Recycling in Oregon is Getting Better
Oregon’s recycling system is becoming more effective, simpler and accessible. We’re here to help you understand the changes—and recycle with confidence.
Help Oregon recycle better! Recycling only the items accepted by your community helps keep the system running smoothly, reduces the cost of recycling, and ensures that more materials are turned into new products.
Below is a base list that most Oregon communities recycle. Learn what items your community recycles using the tool above, and recycle with confidence:
Do Not Recycle
Starting July 1, 2025, Oregon’s Recycling Modernization Act has been upgrading the state’s recycling system. Improvements are rolling out gradually to make recycling easier, clearer, and more accessible for everyone.
The Plastic Pollution and Recycling Modernization Act officially starts
- Communities around Oregon start updating recycling acceptance lists. Keep an eye out for updates in your community.
- Circular Action Alliance, the Producer Responsibility Organization (PRO) operating Oregon’s EPR program, began funding upgrades to recycling sorting facilities, new recycling trucks and other system improvements. These initial investments will continue until December 2027.
RecycleOn Oregon ads launch
- The first statewide ad campaign from RecycleOn Oregon will launch to help Oregonians navigate the upcoming changes and recycle with confidence. Keep an eye out for them.
The first RecycleOn Oregon Recycling Centers open
- RecycleOn Centers accept items not accepted in your home or business recycling bin, such as plastic bags and stretchy plastic, plastic lids and caps, shredded paper and other items. Browse the Local Recycling Directory to find what you can recycle in your community, and to check which items go in your recycling bin and which don’t.
New recycling programs launch with producer‑funded investments
- March 2026 – The Dalles upgrades its curbside recycling.
- April 2026 – Recycling gets easier in Roseburg with new curbside recycling.
- April 2026 – Curbside recycling arrives in Baker City.
10,000 more Oregon households are getting access to recycling! A $1M+ producer investment is bringing new recycling carts, service and education to Eastern Oregon communities, including Hermiston, Boardman, Umatilla and the UGBs in Morrow and Umatilla County.
