Starting July 1, 2025, Oregon standardized recycling for the whole state. No matter where you live, everyone now has access to recycle...

Oregon Senate Bill 545 "Allowing consumers to use own containers for refilling with food at food establishment" SB545 became effective...

Avoid single-use containers. Bring reusable containers when ordering take-out! Do you hate all the plastic that comes with ordering your...

*Please note that The Plastic Project's email has changed. Their new email is: plasticprojectmac@gmail.com

HEALTH ALERT! Hot food and beverage in plastic containers = poison in your body. Exposure to the toxic chemicals in plastic have been linked to cancer, birth defects, and endocrine system disruption (Smithsonian Magazine). K-cups, to go coffee cups, takeout containers all contain plastic or are plastic-lined. Take your own reusable containers instead. Oregon's Reusable Container Law allows restaurants to begin honoring your reusables July 1, 2024. DON'T NUKE PLASTIC! Plastic

Compost. The word evokes the image of wriggly worms and deep, dark brown almost black soil, full of nutrients, ready to be mixed into the...

Curbside: 2in x 2in or larger bottles, round containers, buckets, and rigid plant containers. No tub lids. Caps on bottles and jugs can be screwed on . No Styrofoam. No packing peanuts. No "squishy" foam. The McMinnville Recology Transfer station now collects bread bag clips, bottle caps (not lids), straws, utensils, and household batteries (not lithium rechargeable batteries). WinCo, Safeway, Fred Meyer: Bread/produce plastic bags, bubble wrap, plastic mailing envelopes. (R

Sustainable Rituals is a woman-owned store in McMinnville, Oregon which offers bulk purchasing to fill up on personal healthcare and home care items ranging from head (shampoo) to toes (household floor cleaners). They also also offer a large selection of other plastic-free home goods to help you start ditching plastic. Sustainable Rituals is a safe place for people to learn about sustainability, with no judgment. No matter what stage of transition to a more sustainable lifest

Hope is the key component of wish-cycling since you want to recycle as much as possible, hoping the items you toss in the recycling bin...