Plastic Recycling

Recycle these at Home! (español abajo)

These are the only plastics you can recycle in your curbside container in the Portland metro area:

• Bottles with a neck – 6 oz. or larger
• Margarine-type tubs – 6 oz. or larger
• Rigid flower pots – 4” or larger
• Buckets – 5 gallons or smaller

No Bags, No Lids, Please rinse

Where to take other plastics for recycling

To find a place to take recycling near you go to www.oregonmetro.gov/findarecycler or call (503)234-3000

Free rigid plastic and plastic bag recycling 

Far West Fibers -Seven locations *6440 SE Alexander, Hillsboro  *12820 NE Marx St, Portland *341 Foothills Rd, Lake Oswego *10750 SW Denney Rd, Beaverton *4629 SE 17th Ave, Portland *1520 NW Quimby, Portland *2005 N Rosa Parks Blvd, Portland (503)643-9944 or www.farwestfibers.com

Styrofoam™ Blocks (No food-related Styrofoam)

Total Reclaim 5805 NE Columbia Blvd, Portland (503)281-1899 $5 per load 

Recology (Formally Pacific Land Clearing) three locations: 6400 SE 101st, Portland; 4044 N Suttle rd., Portland; 16020 S Park Place Court, Oregon City

Polystyrene packaging peanuts

Many mailing and shipping businesses reuse polystyrene packing peanuts. Some may also accept the cornstarch peanuts as well, if clean and dry.

No New Master Recycler Plastic Roundups

Markets for niche plastics recycled at the Master Recycler Plastic Roundups dropped and the events are canceled. We can not give further information about the possibility of future roundups.

You don't have to throw all that plastic away!  The recycling depots mentioned above recycle many of the same plastics once collected at the Roundups (large rigid plastic, lids, etc all go in their rigid plastic bin) - and they even take paper, metal and glass. They are open every day of the week, never have lines, and require less sorting then an event.

Recycling is still the right thing to do! Recycling plastic helps save energy, reduce green house gas and conserve our natural resources. Thank you for your patience. We hope you will check out the recycling options in the community.

You can request to be placed on the email notification list. If a new date is scheduled you will be contacted, however we do not predict that occurance in 2010. 

¡Recicla estas cosas plásticas en casa! (English above)

Estos son los únicos plásticos que usted se puede reciclar en los contenedores de casa en Portland:

• Las botellas de plástico– de 6 onzas o más grande
• Cubetas tipo yogur – de 6 onzas o más grandes
• Macetas de plástico rígido – de cuatro pulgadas o más anchos
• Cubos ce plástico – 5 galones o menos

No: bolsas plásticas. No: tapas. Por favor, enjuáguelos.

¿Todavía tiene preguntas? llame a la línea de Metro Recycling Information, al 503-234-3000 se habla español.