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Attention! Begining January 1, 2010, it is against state law to dispose of TVs, Computers and monitors in the garbage. This material can be recycled for FREE at these Lane County's transfer sites Glenwood Central Receiving Station, Veneta, Florence, Vida, or Cottage Grove. Click here for more details. (More than 7 items require a dispoal appointment and may require fees, call 682-3111.)
Click here for more information on the State E-Cycles Law, and other local recycling options for this material.
To view convenient disposal/recycling locations for compact florescent lamps (CFLs)or florescent tubes 4 ft or less, Click here to view PDF brochure.
Preparation: Rinse.
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
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Preparation: Put in unbreakable container.
Acceptable: Antifreeze only.
Unacceptable: No gasoline, solvents, oils.
Fee: None
Recycling Centers: Glenwood Central Recycling Station, Veneta, Florence, Cottage Grove, Creswell, Oakridge, Marcola, and Rattlesnake
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Appliances
Acceptable as scrap metal - no fee: stoves, water heaters, toasters and other small appliances without motors.
Acceptable as scrap metal if motors are removed: washers, dryers, dishwashers.
Accepted for fee only - no exceptions: refrigerators, freezers, air conditioners and other appliances having compressors/freon, whether or not freon has been removed. Also washers and dryers with motors still attached.
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Auto Batteries
Preparation:Leave intact, do not remove parts
Acceptable: Auto, motercycle, Marine, Electric Auto, Gel Cell Unacceptable: Fee: None
Recycling Centers: All Transfer Sites and Glenwood
Preparation: Separate by type. Handle with care, acid will burn bare skin.
Acceptable: Nickel-cadmium, mercury, lithium, lead acid car batteries.
Unacceptable: Alkaline batteries sold in Oregon after 1996. Throw theses away as trash. (Alkaline batteries sold before 1996, or those that may contain mercury, are acceptable in this collection program.)
Fee: None
Recycling Centers: All Transfer Sites and Glenwood
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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
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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
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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: Any type of motor oil including transmission and hydraulic fluids.
Unacceptable: No antifreeze, No brake fluid, solvents, or gasoline.
Fee: None
Recycling Centers: All Transfer Sites and Glenwood accept oil. Oil Filters are accepted at All Transfer sites except McKenzi Bridge.
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Preparation: Remove non-paper items like pencils, samples, plastic tokens, etc.
Acceptable: White 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
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Preparation: Remove non-paper items like pencils, samples, plastic tokens, etc.
Acceptable:Catalogs, construction paper, neon of fluorescent paper, gift wrap, glossy brochures, goldenrod paper, magazines, junk mail, phone books and ream wrappers.
Unacceptable: Blueprints and wax paper, any metalic or plastic coatings. NO CUPS, NO paper towels, napkins, plates or cups.
Fee: None
Recycling Centers: All Transfer Sites and Glenwood
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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
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Preparation: Rinse and Flatten.
Acceptable: Paper milk cartons and juice boxes.
Unacceptable: No Straws.
Fee: None
Recycling Centers: All Transfer Sites and Glenwood
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Preparation: Rinse containers, remove and discard lids . Separate milk jugs, no lids.
Acceptable: ONLY bottles, tubs and jar shapes, codes #1 through #5 and #7. Separate milk jugs.
Unacceptable: No shape other than a bottle or tub, No block foam, packing peanuts, No plastic bags, No Tupperware/Rubbermaid items. No #6 polystyrene.
Fee: None
Recycling Centers: All Transfer Sites and Glenwood
Plastic Bags and Film
Preparation: Rinse, or turn inside out and shake vigorously.
Acceptable: all bags from grocery, retail, or numbered with #2 or #4 Unacceptable: No ziplock bags, no celophane or other wrappers, plastic bags, No food or dirt contamination.
Fee: None
Recycling Centers: Glenwood Central Receiving Station, Cottage Grove, Cresswell, Florence, Mapleton, McKenzi Bridge, Oakridge and Veneta
Media Mix
Preparation: put in bin loose, remove paper labels if possible
Acceptable: Plastic CDs and cases, videos and cases, audio cassettes and cases Unacceptable: reel to reel media
Fee: None
Recycling Centers: Glenwood Central Receiving Station
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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
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Preparation: Remove non-metal materials.
Acceptable: All ferrous and non-ferrous metals, including stoves, ovens, water heaters, toasters.
Unacceptable: No paint cans, oil filters, propane tanks, car bodies or steel drums. No appliances with motors or compressors/freon (see Appliances).
Fee: None
Recycling Centers: All Transfer Sites and Glenwood
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Preparation: Rinse, remove labels and flatten.
Acceptable: Painted on labels OK, Empty aerosol cans.
Unacceptable: No chemical or paint cans.
Fee: None
Recycling Centers: All Transfer Sites and Glenwood
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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 30"rimdiameter.
Fee: Yes Less than 17" $2, 17"-24" $6, 24"-30" $20
Recycling Centers: All Transfer Sites and Glenwood
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Preparation: Remove hardware larger than your thumb Acceptable: Just about any solid wood: Dimensional lumber, plywood, press board, peg board, lathing, pallets, paneling and furniture ( wood only, no hardware larger than screws, bolts. Painted ok.)
Unacceptable: No Creasote 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 Station , Cottage Grove and Florence
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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
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