Saturday, April 19, 2014

Portland Moment #2: Portland Recycles!

It's no secret Portland is a "green" city. So much so that, every week, we have 3 different bins to take to the curb.


Oh, except for every other week, when we have FOUR.


WHY?! Green for compost, Blue for recycling (cardboard, metal, plastic), Black for other garbage - every other week - and Yellow for recycling (glass).

Add to this that Oregon is a deposit state, so we separately collect soda cans and beer bottles inside and take them for refunds separate from our weekly trash ritual.

And, of course, Portlandia nails it:  http://www.ifc.com/portlandia/videos/portlandia-sanitation-twins

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