Looking for more information and resources to reduce, reuse and recycle at home? Included below are links to resources and tools that may be helpful.

General resources

• Recycling Update Newsletter: Quarterly newsletter
   
• Recycling Guides 
  • With yard debris service: English | Spanish
  • Without yard debris service: English | Spanish | Arabic | Chinese | Hindi | Japanese |                                                                                  Korean | Russian | Vietnamese
• Solid Waste & Recycling Videos: YouTube playlist
   
• Request a presentation to your community group: Online form
  • Solicitar una presentacion en Español
     
  • Wasted: How America is Losing up to 40 Percent of its Food from Farm to Fork to Landfill: Report from Natural Resources Defense Council (Z)
  • Stop Junk Mail: Tips and tricks on how to reduce junk mail, from Metro
     
  • Opt out of phone books: How to opt out of receiving phonebooks, from Metro
     
  • Waste-wise holidays: Tips to reduce waste at home and cut costs, from Metro
     
  • Back to school tips: Save money and resources was waste free school supplies, from Metro

  Reuse and repair

  • What to Recycle and Where?: Use our online search tool to find reuse options
     
  • NRDC Library of Things & Beaverton Library of Things: A service that offers things to checkout, not just books
     
  • Community Warehouse: Local furniture bank that collects donations of home goods
     
  • Habitat for Humanity Hillsboro: Accepts and sells new and used building materials, furniture, appliances, lighting fixtures and other home goods
     
  • SCRAP ReStore: Creative reuse store and reuse education programs for youth
     
  • Repair Fair: Events where volunteers with "fixing" skills help others fix broken items
     
  • Fix-It Fairs: The Fix-It Fair is a free City of Portland event where you can learn simple ways to save money and connect with resources
     
  • Free Geek: Organization that refurbishes and resells old electronics including computers, monitors, printers and keyboards
     
  • PDX: Reuse and repair resources in the Portland area
     
  • Reuse Alliance: Resources and services to strengthen the reuse community

  Recycling

  • What to Recycle and Where?: Use our online search tool to learn whether an item is recyclable and to find recycling options
     
  • Recycle Guide | ResourcefulPDX de Guia: List of materials accepted in Washington County's recycling program
     
  • Home Waste Audit Worksheet
     
  • How to recycle at home | recicle en casa: Video about what can be recycled at home
     
  • Recycling at Home: Get the Comoreciclar, whats and whys of recycling at home, from Metro
     
  • Oregon E-Cycles: Information about recycling electronics, from Department of Environmental Quality

  Backyard composting

  • How to compost at home: Basics of composting in your back yard, from Metro
     
  • Buy a hows: Buy a bin to create your own compost, from Metro
     
  • Worm bin basics | Spanish: Brochure outlining how to build a worm bin

  Toxics reduction

  • Green cleaning: simple cleaning tips and recipes for a safer home, from Metro
     
  • Home pest control: Get rid of pests without using chemicals, from Metro

  Medical and household hazardous waste

  • More information available here
  • PPE: English | Spanish

  Not finding something you are looking for? Please contact us at 503-846-3605 or recycle@co.washington.or.us.