What goes where in Douglas County

What Goes Where?

I was perusing a recycling article on the internet today and there was this great online quiz asking readers if they knew “What Went Where”. I began taking the quiz and scored only 75%! It was then I was reminded of the fact that every state in the union, every city in every state, and even individual neighborhoods has different recycling standards and procedures.

The highlight of this experience was that it was brought to my attention that right here in Douglas County, more materials are recyclable that darn near anywhere else in the State of Oregon. All clean paper, plastics, glass containers, metal, and cardboard are recyclable along with dozens of other materials. Yet there are still some materials that still belong in the trash.

Please take the following recycling quiz specific for Douglas County. The answers can be found at the end of the article.

When doing your recycling each week…

1. Where do dog food bags go?
a. Garbage
b. Mixed Paper
c. Cardboard

2. Where do butter tubs go?
a. Garbage
b. Mixed Plastic
c. Burn Pile

3. Where do broken ceramics and window glass go?
a. Garbage
b. Glass Containers
c. Heartwood Resources

4. Where does clean tin foil go?
a. Garbage
b. Tin Cans
c. Scrap Metal

5. Where does junk mail go?
a. Garbage

b. Mixed paper
c. Burn Pile

6. Where do diapers go?
a. Garbage
b. Mixed Plastics
c. Burn Pile

7. Where do household batteries go?
a. Garbage
b. Scrap Metal
c. Next Generation Recycling Center

8. Who buys metal in Douglas County?
a. Douglas County
b. McGovern Metals
c. The Steel Outlet

9. Where does Styrofoam go?
a. Garbage
b. Mixed plastic
c. Burn pile

10. Where do compact fluorescent light bulbs go?
a. Garbage
b. Glass Containers
c. Home Depot

11. Where do regular light bulbs go?
a. Garbage

b. Glass Containers
c. Home Depot

12. Where do mattresses and box springs go?
a. Garbage
b. Thrift Stores
c. Roseburg or Reedsport Transfer Stations

Thanks for playing and remember to reduce, reuse, and recycle to “Trash Douglas County Less!” For more information visit us online at http://www.recyclepower.org/.


Answers:

1. a


2. b


3. a


4. b or c


5. b


6. a


7. c


8. b and c


9. a


10. c


11. a


12. c