[Grovenet] Recycling and Bicycling!

[Ed Davie]

Hi,
I'd like the .pdf file!
Ed
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Cecelia Warner
  To: grovenet at rdrop.com
  Sent: Sunday, September 09, 2007 10:31 AM
  Subject: [Grovenet] Recycling and Bicycling!


  Two topics I am passionate about!

  First, I've been wanting to post a flyer I 
helped to create about
  recycling in Forest Grove. I have it in a PDF 
file, which I'm not
  sure Grovenet will accept as an attachment. But 
I also have it in a
  MS Word file. So I'm going to cut and paste it 
here. And if it comes
  out looking wacky, people can contact me 
privately looking for the
  attachment in pdf or Word, I can take care of 
that. I'm
  warner at aracnet.com. Or someone can tell me that 
it's OK to attach
  files to a Grovenet posting, then I'll do that.

  The idea was to have everything on ONE page so 
it could be printed
  out and posted. Good luck!



  Forest Grove Recycling Options Clarified

  Curbside: Waste Management, Forest Grove’s 
hauler, recently replaced
  the red recycling bins with yellow-topped 
rolling carts. The
  directions on the lid say you can recycle the 
following plastics:
  v    Small necked bottles (#1-7), no lids

  v    Prescription bottles (#5), no lids

  v    Plastic tubs like margarine, yogurt and 
cottage cheese
  containers (often #2 or #5), lids OK

  However they do not accept these items (even 
though the plastics may
  be numbered 1-7):
  v    Plastic bags

  v    Frozen food and take-out containers

  v    Cups, plates, utensils

  v    Plastic packaging material

  v    Hazardous household waste and toxic 
materials - and their empty
  containers - including paint, antifreeze, 
corrosives, solvents,
  pesticides, etc. For drop off events contact 
Metro at 503-234-3000 or
  http://www.metro-region.org/pssp.cfm?progservID=24

  Place these items in the red bins formerly used 
for curbside recycling:
  v    Glass, must be clean. No light bulbs, 
window glass, mirrors, or
  cookware

  v    Motor oil, must be in a container like a 
one-gallon milk jug
  with screw top lid

  Deliver to the Forest Grove United Church of 
Christ by 11 a.m. the
  first Sunday of each month to be managed by the 
BEST (Be Earth
  Stewards Today) volunteers:
  v    Fluorescent bulbs of all shapes, no regular 
incandescent light
  bulbs

  v    Batteries, in a closed Ziploc baggie

  v    Styrofoam food containers and blocks. Cash 
contributions
  accepted to defray expenses

  v    Plastic garden pots and nursery trays, 
clean

  v    Plastic bags, film, shrink wrap, bubble 
wrap, lumber wrap and
  pallet wrap, clean

  v    Hardcover books

  v    Media plastic, including CD’s, DVD’s, VHS 
tapes, cassette tapes,
  tape cases and jewel cases; hardboard sleeves on 
CD’s

  v    Tennis shoes, place in a plastic bag

  v    Other plastics without numbers that can’t 
go in the curbside
  bin. Items must be clean

  Recycling on your own:
  v    Styrofoam peanuts can be donated to any 
Office Depot or UPS Store

  v    Carpet padding, dry and free of carpet, 
tack strips, or other
  carpeting waste can be taken to Far West Fibers 
in Hillsboro

  v    Electronics and wiring can be taken to 
Computer Drive Connection
  in Cornelius or Far West Fibers in Hillsboro. 
There may be a charge
  for some items.

  More recycling resources:
  v    Waste Management, located at the B Street 
Transfer Station,
  503-992-1212

  v    Metro Hotline, 503-234-300 for household 
hazardous waste and
  recycling questions

  v    GEAR3 (Great Efforts At Reducing, Reusing & 
Recycling),
  503-846-8609 www.recyclewise.org, 
www.recycleatwork.com

  v    Far West Fibers, 6440 SE Alexander St in 
Hillsboro, 503-643-9944
  www.farwestfibers.com. They accept carpet 
padding, electronics and
  other recyclables

  v    Computer Drive Connection, Cornelius, 
503-992-0180
  www.computerdriveconnection.com. Electronics

  v    View a poster at 
www.wmnorthwest.com/beaverton/gif/recycling.gif
  for informative details about curbside recycling 
from city of Beaverton
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