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Curbside Collection

Mixed Recycling Roll Cart  ​​​​

Poster

mixed recycling roll-cart

paper and cardboard

Paper/Cardboard

Clean, empty and dry. Newspaper (including advertisements and paper inserts), cardboard, magazines and catalogs, junk/direct mail, boxes (cereal, cracker, cookie and shoe boxes), office paper (copier and printer paper, file folders, note paper, computer paper, brochures), phone books, paperback books, paper bags

No shredded paper
or egg cartons. Pizza boxes in the Mixed Organics bin.

Bottles and Jugs  
Plastic
Bottles & Jugs

Clean, empty and dry with the lids removed. Bottles 12 ounces or larger only and jugs (milk, juice, detergent)

No cups, tubs
(yogurt or cottage cheese containers), caps, jars, lids, pumps, clamshells, or plastic bags.

metal cans 

Metal
Tin & Aluminum Cans

Clean, empty and dry.
Paper labels can be added separately.

No lids please. 

 

Small Recycling Bin 

Call your hauler to see if you have the small recycling bin offered in your area: ​503.390.4000

​Curbside Recycling Bin

​batteries in a zip-lock bag

Household batteries 

Alkaline, rechargeable &
small button cells.  Sizes AAAA through D, 6-volt -
9 volt. Must be in a
zip-sealed bag.

​Paint can

Paint 

No rusty cans! 
Usable latex paint 
and any oil-based paint. Place up to 2 one-gallon labeled cans.

​used motor oil

Used
Motor Oil

Place in a sealed, leak-proof​, plastic screw-top container.

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​antifreeze

Antifreeze

Place into a screw-top
see-thru plastic jug. 
Keep separate from
motor oil. 

​glass bottles and jars

Glass Bottles
& Jars

No window glass, canning jars, or drinking glasses please.​

​vegetable cooking oil

Vegetable 

Cooking Oil

Place up to 2 gallons
of cooled oil into
original or clean
see-thru plastic screw-top container.

 
 

Mixed Organics

Call your hauler to see if you have curbside mixed organics offered in your area: ​503.390.4000

Salem, Keizer, Stayton, Silverton, Turner, Jefferson, and Woodburn residents living within the city limits can put food & yard waste in the yard debris/mixed organics cart.

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Mixed organics cart
  • Breads/Grains
  • Coffee Grounds​
  • Tea Bags
  • Coffee Filters
  • Dairy Products 
    (no liquids)
  • ​Egg Shells
  • Bones
  • Fruits/Vegetables
  • Meats/Proteins
  • Seafood & Shells
  • ​Plants/Flowers
  • Yard Debris
  • Some Paper (paper napkins, paper towels, greasy pizza box)

 

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Yard Debris

Call your hauler to see if you have curbside yard debris offered in your area: ​503.390.4000

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yard debris cart
  • Yard Trimmings
  • Twigs​​

 

  • Leaves
  • Pine Needles​​
  • ​Grass Clippings
  • Garden, Fruit & Vegetable Scraps


 

 

 

 

 
 

Wishful Recycling is TrashWishful Recycling

Marion County continues to lead the way in recovery and recycling, however there are still items we wish we could recycle but can’t. We call this wishful recycling. Because recycling relies on markets willing to buy used items, it’s not possible to recycle everything. When non recyclables are added to the mixed recycling bins, it causes contamination that can lead to machinery failure. So let’s keep our recycling stream as clean as possible. In Marion County, residential trash is sent to the Energy From Waste Facility in Brooks where we create electricity. So remember, when you encounter wishful recycling, when in doubt, throw it out! ​

Please keep these items out of the curbside recycling:

​• ​Plastic Bags​
• Styrofoam
​• ​Disposable Coffee Cartridges
• Disposable Coffee Cups & Lids
• Egg Cartons
• Aerosol Cans

​• Frozen Food Boxes
• Greasy or Waxed Cardboard
• Shredded Paper
• Mesh Bags for Fruit
• Syringes
• Garbage 

• Plastic Bottle Caps
• Plastic Tubs & Jars
• Clamshells & Take out containers
• Medical Waste
• No glass in mixed recycling  roll cart

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