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?

• Questions? Contact
• Download quarter-sheet introductory letters
• Next handout gathering:
  Monday, April 8, 2019 @ 5:30–6:30 pm
  235 Wilkinson Hall, OSU
  2601 SW Orchard Ave

NEW:
Mixed Recycling Guide

As a result of China’s decreased tolerance of contaminated materials being accepted for recycling, significant changes are occurring in recycling markets that have an impact on what we can put in our tan commingled recycling carts, as discussed in this Gazette-Times article.

Download the NEW recycling guide for the Corvallis area from Republic Services. Only items on this list should be put in your tan recycling cart.

When it comes to recycling, we are shifting our focus back to quality. While quantity might decrease for the short-term, the recycling process is not successful without high-quality materials that will ensure the continued existence of recycling markets, both domestic and abroad.

Block Captain Handouts

• 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)
• Curbside recycling, simplified (Winter 2017)
  UPDATE: See NEW recycling guide
• What happens to my recyclables? (Fall 2016)
• Recycling opportunities in the bathroom (Summer 2016)
• Do-it-yourself green cleaning (Spring 2016)
• Have you seen it all? Recap of previous handouts (Winter 2016)
• Plastic recycling made simple: 4 shapes (Fall 2015) UPDATE: See NEW recycling guide
• Reduce waste to save your energy & money (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)
• Reducing plastic waste (Fall 2013)
• Plastic recycling update (Summer 2013) UPDATE: See NEW recycling guide
• Household hazardous waste guide (January 2013)
• How to compost food waste in your Mixed Organics cart in Corvallis (June 2012)
• An introduction to home composting (June 2012)
• The Corvallis-Area ReUse Directory (January 2012)
• Paper recycling in Corvallis (September 2011) UPDATE: See NEW recycling guide
  
• Metal & glass recycling in Corvallis (June 2011)
• Corvallis Mixed Organics cart (December 2010)