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Home/What We Do/Action Teams/Waste Prevention/Recycling Block Captain Program

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.

BECOME A BLOCK CAPTAIN

Already a Recycling Block Captain?

Handout Gathering —
Monday, November 14 • 5pm

  • Meeting video
  • Captain map
  • Download quarter-sheet introductory letters
  • Questions? Contact Dawn Marie Gaid

Block Captain Handouts

  • Can Food Waste Go In My Yard Cart? (fall 2022)
  • How Much Do You Know Before You Throw? (spring 2022)
  • D.I.Y. Wasted Food Discovery Week (winter 2021)
    • English – PDF 
    • Spanish – PDF 
  • 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 (2013)
  • How to reduce plastic waste (fall 2013)

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MEETINGS
The Waste Prevention Action Team currently meets the 3rd Wednesday of the month, 5:30 pm, via Zoom. The Zoom meeting link will be sent to the WPAT Google group each month. Anyone wanting to participate should email us to be included.

CONTACT US!
Email the Waste Prevention Action Team.

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Join the Waste Prevention Action Team Google Group to get up-to-date info on our activities.

VOLUNTEER
Learn more about volunteering, fill out an application, and we'll hook you up.

TEAM VISION & GOALS

Download a copy of the Waste Prevention vision, goals, strategies and actions outlined in Community Sustainability: A Framework for Action.

Recent Waste Prevention Posts

Annual Meeting • Thursday, January 19, 2023

January 2, 2023

Missed the recent 2023 annual meeting? You can catch all the great presentations on the video here!

Can Food Waste Go In My Yard Waste Cart?

November 16, 2022

Our new Recycling Block Captain handout is out. Take the quiz and test your recycling knowledge.

Video Premiere – Food: Too Good To Waste

November 14, 2022

Family-friendly fun on Saturday 11/19 at C3. Activities, tasting tables, prizes and more! Free.

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