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material has led China to reject shipments sent
overseas and is now causing a backlog stateside,
locally it is occurring at sorting facilities like
Garten Services and Pioneer Recycling in
Portland.
“Working with our two processors, we have
capacity through November. It will be day-by-
day and week-by-week in December. Beyond
that it’s unclear,” Lear said.
HOW WE GOT TO HERE
The West Coast states have led the nation
in recycling for decades, but changes in what
China is willing to accept will have a dramatic
effect in shaping the future of such efforts.
When area residents haul out full blue
containers to the curb every other week, the
contents disappear by the end of the day and,
typically, not much thought is given to it
beyond the sense of having done something
positive for the planet.
But that's really just the beginning of
the journey for the 2,000 tons of recyclable
material Marion County residents produce
every month, said John Sullivan, general
manager of Loren's Sanitation.
Portions of the co-mingled mixed recycling
go to Garten Services for sorting, the other
part goes to Covanta in Brooks, a publicly-held
waste-burning plant that converts 550 tons
of solid waste into 13.1 megawatts of energy
on a daily basis. At both sites, the mix is sifted
through for items that can be resold into local
markets. These include high-grade items like
water and soda bottles, cooking oil containers,
peanut butter containers, milk jugs, juice bottles
and detergent and hair care bottles. Whatever is
left at Covanta is put on a truck and taken to
Pioneer in Portland.
At Pioneer, the mix goes into a screen that
fi lters out the largest pieces and sends the rest
through a processing line that ends with human
workers separating out the jumble into specifi c
types of recyclable materials. Two of the piles
are low-grade plastic and unsorted paper.
For decades, the manufacturing economy in
China has been willing to take those piles of
materials and extract the pieces that can still be
used to make items like boxes, paper, clothing
and other items.
This worked well for the West Coast with
ports lining the Pacifi c Ocean and accepting
an ever-increasing number of products from
Chinese manufacturers. Containers that were
sent to the U.S. with cell phones, were packed
with recyclable material before they went back.
“It's one of the reason's the West Coast has
been the leader in recycling: the cheap cost
of getting rid of the stuff. Other parts of the
country don't have local markets, haven't created
them and transporting them somewhere else is
a huge cost,” said Lear
The onset of comingled recycling has
allowed U.S. residents to become more
complacent about what they place in the blue
containers and it's led to more contamination.
That's meant China has had to deal with
the pollution and costs of getting rid of the
contaminated material while the U.S. has
enjoyed most of the benefi ts.
In 2013, Chinese offi cials enacted more
aggressive inspections of the material, the
National Sword is the next step in cutting
losses.
In addition to refusing some shipments,
China is enacting tougher limits on
contamination (no more than .03 percent) and
it has stopped renewing buyer licenses for those
who purchase recyclable material on China's
behalf. The .03 percent standard is set to take
effect in January 2018 if nothing changes, and
it will be virtually impossible to meet, said Lear.
“At the best sorting mills in America,
contamination is 1.5 percent. Even with a pure
newspaper sort, the best they ever got to was 1
percent,” Lear said.
Sorting facilities have slowed their lines in
an effort to reduce contamination, but doing so
adds to the backlog already underway. Lear said
Pioneer is experimenting with adding more
human workers to the line, but .03 percent
contamination is still a stretch.
Lear said he isn't certain China will make
good on it's threat of the .03 percent, but
everyone in the industry is planning for it to
happen.
HOW TO HELP AND
THE NEXT STEPS
The biggest thing residents can do to help
is simply rinse their recycling materials before
putting them in the blue containers, said Greg
Dittman of Valley Recycling & Disposal.
“Comingled recycling is successful, it's just
that the materials causing contamination and
those were tolerated for a while. The ones we
don't get out cause the problem,” Dittman said.
In some ways, comingled recycling has
become a victim of its own success.
