Communications Resources

This page is a collaborative effort between the Department of Environmental Quality, local governments, haulers and industry leaders to help stakeholders communicate these unprecedented recycling disruptions to residents and customers. 

Recycle Right!

Statewide outreach effort to reduce contamination in recycling 

How to talk about top recycling contamination:
Recycling messaging toolkit 
Herramientas para elaborar mensajería sobre el reciclaje
Social media toolkit
Recycle Right! Photo library 

Photo Library

Individual photos of materials commonly found in recycling programs are available in this folder. Thank you City of Portland for providing these images.

Download the images

Recycling flyers/posters

• Big Changes are coming to curbside recycling, Crook County and Prineville Disposal
• Curbside Recycling Guide, Marion County
• Mixed recycling in Lincoln City
• Recycling in Western Oregon (Recology)
• Recycling these common items may be harmful, SWANNA
• Recycling these common items may be dangerous, SWANNA
• Recycle Right! Mixed Recycling Guide, Marion County
• Sticker: Ready to Recycle Right? Keep it Simple, Rogue Disposal
• Your Guide to waste in Newport
• Proper Disposal of Prescription Drugs and Needles, City of Gresham

Postcards and advertisements

• Confused about plastics? – Washington County
• Love your planet (Valentine's Day postcard), City of Beaverton (Valentine's Day postcard), City of Beaverton
• The Scariest Things Found in the Recycling! City of Portland, Advertisement

Cart tags

• Oops tag - Clackamas County
• Oops tag - Washington County, Pride Disposal
• "Thank You" tag - Clackamas County
• Oops tag - Rogue Disposal

Letters to residents (rate increases/program changes)

•  Residential Rate Notice, City of Portland 

Video

• Why is Our Recycling Going to Landfills? - EarthFixMedia
• 5 Items You Might Put in the Recycling Bin by Mistake - City of Hillsboro
• #ClackCo Recycle Right Project - Clackamas County
  

Useful web pages and blogs

• Recycling: What's happening and what you can do. Metro
• Plastic recycling, Metro
• Recycling options dwindle for certain plastics, Metro
• 8 things you want to recycle at home – but please don't, Metro
• 7 things to keep out of your recycling bin, Metro