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Changes to recycling imports in China have spurred changes in curbside collection in Oregon and elsewhere.
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Today in History
Christopher Wallace, a.k.a Biggie Smalls, a.k.a. the Notorious
B.I.G., is shot to death at a stoplight in Los Angeles. The
murder was thought to be the culmination of an ongoing feud
between rap music artists from the East and West coasts. Just
six months earlier, rapper Tupac Shakur was killed when he
was shot while in his car in a drive-by shooting in Las Vegas.
— March 9, 1997
Food 4 Thought
“Nobody reads a mystery to get to the middle. They
read it to get to the end. If it’s a letdown, they won’t buy
anymore. The fi rst page sells that book. The last page
sells your next book.”
— Mickey Spillane, born March 9, 1918
The Month Ahead
Friday, March 9
Oregon Symphony in Salem’s annual fund raising gala at
Zenith Vineyards. Tickets are $80 each, purchase by visiting
orsymponysalem.org
Keizer YoungLife Annual Banquet, 6 to 8 p.m., Keizer Civic
Center. $38 per ticket or $300 for a table. Tickets available
at bit.ly/kylbanquet.
Saturday, March 10
Cherry City Roller Derby, Season 9, Bout 10: Rydell Belles vs
Thrill Kill Kittens, 7 p.m. at The Mad House, 1335 Madison
Street NE.
Sunday, March 11
In the Steps of Sousa. Elsinore Theatre, Salem. Elsinore
Theatre, 3 p.m. Single tickets: premium seating is $30; main
fl oor/balcony seating is $20; Students K-12 (main fl oor/
balcony) are seated for $10. Season tickets are available
from Elsinore Theatre. salemconcertband.org
Monday, March 12
Keizer Long Range Planning Task Force meeting, 6 p.m.
Keizer Civic Center.
Tuesday, March 13
Keizer Chamber Luncheon 11:30 to 1 p.m. Agenda: State of
the City Address by Mayor Cathy Clark. Register to attend at
www.keizerchamber.com
Keizer Parks Advisory Board meeting, 6 p.m. Keizer Civic
Center.
The Willamette Valley Women’s Military League holds
its monthly lunch meeting at Great Wall Buffet (2875
Commercial St. SE), 11:15 a.m. The speaker is Gail Elliot
Downs, author of The Black Suitcase Mystery—A World
War II Remembrance. 503-589-9988.
Wedneday, March 14
Keizer Planning Commission meeting, 6 p.m. Keizer Civic
Center. On the agenda: a public hearing on the city’s sign
code regulations.
Friday, March 16 – Sunday, March 18
Keizer Homegrown Theatre presents its fi rst production of
2018 in its new home at the Keizer Heritage Center, 980
Chemawa Rd. NE. The Brothers Grimm Spectaculathon
turns your favorite fairy tales on their heads, including
classics such as Snow White, Cinderella and more. Tickets
are $15. Visit keizerhomegrowntheatre.org for show dates,
times and tickets.
The 2018 Mid-Valley Yard, Garden and Home Show,
Jackman-Long Building and Columbia Hall at Oregon State
Fairgrounds and Expo. Hundreds of products and vendors
with the latest in outdoor living, gardening trends, design
ideas and more. Admission is free. For show times visit
homebuildersassociation.org
Saturday, March 17
Annual cleanup of Keizer Civic Center, 9 a.m.-noon.
Volunteers needed to help pick up trimmings, weed and
general cleanup. Needed: wheelbarrows, plastic trash cans,
rakes, tarps, pruners and weed pullers. Organized by Rotary
Club of Keizer and the Claggett Creek Watershed Council.
To volunteer contact Mark Caillier at 503-930-7481 or
markcaillier@claggettcwc.org.
Wednesday, March 21
Art pour les enfants, a Boys and Girls Club event, is a fi ne art
auction to benefi t art programs and art studios for students
in grades 1-12, will be held at Illahe Hills Country Club. The
evening of art and wine will begin at 5:30 p.m. Tickets are
$25. 503-581-7383.
Correction
Whiteaker Middle School wrestler Luke Moreland
earned a pin fall in the fi rst period to win his 117-pound
match against Claggett Creek on Thursday, Feb. 22, not
Reilly Bandfi eld as previously reported in the March 2 edi-
tion of the Keizertimes.
New limits on curbside recycling
By ERIC A. HOWALD
Of the Keizertimes
Marion County is hitting
the reset button on recyclable
waste for residents.
Pressures on the recyclable
imports in China are chang-
ing what residents of Marion
County should put in their
curbside recycle bins.
“In making these changes
to the countywide mixed re-
cycling roll cart program, we
hope to enable our custom-
ers to recycle items for which
there are sustainable, acces-
sible, and affordable markets –
now and into the future,” said
Brian May, Marion County
Environmental Services Man-
ager. “Despite the current
challenges in the recycling
realm, Marion County re-
mains committed to protect-
ing the health and welfare
of our residents by providing
environmentally sound solid
waste management services.”
Here are the changes to
the Marion County blue roll
carts:
• Paper products should
only include newspaper (with
advertising and inserts); cor-
rugated cardboard; magazines
and catalogs; junk/direct mail;
cereal, cookie, cracker and
shoe boxes; and any kind of
offi ce paper including fi le
folders.
• Steel (tin) and aluminum
cans.
• Plastic bottles and jugs
only, including: beverage bot-
tles 12 ounces and larger, soap
and cleaning product bottles;
and milk, juice and detergent
jugs.
• The only change to green
yard debris carts is that resi-
dents should stop tossing piz-
za boxes into them.
• There are no changes to
the red glass recycling bins.
