Hold onto your yogurt containers: Good news for recyclers is just weeks away.
Oregon’s Recycling Modernization Act, passed in 2021, takes effect next month. Starting July 1, residential recycling will look much like it did before 2018, when East Asian facilities stopped accepting U.S. materials.
Lane County’s Master Recycler program coordinator Kelly Bell said people with curbside pickup will be able to recycle yogurt and margarine tubs, milk cartons, soup boxes, and one or two items that weren’t previously in the mix…