S.O.S. Recycling Efforts-2020 Recycling The Waste ...
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Why Recycle? Waste Hierarchy SOS Offers Recycling Education REDUCE takes priority! Avoiding unnecessary consumption of goods and services will not only save you money, but it is the most effective way in conserving our natural resources and saving space in our landfills. A simple way to make a big impact and save money is using a reusable water bottle instead of one-time use plastic water bottles. REUSE gives a product a second-life! Reusing common items can be done by repairing, sharing, and upcycling. RECYCLING can turn a used material into a raw material to create a new product. The Waste Hierarchy ranks waste management options from the most environmentally friendly to the least. Eagle Point Division P.O. Box 489 42 Ball Rd. Eagle Point, OR 97524 541-826-5691 Grants Pass Division P.O. Box 6000 1381 Redwood Ave. Grants Pass, OR 97527 541-479-5335 www.sosanitation.com S.O.S. Recycling Efforts-2020 Q4-GPEP2021 As the recycling markets continue to recover from the challenges presented in 2018, Southern Oregon Sanitation has remained committed to recycling materials still in demand in local markets. As a result, we were able to begin accepting more plastic bottles and jugs in April of 2020! We were able to recover and recycle 7,505,576 pounds of material from the waste streams in our Josephine and Jackson County service areas. This included corrugated cardboard, glass, newspapers, plastic bottles and jugs, tin and aluminum cans, e-waste and used motor oil collected from our curbside recycling program and through our recycle depot drop off locations in our Jackson and Josephine County service areas. • Schools • Businesses • Community Organizations Learn ways to Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle in our community. This education is available at no cost. Contact our Recycling & Educational Outreach Associate. Email: [email protected] Helping Our Community Reduce • Reuse • Recycle GP-EP MUNI’s 01, 03, 04, 05, 07, 08, 09, 10, 11, 13, 16, 17, 32 Make Your Recycling Count A Note About Contamination (answers below) Recycling’s purpose is to divert the use of virgin materials from being used and reduce the overall environmental impact. Together, we can make an impact in reducing our communities carbon footprint! Our curbside Recycling Program is easy and is included with your trash service at no additional charge. (See Curbside Recycling Mix). To ensure a viable recycling product is delivered to recycling markets, it is necessary to eliminate all contamination in recycling. Contamination of recycling can be caused by items such as; food scraps, lids, plastic bags, coffee pods, straws, to-go containers, Styrofoam, trash or any other “non-program” material. Unfortunately, “wishful” recycling (the hope that a material is recyclable somewhere) can have serious consequences for your haulers, the recycling programs offered, and the overall recycling markets such as, an entire truck load of recycling getting rejected and sent to the landfill. Some contamination items include: Yogurt tubs • clamshell containers • food scraps • greasy pizza boxes • glass • greasy french fry boxes • waxy papers. Can you identify the contamination items in this cart? Make Your Effort Count! Recycling
Transcript of S.O.S. Recycling Efforts-2020 Recycling The Waste ...
Why Recycle?
Waste Hierarchy
SOS OffersRecycling Education
REDUCE takes priority! Avoiding unnecessary consumption of goods and services will not only save you money, but it is the most effective way in conserving our natural resources and saving space in our landfills. A simple way to make a big impact and save money is using a reusable water bottle instead of one-time use plastic water bottles.
REUSE gives a product a second-life! Reusing common items can be done by repairing, sharing, and upcycling.
RECYCLING can turn a used material into a raw material to create a new product.
The Waste Hierarchy ranks waste management options from the most environmentally friendly to the least.
Eagle Point DivisionP.O. Box 48942 Ball Rd.
