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Need to get rid of hard-to-recycle items? Bring them to Revolution Hall this weekend for a recycling event.
This Saturday, community organizations James Recycling, Simple Sundries, Free Geek and Growing Gardens are collecting items that you can’t recycle in your curbside bins. This includes plastics, electronics, small appliances and garden tools.
Here’s a list of what you can bring and all the event details.
Recycling Event at Revolution Hall
The community recycling event is taking place Saturday, April 9 from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
The price for recycling ranges from free to $3. Plastic film, electronics, small appliances and garden tools are recycled for free. Hard plastics are $3 per grocery bag and styrofoam is $3 per large garbage bag.
Here’s a list of what you can bring to the event:
Plastics:
- Plastic film
- Plastics #1 PET clamshells and other non-curbside, clear (no color) #1 plastic items
- Plastics #2, 4, 5 and 6
- Styrofoam blocks or sheets, including Styrofoam packing peanuts, cups, meat trays and egg cartons
- Plastic utensils and straws
- Plastic screw-on caps of all sizes
- CD and cassette tape cases
- Empty contact lens blister packs (with foil removed)
- Empty tape dispensers
- Plastic bread clips
Electronics, small appliances and garden tools:
- Small appliances under 30 pounds
- Laptops, desk towers, cell phones and other small electronic items
- Power cords
- Holiday/string lights
- Cell phones including battery chargers, batteries and other accessories
- Garden tools
The event is held in Revolution Hall’s parking lot, 1300 SE Stark St. in Portland. For more information, view the event page.
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