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SIUSLAW NEWS ❚ WEDNESDAY, MARCH 16, 2016
ASK A MASTER RECYCLER
Recycling is never out of season
S USY L ACER , M ASTER R ECYCLER
A MONTHLY COLUMN OF RECYCLING INFORMATION PROVIDED BY
F LORENCE M ASTER R ECYCLERS
that recycle, repurpose or
remanufacture products, is a
wonderful way to help “close
the loop” with recycling by
purchasing items made with
recycled content.
Q. My friend told me that
the glass I put curbside for
recycling ends up being thrown
away. Is that true?
A. There has been a lot of
confusion regarding glass recy-
cling. Green, brown and clear
glass bottles and jars are col-
lected curbside in Florence —
in a separate container, please,
not in the commingled recy-
cling bin. Both of our two local
trash haulers presently send
their curbside glass to EcoSort,
a material recovery facility
located in Eugene.
EcoSort sends more than
400 tons of curbside glass each
month to a recycler in Portland,
Glass to Glass.
Lane
County
Waste
Management also sends their
collected recycle glass from
Transfer Stations to Glass to
Glass, over 45 tons per month.
Glass to Glass opened in
2013 as a joint venture of
Owens-Illinois, a leading man-
For the Siuslaw News
Q. I know it’s a little out of
season, but is there any place to
recycle Christmas lights that
don’t work?
A. You’re in luck. The Real
Food Co-op has again arranged
for NextStep Recycling to offer
an electronics collection event
in Florence. They will be at the
Co-op on Saturday, April 2,
from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. The
Real Food Co-op is at 1379B
Rhody Drive, just off Highway
101. NextStep will accept
almost all electronic devices,
from toasters to computers,
including your nonworking
holiday light strings; see www.
NextStepRecycling.org for
details.
In addition to the drop-off
location for this event,
NextStep is offering pick-up
for businesses that may have
larger quantities of electronics
to recycle. Contact Lena
Mitson, Business Relations
Coordinator, at 541-686-2366
ext 118, for more information
or to schedule a business pick-
up.
Also, on a year round basis,
you can always take items to
NextStep’s donation center in
Eugene, at 2101 W 10th Ave.
Q. What can I do with things
that still work, but that I don’t
need or want anymore? I hate
to just pile them next to the
garbage can.
A. In addition to the
NextStep option above for
electronic items, working or
not, Florence is fortunate to
have several reuse options, bet-
ter known as thrift stores:
The Habitat ReStore, 2016
Highway 101, is a great place
to take unneeded building
materials, appliances, furniture
and home accessories. Contact
them first to determine what is
acceptable
by
visiting
www.florencehabitat.org.
The
Florence
Area
Humane Society Thrift Shop,
1193 Bay St., and adjacent
Paws Boutique, accept dona-
tions of household items, cloth-
ing, books, furniture and more.
They also welcome holiday
items to supply their seasonal
Let me Showcase your property.
Christmas
Store.
Visit
www.florencehumane.org for
details.
St. Vincent de Paul, 2315
Highway 101, welcomes a
wide variety of donations,
including books, clothes,
kitchenware, appliances, beds,
housewares, furniture, toys,
sports equipment, crafts, decor
and more, as well as some sur-
prising items such as single
shoes, fabric scraps and fire
extinguishers. Visit its website
at www.svdp.us. for a full list.
St. Vinnie’s does an amazing
job of recycling, repurposing
and remanufacturing donated
items, including mattresses,
candle wax, window glass and
pet beds, among others.
Goodwill, 1665 Highway
101, accepts clothing and most
household items in good condi-
tion. Visit www.goodwill.org
for details.
Donating and shopping at
thrift stores, especially those
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ufacturer of glass packaging,
and eCullet, a recycled glass
processing company which
uses laser technology to sort
recycled glass by color.
The Glass to Glass facility
supplies recycled glass to the
Owens-Illinois plant also locat-
ed in Portland. The plant man-
ufactures over a million bottles
per day, primarily in support of
Oregon’s thriving microbrew-
eries.
Owens-Illinois states they
welcome the supply of recy-
cled glass to make containers,
which are 100 percent and
infinitely recyclable, because
it reduces the use of virgin raw
materials and lowers their
costs and environmental
impact.
They report that every 10
percent of recycled glass used
in their manufacturing process
• Restrooms
• Showers
• WiFi
• Laundry
• Adjacent to
Siuslaw River
& Estuary
reduces energy costs by 2 to 3
percent and greenhouse gas
emissions by 4 to 10 percent.
Visit www.o-i.com for more
information.
Florence Master Recyclers
(MR) are part of the Lane
County Master Recycler
Program, a service of the coun-
ty’s Public Works Waste
Management Division since
2002. The mission of the MR
program is to bridge the gap
between awareness and action
by motivating people to reduce
solid waste.
This monthly column, writ-
ten for the Siuslaw News,
answers commonly asked recy-
cling questions. For more recy-
cling
information,
visit
www.ci.florence.or.us/build-
ing/recycling or www.lane
c o u n t y. o rg / D e p a r t m e n t s /
PW/WMD/Recycle.
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