Mix Together in Recycling Cart Or Container Place in Food Only Cart Or Container Place in Glass Cart Place in Garbage Plasti

MIX TOGETHER IN RECYCLING PLASTIC FILM & STYROFOAM PLACE IN GLASS CART (TAKE TO A RECYCLER OR FIND A RECYCLER CART OR CONTAINER PLACE IN GARBAGE) NOTE: as recycling markets change, these Do you need to recycle a specific items may or may not be accepted for item? Visit Metro's Find a Recycler recycling. Contact Beaverton Recycle at website to locate more recycling Work for details. options near you.

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PAPER Newspapers, magazines, GLASS Glass bottles and jars must be PLACE IN GARBAGE catalogs, phone books, cardboard boxes, placed into a glass-only receptacle provided scrap paper, cartons (milk, juice, soup). by your hauler. All containers must be rinsed of 4 Grocery Shredded paper must be in a paper bag. debris. Container glass only. No caps and lids. PLASTIC FILM (# LDPE) bags, shrink wrap, pallet wrap and bubble wrap. Plastic film clogs recycling PLACE IN FOOD ONLY CART machinery contributing to lost operations OR CONTAINER each day. (BUSINESSES WITH COMPOST SERVICE ONLY)

PLASTIC Bottles with a neck (6 ounces or larger), tubs (6 ounces or larger), rigid plant pots (4 inches or larger), buckets (5 gallons or smaller).

FOOD SCRAPS Beaverton businesses can add compost collection to their garbage and recycling service. Vegetables, WHITE BLOCK FOAM AND #6 fruits, meats and bones, dairy products, PLASTICS (MUST BE CLEAN) Block METAL Aluminum, tin and steel food bread, tea bags and coffee filters are all or sheet used for packaging, food trays cans, empty dry metal paint cans, empty accepted materials and collected by your and hinged take-out containers. Must be GARBAGE Coffee cups, paper plates, hauler. The material is turned into valuable aerosol cans, aluminum foil, scrap metal labeled with #6. freezer boxes, wrappers, facial tissue, compost and energy to power homes. To (smaller than 30 inches and less than 30 napkins, food soiled paper, containers learn more, visit: pounds). labeled “compostable”, lids and caps, incandescent lightbulbs, and broken All food containers must be rinsed of debris. BeavertonOregon.gov/Compost glass. Find free tools and resources at HAZARDOUS WASTE Ready to get started? WE MAKE IT EASY TO & ELECTRONICS Set up a recycling program at your BeavertonOregon.gov/RAW workplace in five easy steps.

1. Assign responsibility Visit our website to: RECYCLE Designate an employee who will start and XXOrder recycling boxes maintain your recycling program. XXOrder recycling posters and decals AT WORK 2. Recycle your stuff All Beaverton businesses are required to XX Request customized assistance recycle paper, cardboard and containers Recycle at (plastic bottles and tubs, metal and glass). Work is a Business Recycling Requirement, City Code 4.08.505 free program 3. Make recycling easy that provides Recycling boxes should be conveniently education and located and clearly labeled. Place boxes customized at every desk, by copiers, in mailroom and assistance to kitchens. help businesses 4. Train your team meet their At least once a year, provide employees sustainability with information on what can and cannot goals. be recycled and where recycling collection areas are located. 5. Throw away less Consider implementing practices that help HAZARDOUS WASTE & your business produce, use, and dispose of ELECTRONICS Toxic chemicals, less. fluorescent light bulbs and tubes, rechargeable batteries, sharps, TVs, Ready to do more? monitors, computers, peripherals Trained Recycling Specialists can assist (keyboards and mice) and printers should with: be taken to facilities where they can be handled properly. Improper disposal of 33 sustainable purchasing some wastes may violate Oregon law. 33 waste prevention 33 education for employees To learn more about the small business 33 collaboration with custodial providers hazardous waste program, contact Metro. 3 3 formation of an employee “green team” Recycle at Work is here to help you OregonMetro.gov/CEG 33 and much more! every step of the way. 503-234-3000 Recycle at Work LESS WASTE and City of Beaverton MORE RECYCLING 503-526-2460 at your office pays off [email protected] BeavertonOregon.gov/RAW Printed on 100% post-consumer recycled content paper.