Recycling in Oregon
Where to recycle, donate or get rid of things in 67 cities and towns across Oregon. Pick your city, or search for your item. We also pick up anywhere in the state.
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Oregon rules
- It is illegal in Oregon to put computers, monitors and TVs in the garbage or take them to landfills, incinerators or transfer stations for disposal; knowingly doing so can bring a fine. Source: Oregon DEQ: E-Cycles disposal ban (opens in new tab)
- DEQ says not to put TVs, computers or monitors in the trash or recycling bin or at the curb. Source: Oregon DEQ: E-Cycles disposal ban (opens in new tab)
- The electronics disposal ban took effect in January 2010. Source: Oregon DEQ: E-Cycles disposal ban (opens in new tab)
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- Some transfer stations accept computers, monitors and TVs for recycling (not disposal); check with the facility first. Source: Oregon DEQ: E-Cycles disposal ban (opens in new tab)
- ORS 459.247 bars disposing of, and disposal sites from knowingly accepting, discarded large home appliances, used oil, tires, lead-acid batteries and covered electronic devices. Source: ORS Chapter 459: Solid Waste Management (2025 edition) (opens in new tab)
- Discarded large home or industrial appliances may not be disposed of at a solid waste disposal site. Source: ORS Chapter 459: Solid Waste Management (2025 edition) (opens in new tab)
- Tires may not be disposed of at a solid waste disposal site. Source: ORS Chapter 459: Solid Waste Management (2025 edition) (opens in new tab)
- Disposal sites may still accept and store these banned items for recycling or recovery. Source: ORS Chapter 459: Solid Waste Management (2025 edition) (opens in new tab)
- Under the disposal ban, covered electronic devices are computer monitors over four inches diagonal, desktop and portable computers, and televisions. Source: ORS Chapter 459: Solid Waste Management (2025 edition) (opens in new tab)
- A used lead-acid battery may not go in mixed municipal waste; it must go to a battery retailer or wholesaler, an authorized collection or recycling facility, or a permitted secondary lead smelter. Source: ORS Chapter 459: Solid Waste Management (2025 edition) (opens in new tab)
- Lead-acid battery retailers must accept used batteries of the same type from customers, at least as many as the new batteries bought. Source: ORS Chapter 459: Solid Waste Management (2025 edition) (opens in new tab)
- Sellers must post a sign saying lead-acid batteries cannot go in household waste and must be recycled, and that the dealer takes back used batteries of the same type. Source: ORS Chapter 459: Solid Waste Management (2025 edition) (opens in new tab)
- DEQ says never to put batteries (rechargeable or single-use) in the recycling bin; take them to a hazardous waste facility or collection event. Source: Oregon DEQ: Recycle Right! (opens in new tab)
- House Bill 4144 (2026) requires a battery producer responsibility organization to submit its first program plan to DEQ by Sept. 1, 2028, and the program must be operational by July 1, 2029. Source: Enrolled House Bill 4144 (2026): battery producer responsibility (opens in new tab)
- Under HB 4144 (2026), the battery producer responsibility program must be operational by July 1, 2029. Source: Enrolled House Bill 4144 (2026): battery producer responsibility (opens in new tab)
- HB 4144 (2026) adds a rule that a person may not knowingly dispose of a covered battery in mixed municipal solid waste (effective date not stated on the pages checked). Source: Enrolled House Bill 4144 (2026): battery producer responsibility (opens in new tab)
- DEQ says Oregon law imposes a landfill ban on disposal of whole tires. Source: Oregon DEQ: Waste Tire Management (opens in new tab)
- A private individual hauling their own waste tires to a processor or a DEQ-permitted disposal site, or anyone hauling fewer than five tires, does not need a waste tire carrier permit. Source: Oregon DEQ: Waste Tire Management (opens in new tab)
