1. Reuse / Repurpose / Reclaim / Recycled Art
2. Curbside Recycling
3. Far West Fibers
§ No # plastics – soft and rigid (ex. plastic bags, packaging)
§ #1-7 – rigid plastics (ex. clamshells, odd-shaped plastics)
§ Bigger pieces of metal and cardboard
§ Athletic shoes – Nike-reuse-a-shoe program
§ Crayons
§ Vegetable oil
4. Metro
b. Neighborhood Clean-Ups
http://www.oregonmetro.gov/index.cfm/go/by.web/id=24197/level=1
c. Waste Prevention - "Say No to Junk Mail" and other tips
http://www.oregonmetro.gov/index.cfm/go/by.web/id=526
5. Oregon E-Cycles – Electronics recycling
6. Best Buy / Ace Hardware / Select schools
§ Batteries
§ Ink Cartridges
7. Moreland Farmers Market – Styrofoam recycling
“The last Wednesday of every market month (May – September) you can bring your clean, block styrofoam to the market for recycling. Julie Wallace of Wallace Books will transport the waste to the recycling center.”
8. UPS store – Accepts Styrofoam packing peanuts for reuse
9. Portland Women’s Crisis Line – Drop off sites for phones and chargers – donations go to survivors of domestic violence
10. Goodwill / The Arc / Salvation Army – donate furniture, clothing, knick-knacks
11. The Rebuilding Center / SCRAP – donate home and building materials / craft supplies
http://scrapaction.org/
12. Nike - Reuse-A-Shoe Program – send your old shoes (any brand) to Nike's Reuse-A-Shoe and they'll be turned into a material used to make running tracks and basketball or volleyball courts.
13. Patagonia - Common Threads Initiative – Patagonia makes new garments out of Polartec (check the tag of any fleece item) and other clothing made by Patagonia.
14. The Pen Guy – send your non-working pens to the Pen Guy and he will creat art with them! “The pen guy hopes to collect over a Million Pens locally and from around the world to continue gluing pens on the Mercedes Pens and create other art projects and maybe one day build Pentopia, a magical world of pens.”
Send your old pens to:
The Pen Guy
2425 Mendocino Ave
Santa Rosa, CA 95403
15. Recycle Your Mat – send in your old yoga mats and Recycle Your Mat turns them into lining material for laptop bags or donated to a community yoga program.