Special Programs
Special Hauling Needs (year-round)
Have special hauling needs? Call us at 541-482-1471 for solutions.
ClearStream Lending Program (New, year-round)
Make recycling easy! We will loan you special collection containers for plastic bottles and aluminum cans for your event. Come into our office at 170 Oak Street to fill out the form. [more info]
Ink Jet-Laser-Cell Phone Recycling Program (New, year-round)
You can now recycle your ink cartridges, toner, and cell phones, free of charge, either as a business customer or as residential customer.
Please don't landfill these items. The can be sent in for re-manufacturing or recycling. Did you know: about 85% of all empty ink cartridges are thrown "away." Over a million end up in landfills daily and don't decompose—even after 1,000 years. The other 15% end up in Guiyu, China and become electronic waste or e-waste. There is no need to throw away these items.
How to participate: either as a business customer or as residential customer.
Free Compact Fluorescent & Fluorescent Bulb Drop-Off (year-round)
The Compact Fluorescent Tube & Fluorescent Bulb program is alive and well. The total we recycled for 2007 was 1.6 tons, or 3,200 pounds!!
Thanks to the proceeds from the NEW Ink Cartridge Recycling Program, residential customers can still bring up to 10 fluorescent light tubes or compact fluorescent bulbs to the recycling center per visit. The Ashland Recycling Center is on Water Street in Ashland. Take the opportunity to recycle those tubes and bulbs at no cost! No commercial customers, please!
Don't toss toxics! Fluorescent lights contain mercury and don't belong in the trash. Please recycle them and keep mercury out of the environment. [read July article from City Source]
Keep in mind: Using one compact fluorescent bulb eliminates the need to burn 110 pounds of coal to generate electricity. It also prevents 450 pounds of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases from reaching the atmosphere and contributing to climate change. -from 18seconds.org
Free Saturday Composting Classes
(July 12, Aug. 23, Sept. 27 - 10am-12)
Choose any one of these dates to learn the basic methods of composting from instructor Denny Morelli. Receive a free compost bin (one per household) and some great information. Dress warmly, and please park on Water Street (not in the Recycling Center parking lot). This class is sponsored by City of Ashland Conservation Commission.
Discount Day at the Transfer Station (Spring, 2009)
RESIDENTIAL CUSTOMERS ONLY: Bring your brush, leaves, grass, and lumber (nails and screws allowed) to the Valley View Transfer Station. The rate is $ 3.50 per load. (No discount for commercial customers.)
Free Nursery Plastics Recycling
(Nov. 5 through Nov. 17, 2008)
For over two weeks every spring and every fall, we accept your plastic potting containers, five-gallon buckets with lids, and trays—for free at the Ashland Recycling Center on Water Street (corner of Water and Van Ness).
2007 Update: From May 13-June 1, 2007, you brought in 2,740 pounds of nursery plastics and trays for recycling! In the fall you added another 1,540 pounds. Adding this year's spring and fall events together, 4,280 pounds of nursery plastics were diverted from the landfill in 2007! The nursery plastics were transported to Agriplastics in Salem. They were cleaned, separated by resin, grinded up and sold for non-food applications only, like bed liners and new nursery plastics. Thanks for helping us keep reusable materials out of the landfill!!!
Free Fall Leaf Recycling
(Nov. 4 and Nov. 18, 2008)
Our Leaf Recycling event is growing, too, thanks to all of you! Last year we diverted a total of 60,000 pounds of leaves from the landfill, and in 2007, you helped us divert over 99,000 pounds!
Stay posted for our 2008 dates, when you can come recycle leaves for free at the Ashland Recycling Center on Water Street (corner of Water and Van Ness).
Free Household Latex Paint Disposal
(September 12-13, 8am-4pm)
Bring your household latex paint to the Valley View Transfer Station for free disposal. A re-use table is provided. We will accept only latex paint and only from households. No business waste.
Household Hazardous Waste Disposal (Spring, 2009)
This event is held at the Jackson County Expo Center each May. Bring your non-latex paint, household batteries, mercury thermometers, and other household chemicals for disposal for a nominal fee.
The JCRP website has a wealth of information about hazardous waste. (These links will open in a new browser window. Just close that window to return to this page.)
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