Recycling Service
     
 
If you have weekly garbage service with Molalla Sanitary, and you are inside the city limits, you automatically have recycling pick up services.
Recycling is collected weekly, year-round. It is picked up on the same day as your regular garbage pick up, but we use a separate truck to pick it up. Recycling MUST be separate from your garbage.
Your recycling must be at the curb/road side by 5:00 a.m., on your normal garbage pickup day.
Please use recycling bins or paper bags, such as a brown grocery bag. Do not use plastic bags.
Recycling Bins
21" Wide
16" Tall
13" Deep
All recycling can be combined into a recycle bin except for glass and motor oil.

Glass and motor oil must be kept separate from all other recyclables. All paper, plastics, and metals can be combined.

We are also pleased to announce that plastic tubs (yogurt, margarine and salsa tubs, as well as clean plastic buckets and nursery pots) are now able to be included in your recycling.

Clean plastic tubs (No lids): yogurt, cottage cheese, salsa, etc Buckets & large tubs  (laundry detergent, kitty litter) Nursery pots (clean - no dirt)

All recyclables below can be place in the same container together.
  • Newspapers
  • Magazines
  • Catalogs
  • Phone books
  • Corrugated cardboard-flattened and secured
  • Junk mail
  • Scrap paper
  • Paper milk cartons
  • Paper juice/drink boxes
  • Recyclable plastic bottles
  • Milk jugs
  • Aluminum cans
  • Tin cans
  • Plastic Tubs & Lids
  • Cottage Cheese, yogurt, & Salsa tubs
  • Clean Nursery Pots
  • Buckets & large tubs (laundry & kitty litter)
  • Scrap metals-maximum size is 14" square, for larger items, request a special pick-up.

 

The following items we will NOT accept as recyclables
  • Plastic bags
  • Plastic coated envelopes (TyvekŪ)
  • Block foam
  • Label backing sheets  
  • Brittle plastic deli and bakery Ceramic plates  
  • Wax or plastic coated paper containers
  • Drinking glasses  
  • Paper cups and plates  
  • Foam meat trays & fast food clamshells  
  • Light bulbs  
  • Anything with food on it  
  • Paper towels, napkins, and tissues  
  • Window glass  
  • Frozen food boxes  
  • Plastic or rubber gloves  
  • Foam packing peanuts  
  • Batteries
If you use a paper bag, place the full paper bag in a recycling bin.
Motor oil is acceptable, but it must be in a non-breakable see-through container with a tight screw-on lid (an old gallon milk jug is recommended). No more than 2 jugs per week please. 
Under no circumstances place the following items with your recyclables: liquid waste, hazardous waste (which is anything labeled poison), or medical sharps.
During severe weather conditions, we ask that your recyclables be held back until your next regular pick up day, when the bad weather will likely be gone.
Please note that our drivers must follow the guidelines established by our governing bodies. Recycling in unacceptable containers, or of an unacceptable type (e.g. hazardous waste), will not be picked up.
 Please remember to keep glass bottles and jars separate from other recyclables.