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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"rim diameter.
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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