“Our rate structure is built so that people
try to get down the smallest cart size and
everything else goes in the recycle bin,” Lear
said.
Sullivan added that sanitation companies
have invested heavily in the technology to
make it possible and doesn't see a return to
resident-separated programs in the future. The
problem is in the lack of local markets for the
items being shipped to China.
“We've seen paper mills close because
they are not something we want in our own
backyard,” Sullivan said.
It is also becoming more important to
heed the fi ne print on the types of items that
can be recycled. Plastic fi lms, plastic bags,
diapers and other items not only cause greater
contamination, they can halt the sorting
machines that keep the lines moving.
“The plastic fi lms wrap around the chains
that operate the machines and the whole line is
stopped while they are cut away,” Sullivan said.
There are also some more egregious
violations that slow or interrupt processing.
Loren's Sanitation hosts an unmanned recycling
drop and some of the items they've pulled out
of the bin boggle the mind. Car seats, seat belts,
blue tarp, shelves, plastic bins linoleum shoes,
rollerblades and a Shop Vac are just a few in
recent months.
On the national level, some larger
corporations are also stepping up to demand
post-consumer plastic in the shipping materials
to juice the stateside market for the material
China is refusing.
The Oregon Department of Environmental
Quality is also working on an agreement
with cities to allow the leftover material to be
burned or landfi lled if a crisis occurs.
If that ends up happening, sanitation
companies might be approaching cities for
rate hikes sooner rather than later because it
will increase the tipping fees paid at sites like
Covanta and the Coffi n Hill landfi ll near
Corvallis.
Another option is barring certain materials
from the comingled mix. However, if that
happens, Lear said it's in everyone's best interest
to stay on the same page within Marion County.
“If we have certain cities barring the items
and other ones still want them accepted, then
we have even bigger problems,” Lear said.
Until then, everyone is in wait-and-see
mode until Jan. 1, 2018.
public notices
NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S SALE
On 5th day of December,
2017, at 10:00 AM, at the
main entrance of the Marion
Co. Courthouse, in Salem,
OR, I will sell the following
real property: 1937 Warner
Street NE, SALEM, in the
case
of
HOMESTREET
BANK, A WASHINGTON
STATE
CHARTERED
SAVINGS BANK, Plaintiff,
vs. JEREMY G. ALLEN, AN
INDIVIDUAL, JENNIFER E.
ALLEN, AN INDIVIDUAL,
ALL OCCUPANTS OF THE
REAL PROPERTY LOCATED
AT 1937 WARNER STREET
NE,
SALEM,
OREGON,
OREGON
AFFORDABLE
HOUSING
ASSISTANCE
CORPORATION,
A
NONPROFIT
PUBLIC
BENEFIT
CORPORATION,
CAPITAL ONE BANK, N.A.,
Defendant(s).
For
more
information go to http://
oregonsheriffssales.org
11/3, 11/10, 11/17, 11/24
NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S SALE
On 5th day of December,
2017, at 10:00 AM, at the
main entrance of the Marion
Co. Courthouse, in Salem,
OR, I will sell the following
real property: 5192 10th
Street SE, Salem, in the case
of OREGON HOUSING AND
COMMUNITY
SERVICES
DEPARTMENT,
STATE
OF
OREGON,
Plaintiff,
vs. DELWIN L. GENTRY,
crossword
AN
INDIVIDUAL,
ALL
OCCUPANTS,
OF
THE
REAL PROPERTY LOCATED
AT 5192 10TH STREET
SE,
SALEM,
OREGON,
NATIONWIDE
RECOVERY
SERVICE,
INC.,
RAY
KLEIN INC., AN OREGON
CORPORATION
DBA
PROFESSIONAL
CREDIT
SERVICE, Defendant (s). For
more information go to http://
oregonsheriffssales.org
11/3, 11/10, 11/17, 11/24
NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S SALE
On 5th day of December,
2017, at 10:00 AM, at the
main entrance of the Marion
Co. Courthouse, in Salem,
OR, I will sell the following
real property: 1365 Baker
Street NE, Salem, in the case
of WELLS FARGO BANK,
N.A., Plaintiff, vs. DAVID
A. COTELL, PERSONAL
REPRESENTATIVE
FOR
THE ESTATE OF TONIE
MAY COTELL, BENEFICIAL
OREGON, INC., GLEN E.