Eagle Point, OR 97524541-826-5691
Grants Pass DivisionP.O. Box 6000
1381 Redwood Ave.Grants Pass, OR 97527
541-479-5335
www.sosanitation.com
S.O.S. Recycling Efforts-2020
Q4-G
PEP2
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As the recycling markets continue to recover from the challenges presented in 2018, Southern Oregon Sanitation has remained committed to recycling materials still in demand in local markets. As a result, we were able to begin accepting more plastic bottles and jugs in April of 2020! We were able to recover and recycle 7,505,576 pounds of material from the waste streams in our Josephine and Jackson County service areas. This included corrugated cardboard, glass, newspapers, plastic bottles and jugs, tin and aluminum cans, e-waste and used motor oil collected from our curbside recycling program and through our recycle depot drop off locations in our Jackson and Josephine County service areas.
• Schools • Businesses• Community OrganizationsLearn ways to Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle in our community. This education is available at no cost. Contact our Recycling & Educational Outreach Associate.
Email: [email protected]
Helping Our CommunityReduce • Reuse • Recycle
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UNI’s
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03, 0
4, 0
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07, 0
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9, 10
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13, 1
6, 17
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Make Your Recycling CountA Note About Contamination
(answers below)
Recycling’s purpose is to divert the use of virgin materials from being used and reduce the overall environmental impact. Together, we can make an impact in reducing our communities carbon footprint!Our curbside Recycling Program is easy and is included with your trash service at no additional charge. (See Curbside Recycling Mix ).
To ensure a viable recycling product is delivered to recycling markets, it is necessary to eliminate all contamination in recycling. Contamination of recycling can be caused by items such as; food scraps, lids, plastic bags, coffee pods, straws, to-go containers, Styrofoam, trash or any other “non-program” material. Unfortunately, “wishful” recycling (the hope that a material is recyclable somewhere) can have serious consequences for your haulers, the recycling programs offered, and the overall recycling markets such as, an entire truck load of recycling getting rejected and sent to the landfill.
Some contamination items include:Yogurt tubs • clamshell containers • food scraps • greasy pizza boxes • glass • greasy french fry boxes • waxy papers.
Can you identify the contamination items in this cart?
Make Your Effort Count!
Recycling
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P.O. Box 6000 • Grants Pass, OR 97527www.sosanitation.com
541-479-5335 • [email protected]
1381 Redwood Ave., Grants Pass42 Ball Rd., Eagle Point
905 Kerby Mainline Rd., Kerby
• Glass Bottles and Jars• Corrugated Cardboard• Newspapers• Tin and Aluminum Cans• eCycle Computer towers, Monitors & TV’s• Used Motor Oil• #1 and #2 Bottleneck Style Plastics (Redwood and Eagle Point Depots only)
Southern Oregon SanitationRecycling Depots:
*Items that can be recycled at our depots:*Residential volumes only
Additional Glass-Only Recycle LocationRays Food Place, 1100 Hwy 62, Eagle Point
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How to properly identify accepted plastics
How to properly prepare for recycling
Look on the bottom of the plastic container and you will see a recycle triangle with a number in the center.
4 Check the shape – bottle and jugs only4 Check the base – larger than the neck4 Check the number – #1 or #2 only
4 Remove lids4 Remove contents4 Rinse thoroughly
Still a bit confused? Let our Waste Wizard help out!
bottom of bottle
Newspapersand Inserts
CorrugatedCardboard
Tin Cans andAluminum Cans
Set your PURE used oil into non-breakable gallon containers with tight fitting screw caps. Do not mix with water, antifreeze, fuel or any other liquid. Place jugs NEXT TO your recycle cart.
No magazines
If it is not “wavy”, it does not belong Rinse thoroughly – no lids
Only Recycled MaterialsAccepted At Curbside
Leave 5 feet between carts • Place cart out when full
NOPLASTIC
BAGS
Bottles & Jugs only.Rinse thoroughly - no lids
and Plastics
Used Motor Oil
Download our FREE mobile app or visit our website for an easy-to-use waste directory! Search
a material and see which cart it should go in, where it can be recycled
or dropped off for reuse.
REMOVE ALL CAPSand place in trash
NO PIZZA BOXES
