Residential Recycling
Residential service packages include a 95 gallon blue commingle recycle cart, a 95 gallon green mixed organics cart, and a red recycle basket, picked up every other week on your garbage service day. We provide you with a convenient color-coded magnet calendar to put on your refrigerator to help keep track of the proper weeks.

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Commingle Recycling (Blue Cart)
Place prepared commingle recyclables into the blue roll cart. The red basket is for glass jars and bottles, used latex paint, clean used cooking oil, dry cell batteries, and motor oil. Even if you are not currently a garbage collection customer you can take advantage of the curbside service for a small monthly fee some areas.

"Mix" these items into the Blue Recycling Roll Cart. No need to sort or separate! Recycling is now easier than ever!

Click below to view the curbside mixed recycling guide.
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Mixed Organics (Green Cart)
We are introducing a new program called “mixed organics/food waste” which will allow you to put the following items in your current yard debris cart cart:

· Grass, plant debris, brush, leaves and pine needles.
· Christmas trees cut to fit in the cart
· Food waste: fruits, vegetables, meat, bones, shell fish, cheese, egg shells, bread
· Coffee filters and grounds, tea bags
· Napkins, paper towels and pizza boxes

There is no additional charge for this service which begins the week of August 2. Place your mixed organics cart/yard cart out on “green” week and we’ll take care of the rest. The pickup schedule will remain the same as it is now, alternating every other week with the blue mixed recycling cart. Helpful tips in recycling food waste:

· Freeze food waste in a baggy in the freezer or keep it in a sealed container under your sink until pick up day.
· Do not place food waste directly in the bottom of the mixed organics cart - layer it with yard debris. If your cart has no yard waste in it, mix food waste with shredded paper (not newspaper).

FREE MINI-BINS! Marion County is offering a limited number of 2 gallon mini-bins for your kitchen at no cost. Supply is limited, so please call our office for availability before coming to pick one up. When our supply is depleted, the mini-bins may be purchased at Fresh Start Market, 2030 Center St. NE in Salem.

Click below to view the curbside mixed organics guide.
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