Important Recycling Changes!

 

Cottage Grove Garbage Service has begun replacing the green and yellow 14 gallon recycle bins with blue 65-gallon roll carts for commingled recycling.

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When you receive a blue 65-gallon roll cart, you will have the opportunity to commingle all the items listed on the Uniform Statewide Collection List in your blue recycle cart. Click here > Recycling Guide

 

The green or yellow recycling bin will be removed and you will no longer be able to recycle glass. Glass collection is being phased out and will stop on May 31, 2026.

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On your service day, place the blue recycle cart curbside and make sure it's 5 feet away from your garbage cart, any vehicle, pole, mail box, tree, fence or any other physical obstruction.

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Only place your recycle cart out when it's full. All material must be loose inside the cart - do not compact material.

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The new recycle truck will be equipped with multiple cameras and AI software to detect contamination.

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Per Oregon laws regarding contamination reduction, a household's or business' recycle cart may be removed and a financial penalty assessed for multiple recycling contamination events.

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Do not place trash, glass or any other material not listed on the Uniform Statewide Collection List (USCL) in your blue recycle cart.

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Your efforts to recycle right make a difference!

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​Do not recycle these items in your blue recycle cart.

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Glass: can be recycled at the Lane County transfer station on Sears Road.

 

Used engine oil: can be recycled at the Lane County transfer station on Sears Road.​

 

Non recyclable items: coffee, soda and other drink cups, food-to-go containers, napkins, paper towels, tissues, shredded paper, diapers, waxed coated cardboard,  frozen food containers, frozen food packaging, styrofoam materials, other plastic packing materials, plastic clamshells used for produce and baked goods and any other materials that are not clean and dry.

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