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Special Events

Free Plastic Round-up
Save Your Plastic for Recycling!

Fri & Sat, November 14-15
8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.

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Jackson County Recycling Partnership is hosting three free drop-off locations for numerous types of plastic, including grocery and dry cleaning bags, cereal and potato chips bags, to-go containers, lawn furniture, toys, nursery pots, buckets and tubs, CDs and CD cases, baling twine, shrink wrap and much more. See a list of acceptable Items below.

See a list of acceptable Items below.

Three event locations include:

  • Rogue Disposal Transfer Station at 8001 Table Rock Road in White City
  • Valley View Transfer Station at 3000 Valley View Road in Ashland
  • OSU Extension Service at 569 Hanley Road in Central Point

Please, no large commercial or industrial volumes! This is a collection event and we are not set up to handle large volumes!

Acceptable Items

Please SORT, CLEAN, & DRY plastics into the following categories ahead of time.

Plastic Bags
dry cleaning bags
grocery bags
bubble wrap
freezer & zip lock bags
shrink wrap
Mylar
cereal liners
six pack rings
potato chip bags

Farm & Garden
nursery potting trays
nursery pots of all sizes
fertilizer & seed bags
baling twine
drip tape
drip irrigation components (no PVC)
plastic strapping
greenhouse film
visquene (no mud chuncks, dust ok)
woven landscape fabric (no mud chunks, dust ok)

Plastics with Numbers
all plastics with numbers
salsa tubs
yogurt containers
deodorant bottles
cups

Plastics without Numbers
buckets
clam shells/to-go containers
bottle caps and drink lids
VHS Tapes, DVD's, CD's, CD cases
straws & utensils
lawn and patio furniture
toys, slides & pools
pet igloos
laundry baskets
plastic election signs with metal or wood stakes removed
tarps, clean & dry, with metal grommets removed
much more

Items NOT Accepted:

You will be asked to back any unacceptable items. We cannot handle these at the event!

  • NO Styrofoam blocks, peanuts, food trays or egg cartons
  • NO "compostable" plastic or #PLA 7
  • NO PVC pipe
  • NO food contaminated or dirty plastic
  • NO foam or rubber
  • NO small toys with metal in them
  • NO plastic with metal or electronics
  • NO spray bottle nozzles and lotion pumps with metal springs (remove spring or toss the pump)
  • NO containers with chemical residue
  • NO Rubber, Latex, Nitrile Gloves
  • NO vinyl, like shower curtains
  • NO coolers, due to the foam inside

The Plastic Round-up is organized and sponsored by: Jackson County Recycling Partnership, Jackson County SMART Business Program and Jackson County Master Recycler Program.

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