- Anyone who generates waste tires must keep receipts showing proper disposal for two years. Source: Oregon DEQ: Waste Tire Management (opens in new tab)
- DEQ says only about one third of Oregon waste tires are recovered; the rest are shredded and disposed of or dumped illegally. Source: Oregon DEQ: Waste Tire Management (opens in new tab)
- The PaintCare fee on new paint in Oregon is $0.45 (over a half pint to under 1 gallon), $0.95 (1-2 gallons) and $1.95 (over 2 up to 5 gallons). Source: PaintCare: Oregon paint recycling and drop-off locations (opens in new tab)
- PaintCare has asked DEQ for a fee increase that, pending approval, would take effect in spring 2027. Source: PaintCare: Oregon paint recycling and drop-off locations (opens in new tab)
- Oregon was the first state (2009) to require architectural paint manufacturers to run a paint stewardship program; DEQ oversees it. Source: Oregon DEQ: Paint stewardship program (opens in new tab)
- DEQ says leftover paint is the largest volume of material collected by local household hazardous waste programs. Source: Oregon DEQ: Paint stewardship program (opens in new tab)
- Senate Bill 1576 (2022) requires mattress manufacturers to fund a producer responsibility program so consumers can recycle mattresses and box springs. Source: Oregon DEQ: Mattress Stewardship Program (opens in new tab)
- Buyers pay a $22.50 assessment on each program mattress or box spring bought in Oregon, online or in-store. Source: Oregon DEQ: Mattress Stewardship Program (opens in new tab)
- The law requires free, convenient and accessible collection of mattresses discarded in Oregon. Source: Oregon DEQ: Mattress Stewardship Program fact sheet (opens in new tab)
- The law requires at least one permanent collection site in every county of 10,000+ people, plus 25 more sites statewide. Source: Oregon DEQ: Mattress Stewardship Program fact sheet (opens in new tab)
- The Recycling Modernization Act (SB 582, 2021) took effect Jan. 1, 2022, and recycling program changes started in July 2025. Source: Oregon DEQ: Plastic Pollution and Recycling Modernization Act (opens in new tab)
- Under the RMA, producers of packaged items, paper products and food serviceware pay for many recycling system improvements. Source: Oregon DEQ: Plastic Pollution and Recycling Modernization Act (opens in new tab)
- From July 1, 2025, local governments began moving to one consistent list of materials collected curbside and at depots. Source: Oregon DEQ: Local Government Recycling Acceptance List (Aug. 4, 2025) (opens in new tab)
- Corrugated cardboard is on the statewide curbside list; flatten boxes, keep them empty and dry, and place loose in the cart. Source: Oregon DEQ: Local Government Recycling Acceptance List (Aug. 4, 2025) (opens in new tab)
- Curbside, scrap metal is accepted only if under 10 pounds and shorter than 18 inches; no sharp or tangling items. Source: Oregon DEQ: Local Government Recycling Acceptance List (Aug. 4, 2025) (opens in new tab)
- Recycling depots on the statewide list take all ferrous and non-ferrous scrap metal, including appliances. Source: Oregon DEQ: Local Government Recycling Acceptance List (Aug. 4, 2025) (opens in new tab)
- In Clackamas, Multnomah and Washington counties, DEQ refers residents to RecycleOrNot.org or the Metro Recycling Information hotline, 503-234-3000. Source: Oregon DEQ: Recycle Right! (opens in new tab)
- DEQ says household hazardous waste should not go down the sink, on the ground, down a storm drain or in the garbage. Source: Oregon DEQ: Household Hazardous Waste (opens in new tab)
- DEQ lists pesticides, herbicides, solvents, fuels, paints, motor oil, antifreeze and mercury-containing wastes as household hazardous waste. Source: Oregon DEQ: Household Hazardous Waste (opens in new tab)
- DEQ keeps a county list of locally sponsored HHW programs, including permanent collection facilities. Source: Oregon DEQ: Household Hazardous Waste (opens in new tab)