Recycling Block Captain Program

Help educate your neighbors about recycling, composting and waste prevention. Block captains distribute recycling information to their neighbors three times a year. You define your territory and we provide the handouts.

Sign-up Form

Existing Block Captain Territories

Already a Recycling Block Captain?

Handout Gatherings
We won’t be gathering in person during the pandemic. We’ll use email and Zoom web-conferencing to stay connected.

• Download quarter-sheet introductory letters
• Questions? Contact Dawn Marie Gaid

Block Captain Handouts

• Are you Recycling…or Wish-Cycling? (summer 2020)
  • PDF  or Mobile friendly
• Keeping It in the Community: Buying used (fall 2019)
• Composting at the Curb (summer 2019)
• Ditching Dining Disposables (spring 2019)
• Wasted Food: Facts & Impacts (fall 2018)
• Recycling Works! (summer 2018)
• The Package Deal: How to Cut Costs & Waste with Bulk Purchasing (spring 2018)
• Share, Swap, Loan & Save! (fall 2017)
• House to Curb: Setting yourself up for recycling success (summer 2017)
• What happens to my recyclables? (fall 2016)
• Recycling opportunities in the bathroom (summer 2016)
• Do-it-yourself green cleaning (spring 2016)
• Simple steps to reduce waste & save energy (summer 2015)
• What are your neighbors up to? (spring 2015)
• E-waste disposal in the Corvallis area (winter 2015)
• Low waste ideas for the holidays (fall 2014)
• Pharmaceutical disposal in Corvallis (summer 2014)
• Common contamination at the curb (spring 2014)
• Household hazardous waste guide (winter 2013)
• How to reduce plastic waste (fall 2013)