Recycling Update Newsletter, Solid Waste & Recycling
Your guide to waste recycling and recycling at home. Print newsletters are delivered to Washington County residents once per year in the spring. E-newsletters are available quarterly, delivered to your email inbox when you sign up.
Spring print newsletter 2020 (bilingual) — includes:
- Bilingual recycling guide
- Garbage and Recycling Day app
- Recycle or Not resources
- Reduce, reuse, repair and recycle at home
Spring 2020 (Spanish) — includes:
- COVID-19 updates related to garbage and recycling
- Voluntary restrictions on outdoor burning
- Reuse and repair activities to try at home
Earth Day Special 2020 (Spanish) — includes:
- Project Drawdown EcoChallenge
- Additional Earth Day resources
Winter 2020 (Spanish) — includes:
- Green cleaning
- Recycle or Not resources
- Welcome our new educators
Fall 2019 (Spanish) — includes:
- Sustainable shopping
- How to dispose of yard and garden items
- Learn more about code enforcement
Summer 2019 (Spanish) — includes:
- Food waste prevention tips
- Find upcoming collection events
- Green business assistance available
Spring print newsletter 2019 (bilingual) — includes:
- Take the Eat Smart, Waste Less Challenge
- Free produce storage guide
- Keep plastic bags and wrap out of your home recycling
Winter 2019 (Spanish) — includes:
- Plastic bag survey
- 350.org climate change essay contest
- PlanetCon recap
- Follow up on Facebook
Fall 2018 (Spanish) — includes:
- New recycling guide available
- Winter weather announcements
- Holiday waste reduction tips
Summer 2018 (Spanish) — includes:
- 5 Things to keep out of your recycling bin (and why!)
- Have SWR staff share information at your next community event
Spring 2018 (Spanish) — includes:
- How to make your own greener cleaners
- Tools to help you decide what to recycle and where
- Tips for preventing food waste
Winter 2018 (Spanish) — includes:
- Expansion January 1st of Oregon's Bottle Bill
- Solid Waste Advisory Committee opening
- Garbage and Recycling Day app and winter weather
- New Facebook page for Solid Waste & Recycling
- How to become a Green Business Leader
Fall 2017 — includes:
- Special edition regarding disruption in recycling markets
- Launch of Beaverton's residential compost program
Summer 2017 — includes:
- Washington County Fair 2017 recap
- Three reasons to save wasted food
- Where and how to recycle old tires
- Starting April 1, refundable cans and bottles are worth 10 cents
- What should go into you recycling roll cart
- Not all plastics belong in curbside recycling
- Getting to know Waste Management
- Big things are happening with the Bottle Bill
- Get ready for spring with discounts from Metro
- Get winter weather updates with Garbage & Recycling Day tool
Fall 2016 — includes:
- Bottle and can redemption increasing to 10 cents
- Look up what to recycle and where
- What to do with leaves
- And more
Summer 2016 — includes:
- Metro is updating its garbage and recycling plans
- Dispose of paint
- How to prepare curbside recycling
- Recycle and dispose of other items
- And more
Spring 2016 — includes:
- Don't miss your garbage or recycling day ever again
- Request a presentation
- What to recycle at the curb
- New "what to recycle and where" tool online
- And more
Spring 2016 — includes:
- Make your next home project green
- Buy recycled paint
- And more
Winter 2016 — includes:
- Residents pledge to waste less food
- Update your recycling IQ
- What's in our garbage
- Washington County wins award
- And more
