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.
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.
Next Meeting
Monday, July 12
4:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.
Check your email for Zoom link (emailed to captains)
- Download quarter-sheet introductory letters
- Questions? Contact Dawn Marie Gaid
Block Captain Handouts
- 2021 Residential Recycling, Yard Waste and Compost Guide from Republic Services
- D.I.Y. Wasted Food Discovery Week (winter 2021)
- English – PDF, plus fillable sheet (pg. 2)
- Spanish – PDF, plus fillable sheet (pg. 2)
- Are you Recycling…or Wish-Cycling?
(summer 2020)
- 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)
- 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)