Residential Roll Cart Recycling

If you are a resident of the City of Durham, City of Forest Grove, City of Hillsboro, City of King City, City of Sherwood, or City of Tigard your curbside recycling program includes the collection of mixed recycling in roll carts. Residents in urban unicorporated Washington County began to use recycling roll carts beginning in 2008. Print a roll cart general recycling brochure today to learn more!

Click here to review which brochures are available from your collector for the urban, unincorporated Washington County recycling roll cart program.

Roll cart recycling allows residents to recycle an expanded list of materials. Learn about plastic items that can be recycled at the curb and those that should be taken to local drop-off depots.

Accepted Materials -

Preparation Tips for Roll Carts!

Specific preparation instructions for mixing of recyclables. After preparation put the following materials all together into the recycling roll carts:

Newspaper: All newspaper and print ads can be placed into the cart. Remove rubber bands and all protective plastic delivery bags before placing in your cart.

Magazines and Manuals : Magazines and electronic/toy manuals are excellent materials to recycle at the curb. Remove plastic packaging prior to placing in the cart.

Cardboard: Flatten boxes and cut down to pieces no larger than 3'x3'. Place cardboard loosely inside your roll cart so contents can freely fall when collected.

Wax-coated cardboard (example: soda and freezer boxes) are recyclable, just not at the curb.

View the local drop-off depot locations where many materials, not accepted in curbside programs, can be dropped off and recycled.

Milk Cartons/Aseptic Cartons: Rinse gable-topped milk containers throughly and open fully for drying. Soy milk/juice box (aseptic) cartons can be rinsed out and placed into the roll cart for drying.

Discard plastic straws from drink boxes.

Scrap Paper: Secure junk mail and scrap paper in a brown bag to prevent wind from blowing litter in your neighborhood. Scrap paper includes: unwanted mail, envelopes, fax paper, greeting cards, paper egg cartons, paper tubes, and cereal boxes.

Do not include tissue paper, paper towels, frozen meal boxes, wax, foil, or plastic. Food-soiled paper (pizza delivery box) is not accepted.

Metal and Aerosol Cans: Rinse throughly and toss into the roll cart. Include all aluminum and tin/steel food cans. Do not flatten or puncture cans.

Plastic Bottles and Milk Jugs: Rinse all containers with necks throughly.

No bottles that have come into contact with motor oil, pesticide, or herbicide are accepted.

Other Plastic Packaging: Rinse all containers (tubs/packaging/pots) clean of food, beverage , or dirt residue.

* Containers/tubs - 6 oz or larger in size

* Rigid nursery plant pots 4" or larger

* Buckets up to 5-gallon - metal/plastic handles ok

Scrap Metal: Include all metal smaller than 30" long and weighing less than 40 lbs. collectively.

Do not include metal that is contaminated with food or other non-metal materials (rubber, plastic, etc.)

- Materials to keep out!

On The Side

Place motor oil and glass to the side of the recycling containers:

Glass: Remove lids, rinse and place glass in a bucket or red bin to keep separate from other recyclables. Place glass bin next to your recycling roll cart.

No broken glass, cookware, window glass, mirrors, light bulbs, or drinking glasses.

Motor Oil: Pour into a "see-through" plastic container with a screw top lid. No other liquids will be accepted. Set next to cart.

	Newspaper: All newspaper and print ads can be placed into the cart. Remove rubber bands and all protective plastic delivery bags before placing in your cart.
	Magazines and Manuals : Magazines and electronic/toy manuals are excellent materials to recycle at the curb. Remove plastic packaging prior to placing in the cart.
	Cardboard: Flatten boxes and cut down to pieces no larger than 3'x3'. Place cardboard loosely inside your roll cart so contents can freely fall when collected. Wax-coated cardboard (example: soda and freezer boxes) are recyclable, just not at the curb. View the local drop-off depot locations where many materials, not accepted in curbside programs, can be dropped off and recycled.
	Milk Cartons/Aseptic Cartons: Rinse gable-topped milk containers throughly and open fully for drying. Soy milk/juice box (aseptic) cartons can be rinsed out and placed into the roll cart for drying. Discard plastic straws from drink boxes.
	Scrap Paper: Secure junk mail and scrap paper in a brown bag to prevent wind from blowing litter in your neighborhood. Scrap paper includes: unwanted mail, envelopes, fax paper, greeting cards, paper egg cartons, paper tubes, and cereal boxes. Do not include tissue paper, paper towels, frozen meal boxes, wax, foil, or plastic. Food-soiled paper (pizza delivery box) is not accepted.
	Metal and Aerosol Cans: Rinse throughly and toss into the roll cart. Include all aluminum and tin/steel food cans. Do not flatten or puncture cans.
	Plastic Bottles and Milk Jugs: Rinse all containers with necks throughly. No bottles that have come into contact with motor oil, pesticide, or herbicide are accepted.
	Other Plastic Packaging: Rinse all containers (tubs/packaging/pots) clean of food, beverage , or dirt residue. * Containers/tubs - 6 oz or larger in size * Rigid nursery plant pots 4" or larger * Buckets up to 5-gallon - metal/plastic handles ok
	Scrap Metal: Include all metal smaller than 30" long and weighing less than 40 lbs. collectively. Do not include metal that is contaminated with food or other non-metal materials (rubber, plastic, etc.)