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Puzzling through recycling at apartments and condos

By Rebecca Koffman

April 27, 2016 9 a.m.

How and where the more than 300,000 apartment or condo dwellers in the Portland metropolitan area are able to recycle depends on a range of interrelated factors.A regionwide project is now underway to improve recycling services for these residents.

Metro covers disposal fees for bulky waste collected at April 23 neighborhood cleanup events

April 20, 2016 4:07 p.m.

Nothing says spring like a big tidy up. Whether you're de-cluttering a garage or reclaiming space after your teenager's left home, you're likely to come across something that's seen its better days.

Family fun at Blue Lake Natural Discovery Garden

April 20, 2016 9 a.m.

Girl playing in the discovery garden at Blue Lake Park

The Natural Discovery Garden at Metro's Blue Lake Regional Park is a place where kids can turn over rocks to search for pill bugs, study a honeybee gathering pollen, dig for worms in a compost bin or step into an open slice of the "pizza garden." Natural gardening expert Carl Grimm took viewers on a garden tour over the weekend on KATU's annual Go Green show.

The right sort of trash: Metro Central makes the most of waste

By Brandi Boyett

April 12, 2016 5:20 p.m.

Recology workers sort through dry waste, pulling all recyclables from the waste stream. All dry waste at the facility goes through this process.

The Metro Central Transfer Station is kind of like a sorting line for discarded items. Trash, recyclables and compost are filtered, picked through and sent to the destination most appropriate.

Public notice (closed): S&H Logging solid waste facility license renewal

March 30, 2016 4:38 p.m.

S&H Logging submitted an application to renew its current Metro solid waste facility license to operate a yard debris reload facility. To share your views, comment by 5 p.m. April 29, 2016.

Public notice (closed): City of Roses Disposal and Recycling solid waste facility license renewal

March 30, 2016 2:49 p.m.

City of Roses Disposal and Recycling submitted an application to renew its current Metro solid waste facility license to operate a material recovery facility. To share your views, comment by 5 p.m. April 29, 2016.

Public notice (closed): Northwest Shingle Recyclers solid waste facility license renewal

March 30, 2016 2:40 p.m.

Northwest Shingle Recyclers submitted an application to renew its current Metro solid waste facility license to operate an asphalt roofing shingle recovery facility. To share your views, comment by 5 p.m. April 29, 2016.

Public notice (closed): McFarlane's Bark, Inc. solid waste facility license renewal

March 30, 2016 2:25 p.m.

McFarlane's Bark submitted an application to renew its current Metro solid waste facility license to operate a yard debris compost facility. To share your views, comment by 5 p.m. April 29, 2016

Got ants? Safer ways to prevent and eliminate this common home pest

March 29, 2016 12:22 p.m.

Ants are good for the garden – they till the soil, eat pests and provide food for birds. But ants can also come inside searching for food. These strategies can help keep them out.

Recycling: The invisible system beyond your home bin

By Rebecca Koffman

March 21, 2016 10 a.m.

Once your recycling leaves your bin, that jumble of paper, metal and plastic, along with the separated glass, all has to be sorted and then sold. Those empty containers and torn newspapers are commodities – goods that can be sold to buyers in the region and around the world. They’ll be used to make new products.

KATU | How to reach Portland's lofty recycling goal

March 1, 2016 1:12 p.m.

pictogram for Metro stories in the media

It seems impossible: Can Portlanders really recycle 90 percent of their waste? And by 2030, no less? That's the city's current target, and recyclers like Far West Recycling CEO Keith Ristau think it can be done. But right now there are some basic recycling mistakes many are making.

Metro grants $377,406 for community-improvement projects in Northwest Portland

Feb. 22, 2016 3:03 p.m.

photo from the Linnton Community Center Hungry Families Program

The Metro Central Enhancement Committee announced its decision to fund 11 local improvement projects totaling $377,406. Metro's grants range from $6,500 for classroom education and field trips for 200 third graders to $100,000 for tree plantings, with money also earmarked to provide hot meals for homebound seniors, capital improvements at community centers and more.

Portland Tribune | Metro agrees to enter talks with operator of region's garbage incinerator

Jan. 14, 2016 1:12 p.m.

After a months-long effort to engage the region in “talking about trash,” Metro is shifting to formally evaluate two ways to reduce garbage sent to the landfill: burning it to produce electricity and filtering out more recyclables after garbage is collected.