City of Gresham to help community for Earth Day

The City of Gresham will hold its annual Earth Day Recycling Event at Gresham City Hall from 2 to 9 p.m. on Saturday.

“There’s two main reasons (for people to attend): One is to just keep things out of the landfill, to recycle as much as possible to save money on your garbage bill, and then two would be to protect the environment, so that hazardous things aren’t going into the way stream,” said Shaunna Sutcliffe, Gresham’s residential and schools recycling coordinator The event is for Gresham and Wood Village residents who wish to recycle items that don’t fit the disposal qualifications for their regular recycling containers that get picked up weekly.

Accepted items include block Styrofoam, fluorescent light bulbs and tubes, cell phones and other items, according to the City of Gresham’s Earth Day page. Gresham businesses will be allowed to recycle up to 30 fluorescent bulbs.

Small appliances, including computers, printers, and radios, will also be accepted. A full list of accepted items is available at: greshamoregon.gov/earthday.

Batteries and televisions will not be accepted: “Try not to bring them to us, we can’t take them if they do,” said Sutcliffe. “But Metro is a wonderful resource for how to recycle anything, anytime.”

Sutcliffe said that the event should attract anywhere from 1200 to 1500 cars. “That’s how we can count it, sometimes there are multiple people per car,” she said.

For general recycling information, including Metro’s guidelines, visit: oregonmetro.gov/tools-living/garbage-and-  recycling/find-a-recycler or call 503-234-3000.

Advocate Staff