Special Events |
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Free Plastic Round-up
Save Your Plastic for Recycling! |
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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.
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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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