WANTED: Corvallis Recycling Block Captains!

The Coalition’s Waste Prevention Action Team has launched an exciting program – Recycling Block Captains – and we invite additional Corvallis residents to participate.

As a recycling block captain, you can help educate your neighbors about recycling, composting, and waste prevention, as well as encourage their full participation in the opportunities that Allied Waste is currently providing. It takes just a couple hours every three months to participate. Recycling block captains have two primary responsibilities:

  • Distribute recycling information to your neighbors approximately four times a year, and
  • Serve as a liaison between your neighbors and the Sustainability Coalition’s Waste Prevention Action Team.

The action team provides the handouts; the captains define their own neighborhood (number of homes and location).

Sign up using this online form.

 

Existing Recycling Block Captain Neighborhoods

Note: Not all neighborhoods are marked yet.

View Corvallis Recycling Block Captains in a larger map

Already a Recycling Block Captain?

Our next gathering is Tuesday, January 17th at 6:00-7:00 pm at the OSU Student Sustainability Center, 738 SW 15th Street in Corvallis (view it on the OSU campus map).

Previous Block Captain Handouts

 

 

 

 

 

Waste Prevention: Vision

The Vision of the Waste Prevention Action Team is that by 2030, Corvallis is a waste-free community.



Waste Prevention: Goals

1: By 2020, the recycling rate for the Corvallis community will be 75%. (The recycling rate includes cardboard, commingled materials, electronics, food waste, office paper, wood waste, and yard debris that have been recycled.)

2. By 2020, there will be a 50% reduction in the per capita weight of landfill disposal (discards).

Waste Prevention: Current Projects

Corvallis Recycling Block Captain Program: A way for Corvallis citizens to educate their neighborhood about recycling and waste prevention.

Corvallis-Area ReUse Directory: A guide to all of the organizations and businesses in our area that accept items for reuse, and what they each accept.

Faith Communities Project: Outreach to local faith communities to help educate their congregations about waste prevention.