County offi cials under-
stand that the changes are
happening rapidly and do not
expect 100 percent compli-
ance overnight, but the effort
to educate consumers began
March 5 and will continue for
the forseeable future.
“To put the problem in
perspective, it’s helpful to un-
derstand that China has for
many years consumed over
half of the world’s recyclable
materials,” said David Lear,
Mid-Valley Garbage & Recy-
cling general manager. “How-
ever, a signifi cant amount of
the recycled material China
was getting was contaminated
with food waste, garbage, and
other unusable materials.”
The west coast states have
led the nation in recycling for
decades, but changes in what
China is willing to accept are
having a dramatic effect in
shaping the future of such ef-
forts.
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 be-
ginning of the journey for the
2,000 tons of recyclable mate-
rial Marion County residents
produce every month, said
John Sullivan, general man-
ager of Loren’s Sanitation.
Portions of the co-mingled
mixed recycling go to Gar-
ten Services for sorting, the
other part goes to Covanta
in Brooks, a publicly-held
waste-burning plant that con-
verts 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. Whatever is left
at Covanta is put on a truck
and taken to Pioneer in Port-
land.
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 manu-
facturing 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, pa-
per, clothing and other items.
This worked well for the
west coast with ports lining
the Pacifi c Ocean and accept-
ing an ever-increasing num-
ber of products from Chinese
manufacturers.
Containers
that were sent to the U.S. with
cell phones were packed with
Volunteers needed for clean-up
Organizing is underway
for the annual clean-up at the
Keizer Civic Center Saturday,
March 17.
At least 100 volunteers are
needed and many hands will
make short work of picking
up trimmings from shrubs,
trees and grasses, removing
weeds, and dumping the col-
lected trimmings and leaves
into a drop box. The clean-up
is scheduled from 9 a.m. to 12
p.m.
Volunteers with any of the
following are encouraged to
bring them: wheelbarrows,
plastic trash cans, rakes, tarps
(to drag loads to the dump-
ster), pruners and weed pullers.
Dress for the weather in
long pants, sturdy shoes/boots,
gloves, hats, coat, etc. Un-
less there is an inch or more
of snow on the ground, the
clean-up will not be canceled.
Restrooms are on site and
light refreshments will be pro-
vided.
The City of Keizer and
Lakepoint
Community
Church are sponsoring the
event hosted by Rotary Club
of Keizer and coordinated by
the Claggett Creek Watershed
Council. A collection box and
disposal are being provided by
Loren’s Sanitation. The Civic
Center is located at 980 Che-
mawa Road N.E.
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Star Wars: The Last Jedi (PG -13)
Fri 2:35, 6:00, 8:50, Sat 4:00,
6:30, Sun 2:40, 6:00, 8:50
Justice League (PG-13)
Sat 2:35, 9:30
Murder on the Orient
Express (PG-13)
Fri 7:45, Sat 5:00, Sun 5:35
Paddington 2 (PG)
Fri 11:45, 2:15,
Sat 11:45, 2:15,
Sun 11:30, 2:00
Wonder (PG)
Fri 12:05, 4:20,
Sat 4:15, Sun 11:50, 3:45
Coco (PG)
Fri 1:45, 3:50, 5:30, Sat 12:05,
1:50, Sun 1:35
Ferdinand (PG)
Fri 12:30, Sat 12:30, Sun 12:30
Commuter (PG-13)
Fri 9:00, Sat 8:20, Sun 4:00, 7:15
I, Tonya (R)
Fri 6:35, Sat 7:15, Sun 7:50
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5 YEARS AGO
RV parking
issue settled
By a 6-1 vote, Keizer City
Councilors agreed recreational
vehicles can be parked on
church property for up to 90
days a calendar year, while
RVs on residential property
will be limited to 30 days.
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10 YEARS AGO
Thatcher backs
repealing sexual
orientation
protections
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recyclable material before
they went back.
“It’s one of the reasons the
west coast has been the leader
in recycling: the cheap cost of
getting rid of the stuff. Oth-
er parts of the country don’t
have local markets, haven’t
created them and transport-
ing them somewhere else is a
huge cost,” said Lear
The onset of comingled
recycling has allowed U.S. res-
idents to become more com-
placent 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 con-
taminated material while the
U.S. has enjoyed most of the
benefi ts.
In 2013, Chinese offi cials
enacted more aggressive in-
spections of the material, the
National Sword is the next
step in cutting losses. China
made good on its prom-
ise to signifi cantly limit the
amount of material it imports
from other countries in Janu-
ary. The ban created a major
disruption in recycling and
there is no excess capacity in
worldwide recycling markets
to absorb the material China
no longer accepts. This leaves
Marion County recycling
processors, as well as other ju-
risdictions, with a lot of mate-
rial and few markets.
For more information,
contact the Mid-Valley Gar-
bage and Recycling Associa-
tion at (503) 390-4000 or visit
mrtrashrecycles.com or Mar-
ion County Environmental
Services at www.mcrecycles.
net or email Environmental-
Services@co.marion.or.us.
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A petition to repeal legal pro-
tections based on sexual ori-
entation has been endorsed by
Rep. Kim Thatcher. The bill in
question placed sexual orien-
tation among protected classes
along with other minorities
and prohibits discrimination in
housing and employment.
15 YEARS AGO
Spirited Keizer toddler
battles disease
Family and friends of Lucas
Bafus, 3, are hoping the fi ght-
ing spirit of the young toddler
will help him win his battle
against cancer. The diagnosis
has been hard for members
of the close-knit St. Edward
Church community.
20 YEARS AGO
Two men stabbed
at Keizer party
Two men were injured, one
seriously, in a fi ght that broke
out during a party in Keizer.
Scott Evans, 18, was placed in
the intensive care unit with
a stab wound to the base of
his skull.