Difference between revisions of "PDX Recycling Vendors"
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*CAPACITY: 18 gaylords single stacked minimum | *CAPACITY: 18 gaylords single stacked minimum | ||
*WHAT: Wire, Motors, Hard Drives (Minus controller boards), Keyboards, CBM, Aluminum, Stainless Steel, Fans, Speakers, Monitors, Scanners | *WHAT: Wire, Motors, Hard Drives (Minus controller boards), Keyboards, CBM, Aluminum, Stainless Steel, Fans, Speakers, Monitors, Scanners | ||
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| + | --Denton Plastics-- | ||
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| + | *CONTACT: Daniel | ||
| + | *LEAD TIME: 1 Business Day | ||
| + | *CAPACITY: 24 Gaylords | ||
| + | *WHAT: Sorted PC Plastics | ||
==Technology Conservation Group (TCG)== | ==Technology Conservation Group (TCG)== | ||
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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. | 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. | 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. | ||
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Revision as of 09:34, 27 April 2006
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
Bob's Metals
- (503)781-0588
- CONTACT: Bob
Waste Connections now takes our 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
--Denton Plastics--
- (503) 257-9945
- CONTACT: Daniel
- LEAD TIME: 1 Business Day
- 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.
- 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 and steel
- On March 1 Waste Connections will begin handling Free Geek's cardboard and trash, replacing our 1-yard containers from TrashCo with 2-yard containers. They will be picked up once a week but th contract can change if we request it.
They also have offered us a larger weekly rebate on steel pickups. Brannon should be contacted when we want to start that.
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
- 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
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.