Mixed Recycling in Blue or Green Bins
- Newspaper, magazines, mail, plain paper, stationery, and envelopes (window envelopes also OK)
- Plastic milk jugs
- Plastic non-refundable bottles, 6 ounces or larger emptied and dried without caps (caps in trash or James Recycling)
- Round plastic tubs, round 6 ounces or more, no square or clamshell containers
- Refrigerated Paperboard containers
- Metal cans, lid still attached or lid in trash
- No corrugated cardboard boxes
Glass Containers Recycling in Separate Bin
- Unbroken empty and clean glass bottles and jars
- No broken glass or light bulbs. Broken glass should be wrapped in two layers of heavy paper for safety and placed in trash bins
- Bottles, jars and jugs ONLY go in glass recycling bins
- Remove screw top wine bottle caps and deposit in trash bins
Refundable Cans, Plastic and Glass Bottles in Separated, Labeled Bin (may be in different location than trash/recycling room)
- Must say OR 10ยข on label or top of can
- Rinse containers, drain well, put caps in trash
- Do not crush cans
Stretchy Plastic Goes into Yellow Bin
- Only the stretchy kind; non-stretchy plastic goes into trash
- Clean, all colors, bags, wrappers, and mailers are appropriate
- Cut off all paper labels (scissors provided for convenience)
Corrugated Cardboard Boxes
- Flatten and put in designated area, different in each building
Styrofoam
Recycling is available in labeled bins in the Manor loading dock, Terrace loading dock, Court loading dock and North Pointe garbage and recycling room. Please follow posted guidelines for accepted types of Styrofoam.
Food Scraps
- Compost bins are located at the loading dock areas of the Riverview Kitchen and the White Oak Grill
- No bags allowed in bins - even bags that say "compostable"
- Only food scraps, coffee filters, and tea bags (minus tags)
- For complete information visit the Willamette View food Composting Guide.
These Items Cannot be Recycled - Trash ONLY
- All food and drink to-go containers and their lids
- Plastic containers that are square or rectangular
- Boxes from frozen and refrigerated foods
- Facial tissues/paper towels/paper napkins/diapers
- Bags from inside cereal, cracker or other boxes
- Any lid from jars, plastic tubs, bottles, milk jugs
- Anything with food residue in or on it
- Food of any kind
- Plastic forks, spoons and knives
- Paper plates and coffee cups
- Pizza boxes: even if they are unused, they cannot be repurposed
- Plastic package wrap or plastic bags that are not stretchy
- Bubble wrap mailers that have paper attached (or cut off the label and recycle with plastic bags)
- Wrapping paper, tissue paper or greeting cards with glitter on them
- Molded plastic from packaging
- Plastic bottles that hold less than 6 oz.
- Cash register receipts
- Shredded paper- place in the secure bin in your building OR put in stapled closed bag in trash
Paper wrapper from paper reams (these are treated with flame retardant)
Broken Glass and Light Bulbs
LED & compact fluorescent light bulbs go in the marked container on the shelf; Long fluorescent bulbs go on the shelf by the LED container
See Glass Recycling section: Remember, place broken glass and all unbroken glass other than bottles and jars in a sealed paper bag (or wrapped twice in heavy paper) and deposit in the large trash containers in North Pointe and Court and in small containers in Manor, Plaza, and Terrace.
Be a responsible recycler. It's better to have something recyclable in the trash than trash in recycling.
When in doubt, throw it out!
2/28/2024