PDX Recycling Vendors

Who to call and when

In 2006, Free Geek recycled 495.93 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

• http://www.schnitzersteel.com/index.asp
• 503-286-6970
• contact: dispatch
• Lead Time: 1 day
• What: Steel

Bear eCycling

• http://www.bearecycling.com/
• contact: Oso
• phone: 503-808-1265
• lead time: call Friday for Wednesday pick up
• what: printers, scanners, CBM, GBM, laptop bottoms, sorted aluminum, hard drive chassis

Hallmark

• http://www.hallmarkrefining.com/
• CONTACT: John / Bill
• Toll Free: (800) 255-1895 ext 123( for sales related questions only)
• Phone: 503-657-9918 ( to order pick ups)
• 1016 Dale Lane
• Mt. Vernon, WA 98273
• LEAD TIME: 3-4 business days at least
• CAPACITY: Whatever we have
• WHAT: Processors, hard drive controller cards

Total Reclaim

• http://totalreclaim.com/ (email contact is andys at ...).
• BUT our weekly dispatch email goes to janeth at ....
• CONTACT: Andy Sloop
• PHONE:Cell 503-348-7562
• Fax 503-281-0623
• LEAD TIME: 2 business days
• Capacity: 12 monitor gaylords, no more than 10 plastic gaylords
• WHAT: Monitors, Plastic, TVs, Fluorescent and incandescent light bulbs (Free Geek generated)
• Total Reclaim/EcoLights NW
• P.O. Box 30176
• Portland, OR 97294

GreenWall Industries

• CONTACT: Michael Wall
• PHONE: 503-256-0942 (cell 503-381-5162)
• EMAIL: mike at gr___wa__industries dot co_
• LEAD TIME: 2 business days
• CAPACITY: 2+ gaylords
• WHAT: cords, ribbon wire, thin wire, UPSes

Waste Connections, Inc.

• 12820 N.E. Marx
• Portland, OR 97230
• (503) 257-1331
• (800) 285-2601
• FAX (503) 257-8699
• CONTACT: Brannon Yeldell, brannony at wastecon___tions.com (fill in the blanks in the email...but don't post it in the wiki!)
• WHAT: Trash, cardboard, paper, glass

They will be picked up once a week but this can change if we request it.

ReCellular

• http://www.recellular.net/home/home.asp
• CONTACT: Carsten, (734) 205-2136
• EMAIL:cramcke at rece___lar dot c__
• WHAT: Cell phones, cell phone batteries, cell phone chargers.
• WHAT NOT: Cordless phones, other phones, non-cell batteries or chargers.
• CAPACITY: They send us FedEX labels on demand and someone takes the boxen to Kinko's

RBRC

(Rechargeable Battery Recycling Corporation)

• http://www.rbrc.org/call2recycle/
• Contact: Sean (Western Recycling Manager) (949) 215 - 4620

www.rbrc.com

• How: Boxen come with bags. One battery per bag. If battery is too big for the bag, tape up the end of the terminal.
• What: Portable rechargeable batteries, including laptop batteries
• What not: ups batteries
• changes to help with battery flow: We can now use double walled boxes, and fill them with batteries that have their terminals taped by electrical tape. They will be stored on a pallet, and when the pallet reaches at least 1000lb we call Sean for a pick up. RBRC uses Yellow Freight for pick ups. By calling Sean before we actually ship, we don't have to worry about payments.

Metro Recycling

• 6161 N.W. 61st Ave., Portland, OR 97210
• (503) 223-8133
• FAX: (503) 223-8020
• http://www.metro-region.org/
• CONTACT: Rory Greenfield -- greenfieldr at 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 = Sorted, all kinds, except RBRC eligible rechargeable batteries
• HOW: The rules for dropping off batteries at the Metro Hazardous Waste site have changed:

We now need to fill out an inventory sheet (located inside the Metro folder in Liane's file cabinet), call Metro and make an appointment, fax the inventory sheet to them; they'll send us a cost estimate, and then we can actually go and drop them off. The fees have to be paid at that time.

Calbag

• http://www.calbag.com
• (503) 226-3441
• (800) 398-3441
• CONTACT: Doug
• WHAT: nothing at this time

Denton Plastics

• http://www.denplas.com/home.htm
• (503) 257-9945
• CONTACT: ask for Bob
• WHAT: nothing at this time

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: nothing at this time