COTELL, DAVID A. COTELL,
PERSONS
OR
PARTIES
UNKNOWN
CLAIMING
ANY RIGHT, TITLE, LIEN,
OR INTEREST IN THE
PROPERTY DESCRIBED IN
THE COMPLAINT HEREIN,
Defendant(s).
For
more
information go to http://
oregonsheriffssales.org
11/3, 11/10, 11/17, 11/24
NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S SALE
On 5th day of December,
2017, at 10:00 AM, at the
main entrance of the Marion
Co. Courthouse, in Salem,
OR, I will sell the following
real property: 421 McClaine
Street, Silverton, in the case
of WELLS FARGO BANK,
N.A., Plaintiff, vs. RANDY
C.
RUBIN,
PERSONAL
REPRESENTATIVE
FOR
THE ESTATE OF MYRTLE
B. RIDENOUR, DECEASED,
GAYLE ANDERSON AKA
GAYLE MARLENE ESTES,
RANDALL LYNN ANDERSON,
GAYLE MARLENE ESTES,
CLAIMING
SUCCESSOR
FOR THE ESTATE OF STEVEN
LEE RIDENOUR, DECEASED,
STATE
OF
OREGON,
DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN
SERVICES,
PERSONS
OR PARTIES UNKNOWN
CLAIMING
ANY
RIGHT,
TITLE, LIEN, OR INTEREST IN
THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED
IN THE COMPLAINT HEREIN,
Defendant(s).
For
more
information go to http://
oregonsheriffssales.org
11/3, 11/10, 11/17, 11/24
SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION
SUMMONS BY
PUBLICATION
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF
THE STATE OF OREGON
FOR THE COUNTY
OF MARION
Summons by Publication
Case number: 17DR16918
In the Matter of the Marriage
of Abel Diaz Diaz, Petitioner
and Maria Guadalupe
Martinez Lua, Respondent
TO:
Maria
Guadalupe
Martinez Lua,
NOTICE TO DEFENDANT:
READ THESE PAPERS
CAREFULLY!
You must “appear” in this
case or the other side will win
automatically. To “appear”
you must fi le with the court
a legal document called a
“motion” or “answer.” The
“motion” or “answer” must
be given to the court clerk or
administrator within 30 days
of the date of fi rst publication
specifi ed herein along with
the required fi ling fee. It
must be in proper form and
have proof of service on the
plaintiff’s attorney or, if the
plaintiff does not have an
attorney, proof of service on
the plaintiff.
If you have questions,
you should see an attorney
immediately. If you need
help in fi nding an attorney,
you may contact the Oregon
State Bar’s Lawyer Referral
Service online at http://www.
oregonstatebar.org or by
calling (503) 684-3763 (in the
Portland metropolitan area) or
toll-free elsewhere in Oregon
at (800) 452-7636.
Summary Statement and
the demand for relief:
The
object
of
this
complaint is the marriage
between Abel Diaz Diaz and
Maria Guadalupe Martinez
Lua. Petitioner seeks that the
marriage between the parties
be dissolved, granting further
relief in accordance with the
allegations of the petition,
and granting such further
relief as the court fi nds to be
just and equitable.
This summons is published
by order of Pro Tem Judge
Janet A. Klapstein, dated
October 27, 2017, directing
publication in the manner
required by ORCP 7 D(6)(a).
