PDX Recycling Vendors

Who to call and when
In 2004, Free Geek recycled 226 tons of material. We could not have done this without our material handlers who pay us to separate the stuff and actually do the recycling. In order to keep Free Geek from being crushed under the weight of our bad or obsolete donations, a fair amount of phone calls, e-mails, and fork-lifting is required...

Check out the Recycling Status Page

Schnitzer Steel
We have to call, because the steel dumpster now gets picked only on demand. Only steel in there, no plastic, or other non-steel items, please.
 * 503-286-6970
 * contact: dispatch
 * Lead Time: 1 day
 * What: Steel

Calbag

 * http://www.calbag.com
 * (503) 226-3441
 * (800) 398-3441
 * CONTACT: Doug
 * LEAD TIME: 1 business day
 * CAPACITY: 18 gaylords single stacked minimum
 * WHAT: Wire, Motors, Hard Drives (Minus controller boards), Keyboards,                                CBM, Aluminum, Stainless Steel, Fans, Speakers, Monitors, Scanners, powersupplies (minus steel casing),

Denton Plastics
ask for Bob Decker, he is the shipping/receiving coordinator
 * (503) 257-9945
 * CONTACT: Daniel
 * LEAD TIME: 1 Business Day, call before 2pm
 * CAPACITY: 24 Gaylords
 * WHAT: Sorted PC Plastics

Technology Conservation Group (TCG)

 * (503) 735-1102
 * http://www.tcgrecycling.com/home.htm
 * CONTACT: Kristoffer McGill
 * LEAD TIME: 1 business day
 * CAPACITY: 8 gaylords (minimum 6 required to send service truck)
 * WHAT: Plastic, processors, memory, circuitboards

Total Reclaim

 * http://totalreclaim.com/ (email contact is yvonne@...)
 * CONTACT: Yvonne Pascal
 * PHONE: (206) 343-7443

No more trailer, all monitors now go to CalBag.

Waste Connections, Inc.
They will be picked up once a week but this can change if we request it.
 * 12820 N.E. Marx
 * Portland, OR 97230
 * (503) 257-1331
 * (800) 285-2601
 * FAX (503) 257-8699
 * CONTACT: Brannon Yeldell, brannony@wastecon___tions.com (fill in the blanks in the email...but don't post it in the wiki!)
 * WHAT: Trash, cardboard, paper, glass

ReCellular

 * WHAT: Cell phones, cell phone batteries, cell phone chargers.
 * WHAT NOT: Cordless phones, other phones, non-cell batteries or chargers.
 * FIND OUT: Beepers?
 * CONTACT: Steve, (734) 205-2271

Metro Recycling
Sorted batteries can be taken to Metro for processing, but we need to take it to them. Batteries that came out of the home have free recycling (the state pays for it), and we need to emphasize every time we're there that we are not generating these ourselves, that they are a byproduct of home computer use, that we are an organization that transfers them to Metro. In 1993 the EPA made a change in the formula for Alkaline batteries to lower the amount of metals in them, and then changed their administrative ruling to allow Alkalines to go into a landfill. At the moment, to our knowledge, all Alkalines go into the landfill. Further information on alkaline battery recycling is needed.
 * 6161 N.W. 61st Ave., Portland, OR 97210
 * (503) 223-8133
 * FAX: (503) 223-8020
 * http://www.metro-region.org/
 * CONTACT: Marcus D. Young -- youngm@m__ro.dst.or.us (fill in the blanks in the email...but don't post it in the wiki!)
 * CAPACITY: Small bucketloads
 * WHAT: Batteries = NON-Recyclable ONLY