If you manage apartments or condos, Metro can help you make recycling easier for your residents. Discover the property manager's guide to a successful multifamily recycling program.
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Recycle at home
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When it comes to recycling at home, the residents of the region are national leaders. Find out how you can help to make a difference.
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Guide to recycling at home
Whether you live in a house, duplex or apartment, find out what you can recycle at home and how. You'll also learn what items cannot be recycled at home and why... Go
Do you live in a house or a duplex?
Find out who collects your garbage and recycling and how to connect with your local recycling office. Curbside recycling guidelines vary from city to city. Find out what you can recycle at the curb and how...Go
Do you manage apartments or condos?
Discover the property manager's guide to a successful multifamily recycling program. You'll find resources for you and your residents and hear from local managers who are saving money and reducing amount of trash in the region's landfills... Go
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Find a recycler
Use the directories or the recycler locator tool to find organizations that accept electronics, plastics, metal and many other materials.
Find your garbage hauler
Find the name and phone number of the garbage, recycling and compost hauler for any location in the Metro region.
Metro Recycling Information hotline
The Metro Recycling Information hotline provides recycling and disposal information and referrals in the Portland metropolitan area.
Guide to hazardous waste
Wondering what to do with those old paint cans, motor oil and solvents? Find out what materials are hazardous and where and how to safely dispose of them.
Sustainable living
Make the region greener at home, in your garden, at the store and on the road. Sustainable living renews rather than depletes the planet's resources and Metro can show you how.
Buying green
Why buy recycled? You can conserve natural resources and energy, protect wildlife habitat, keep waste out of the landfill, complete the recycling loop, save money and create jobs.
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Recycling videos
Watch the "glass on the side" ad
Watch the "plastic bags are recyclable, just not at the curb" ad
To view MOV files, download free QuickTime.