In the Matter of the Estate
of
AMADEO VASQUEZ,
deceased
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN
that the undersigned has
been appointed Personal
Representative. All persons
having
claims
against
the estate are required to
present them, with vouchers
attached, to the undersigned
Personal Representative in
care of her lawyer, Mari Bailey,
at 2985 River Road South,
Salem, OR 97302, within four
months after the date of fi rst
publication of this notice, or
the claims may be barred.
All persons whose rights
may be affected by the
proceedings may obtain
additional information from
the records of the court, the
Personal Representative, or
the attorney for the Personal
Representative.
Dated and fi rst published
on November 3, 2017.
LISA VASQUEZ
Personal Representative
Tomas Hernandez
OSB No. 133840
Attorney for Petitioner
3850 Portland Road NE,
Ste. 200
Salem, OR 97301
(503)746-9277
tomas@hernandezlawyers.com
11/3, 11/10, 11/17
The date of the fi rst
publication is November 3,
2017.
11/3, 11/10, 11/17, 11/24
STORAGE AUCTION
Self-Storage Public Sale
Chemawa Rd. Mini Storage
5015 Windsor Island Rd.
Keizer Or 97303
Saturday November 18, 2017
@ 11:00 am
91
235
202
238
Dianne Pawolowski
Dale Sells
Brian Woodruff
Jeffery Rach
Sale Subject To Cancellation
Chemawa Rd. Mini Storage
reserves the Right to refuse
any and all bids.
NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S SALE
On 4th day of December,
2017, at 10:00 AM, at the
main entrance of the Marion
Co. Courthouse, in Salem,
OR, I will sell the following
real property: 4360 Monroe
Ave NE, Salem, in the case
of U.S. BANK TRUST, N.A.,
AS TRUSTEE FOR LSF9
MASTER
PARTICIPATION
TRUST, Plaintiff, vs. DEAN
LEE RECKARD, DARREN
RECKARD AKA DARREN
LYN RECKARD, RAY KLEIN,
INC. DOING BUSINESS AS
PROFESSIONAL
CREDIT
SERVICE,
STATE
OF
OREGON, OCCUPANTS OF
THE PROPERTY AT 4360
MONROE AV NE, SALEM,
OR 97301, OCCUPANTS
OF THE PROPERTY AT
382 CORNERSTONE CT
NE, SALEM, OR 97301,
Defendant(s).
For
more
information go to http://
oregonsheriffssales.org
11/3, 11/10, 11/17, 11/24
11/3, 11/10
STORAGE AUCTION
NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S SALE
On 4th day of December,
2017, at 10:00 AM, at the
main entrance of the Marion
Co. Courthouse, in Salem,
OR, I will sell the following
real property: 7553 Olney
Street SE, Salem, in the case
of
MTGLQ
INVESTORS,
LP, Plaintiff, vs. DOUGLAS
C. HIPPE AKA DOUGLAS
CLARENCE HIPPE, MARY
J. HIPPE AKA MARY JANE
HIPPE, OCCUPANTS OF THE
PROPERTY,
Defendant(s).
For more information go to
http://oregonsheriffssales.org
Public Auction
Notice of Public Auction.
On Saturday, November 18,
2017 at 1: 00 PM, the contents
of the following storage units
will be disposed of at public
auction to satisfy delinquent
storage charges.
Unit#
097
141
150
172
601
4018
5004
Contents belonging to:
Denise Pinkham
Michael Eichinger
Anna Valdez
Corallee Voelcker
Rich Swinger
Terri Middleton
Mary Dunham
11/3, 11/10, 11/17, 11/24
NOTICE TO INTERESTED PERSONS
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF
THE STATE OF OREGON
FOR THE COUNTY
OF MARION
NO. 17PB07623 - Probate
Notice to Interested
Persons
The auction will be held
at American Storage, 300
Musgrave Lane NW, Salem,
Oregon 97304. American
Storage reserves the right to
refuse any and all bids.
Terms of sale: Cash or
certifi ed check.
11/3, 11/10