Residential customers can recycle NEWSPAPER, MAGAZINES, PHONE BOOKS, ALUMINUM and MOTOR OIL at the curb on garbage collection day. Recycle depots are located at 610 SW Emigrant and at the Transfer Station on Rieth Road. Please take a minute to review the instructions below for preparing your  recyclables. Thank you for recycling and helping to preserve our environment!

Plastic Milk Jugs ONLY will be able to be recycled at the Pendleton Sanitary Service Transfer Station recycling depot beginning October 1, 2019. NO OTHER PLASTICS PLEASE!

NEWSPAPERS, MAGAZINES & PHONEBOOKS: Newspapers, magazines and phone books are all recycled together – loose at depots, bundled or bagged at the curb on garbage collection day. Please, no string or bags in the recycle bins.
CARDBOARD: Corrugated only, brown paper sacks and cereal boxes, flattened. No waxed boxes, styrofoam, plastic or any other paper.
ALUMINUM: Clean foil, pop cans, pie plates—Remember, a magnet won’t stick to aluminum!
TIN CANS: Remove labels, rinse and flatten. No other metals. A magnet will stick to tin!
GLASS: Jars and bottles only. Please rinse, remove lids, labels OK. No ceramics, mirrors, light bulbs, windshields or windows.
OFFICE PAPER: White and pastel papers and envelopes, manila and pastel file folders. No copy paper bundle wrappers, shredded paper, bright or dark colored paper, wax or plastic coated paper, or brown paper sacks.
PLASTIC MILK JUGS: Plastic milk jugs only – remove caps & rings – NO OTHER PLASTICS.
MOTOR OIL: Place in plastic jugs with screw-on lids, one gallon or less. No other liquids.
APPLIANCES: Please remove doors. Fee is $10.70 per appliance at the transfer station only.
SCRAP METAL: Present to transfer station attendant for sorting.
WOOD WASTE: Clean pallets and lumber. No painted or treated wood.
YARD WASTE: Grass, limbs, leaves, brush at the transfer station only. No stumps, dirt or rocks. Fee is $33.20/ ton, minimum $4.00 at transfer station.
ELECTRONICS: Televisions, desktop and laptop computers, computer monitors, keyboards, mice & printers are all recyclable at no charge at the transfer station only. No stereos, microwaves, etc.

All prohibited or unacceptable materials should be disposed of properly