Feb. 22, 1990, The INDEPENDENT
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Locally recycled plastics total 960 cubic feet in first nine months
V erno n ia R e cycle s, the
v o lu n te e r p la stic recycling
program in Vernonia has col
le c te d a p p ro x im a te ly 960
cubic feet of plastics in its
first nine months of opera
tion. coordinator Debbie Tay
lor reported
To illu s tra te w h a t that
means in space saved at the
Vernonia landfill, imagine the
folowing
If that amount o,
plastic were spread out to a
depth of one inch, it would
cover 11,520 square feet In
co m p arison , the custom er
floor space at Vernonia Sen
try Market is approxim ately
8.600 square feet
Denton Plastics, Portland
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Corrugated Cardboard
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Flatten bores and
bags (Put wavy con
talners or slick card
board In regular garbage )
y'
where the material is deliv
ered pays 8 cents per pound
for milk jugs and the approxi
mately 250 pounds of these
the p ro g ra m has recycled
has built up a $20 credit
There is no pay for oth e r
types of plastics. Taylor said
though recycling them means
a longer life for our landfill
The program works this
way The material is coiled
ed at Anderson Park on the
firs, Saturday of each month
from 10 a m to 2 p m , and a
trained volunteer is on hand
to help recyclers sort their
plastics
The p la s tic s are put in
bags tha, hold 80 cubic feet
each, and s to re d a, the
Columbia County Road De
partment building in Vernonia
until vo lunteer Wally Dett
mers delivers them to Denton
Plastics, near the Portland
airport
D ettm ers delivers
from one to three bags each
month
D en to n p ro c e s s e s the
plastic into small chips which
is s h ip p e d to p ro c e s s in g
plants throughout the country
and made into useable prod
ucts such as park benches,
g u a rd ra ils fo r use alo ng
ro a d w a ys even ra in ge a r,
laylor explained
She also s tre s s e d tha,
Vernonia Recycles is a non
profit volunteer organization
and the s m a ll a m o un t of
m oney e arne d w ill be pu,
back into the program
For those who are unfarml
lar with the program , there
are four classes of plastics
tha, can be re cycled
(1)
Polystyrene
brittle, break
able p la s tic used in sour
cream or cottage containers.
(2) Polystyrene Foam soft,
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b a ke ry tra y s (3) N a tu ra l
High Density Polyethylene
so,,, cloudy plastic used for
milk, juice, water or vinegar
lugs. (4) Colored High densi
,y Polyethylene, Poly Propy
lene and Low density Poly
ethylene so,,, pliable plas
tic s used fo r soap |ugs.
shampoo bottles, dairy con
tamers, bleach |ugs etc
Plastics tha, cannot be re
cycled are film, such as plas
tic bags, hazardous chemical
containers, or clear contain
ers like those used for peanut
butter, cooking oil or salad
dressings
All recycled plastics must
be tho ro u gh ly rinsed, and
have all paper removed ei
ther by soaking in ho, water
or cutting out For process
ing purposes, there should
be no items smaller than the
palm o, the hand
Taylor e x p re s s e d her
thanks to all o, the people
who have participated in the
program either by recycling
their plastics or by volunteer
mg their time, and says her
greatest reward is meeting
the people who care but tha,
m ore v o lu n te e rs co u ld be
used to help collect or take in
the plastics
'W e need to express spe
cial thanks to Dettmers and
Peter S essions,* she said,
"without them, Vernonia Re
cycles would be a Io, less
manageable "
For information on volun
, eering, or questions about
the recycling process call
Taylor a, 429 5611
Local recycling
center accepts
various items
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D O N S A U T O S E R V IC E
In addition to the volunteer
Vernonia Recycles proiec, for
plastics, many other items
can be recycled locally
Nehalem Valley Sanitary
Service has boxes and bins
fo r g la s s , a lu m in u m tin,
n e w s p a p e r and g ro c e ry
bags They will also accept
m otor oil tha, is in tig h tly
capped containers
The recycling center is Io
cated a, 917 M adison Av
enue behind the old Vernon
ta Hotel
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