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Roseburg Recycling

Our Most Sensible Choice

Today we face numerous environmental problems contributed by man. Acid rain, the greenhouse effect, and air and water pollution, are only a few of the problems. As we head into the 21st Century, we will continue to experience a diminishing supply of natural resources. It is important therefore, that we conserve our valuable resources by reusing and recycling them whenever possible. By recycling, less energy is required than when using virgin resources, both in the initial extraction of resources and in manufacturing new products. Recycling conserves valuable natural resources and saves millions of dollars of valuable materials that would otherwise be buried in landfills. For the environment, processing recyclables into new goods produces far less air, water and land pollution. By changing our destructive habits we will begin to sustain a healthier environment and preserve our finite resources for future generations.
That is why Roseburg Disposal has made a commitment to recycling... please become a part of this endeavor.

    
When

Your recyclable materials are collected each week on your regular garbage pick-up day. Please have your recycling bin on the curb by 6 a.m.

    
Recycle Types

Newspaper

Anything that comes in your newspaper can be recycled
with your newspaper. Place loose in bottom of bin. Please
do not mix newspaper with magazines or cardboard.
A newspaper can take more that 40 years to decompose
in a landfill if buried under 15–20 feet of garbage. Recycling
35 pounds of paper saves 115 gallons of water.


Corrugated (3-layer) Cardboard & Paper bags

Flatten, and place at curb side. Remove all wire and
plastic. Waxed cardboard cannot be recycled. No cereal
boxes, milk cartons or shoe boxes. Recycle brown paper
bags with your cardboard.
It is estimated that 145 pounds of cardboard is generated
each year for every person. That’s over 192,000
tons annually in Oregon.


Aluminum — NO TIN CANS!

Rince, clean and flatten foil and TV dinner trays. Beverage cans are accepted.
Recycling one aluminum can saves enough energy to
run a TV for 3 hours


Glass


Bottles and jars only (please rinse). Remove
all lids. Labels do not need to be removed. No
window glass, light bulbs, Pyrex or ceramics.
Separate colored from clear in brown paper bags.
Every glass bottle that is recycled saves
enough energy to light a 100 watt light bulb
for 4 hours. Oregon recycles 54% of its glass
containers.


Oil

Pour oil into non-breakable containers with
tight fitting screw-on caps (bleach or milk jugs).
No paint thinner or other hazardous liquids.
Every 100 gallons of recycled oil saves 65
gallons of new oil. One gallon of oil in a lake
will produce a five-acre oil sheen.


Plastic

Rinse thoroughly. PLEASE NO: Grocery bags,
styrofoam, or any bottle that has contained
petroleum products or poisons.
Plastic will take 700 years before it will even
start to decompose. Recycling one ton of plastic
saves 7.4 cubic yards of landfill space.

    
Where

If you wish to drop off your recyclables, the following sites are available for you to do so:

Roseburg Disposal Co. ..... 673-7122
At your home
Sunrise Enterprises ........ 673-0195
2555 W Harvard — Drop off anytime
Douglas County Landfills & Transfer Sites
During Regular Operating Hours
Closed Mondays & Tuesdays

    
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