal materials.
Acceptable: All ferrous and non-ferrous metals, including stoves, ovens, water heaters, toasters. Anything with 75% metal, empty paint cans ok, motors ok
Unacceptable: No oil filters, propane tanks, car bodies or steel drums. No appliances designed to contain compressors/freon (see Appliances).
Fee: None
Recycling Centers: All Transfer Sites and Glenwood
Tin (Steel) Cans
Preparation: Rinse to clean out food particles.
Acceptable: Painted on labels OK; completely empty aerosol cans OK.
Unacceptable: No chemical or paint cans.
Fee: None
Recycling Centers: All Transfer Sites and Glenwood
Tires
Preparation: There is an additional fee if the rim is still in the tire. We suggest the rim be removed and recycled separately as scrap metal.
Acceptable: Passenger tires only.
Unacceptable: Tires larger than 22" rim diameter
Fee: Yes
Tires smaller than 17" rim diameter: $2 each, with wheel $3 each
Tires with rims 17" - 22": $6 each, with wheel: $10 each
NO Commercial use tires accepted
Recycling Centers: All Transfers Sites and Glenwood
Wood Waste
Preparation: Remove hardware larger than your thumb
Acceptable: Just about any solid wood. Dimensional lumber, plywood, pressboard, peg board, lathing, pallets, paneling and furniture (wood only, no hardware larger than screws and bolts, painted okay)
Unacceptable: No creosote treated (railroad ties). No foam core or any plastic, no formica, no hardware fittings larger than your thumb.
Fee: Yes
Recycling Centers: Glenwood Central Recycling, Cottage Grove and Florence
Yard Debris
Preparation: Keep separate from non-organic waste
Acceptable: Grass trimmings, bush prunings, leaves, and tree limbs
Unacceptable: No poison oak, dirt, rock, sod, or stumps
Fee: Yes
Recycling Centers: Glenwood Central Recycling Station, Cottage Grove and Florence