Case Study - Successful Programs

The Farmworker Housing Development Corporation is a community-based non-profit organization dedicated to providing affordable housing to low-income farmworking families in the mid-Willamette Valley. 

By developing recycling programs in four of their apartment complexes, they were able to reduce garbage by:

• Providing door-to-door outreach about recycling to residents. 
• Distributing apartment recycling containers for each family participating in the program.
• Hiring a recycling coordinator
• Creating workshops and developing activities for children.

As an effort to continue promoting recycling, FHDC created a special contract for residents to sign as part of their lease agreement.  The contract is signed by residents after they receive the "how to recycle" class.  The main goal is to engage residents to make them understand the importance of their participation in the recycling program.