CLEAN UP FOR SPRING
East Columbia Neighborhood
Saturday May 14, 2016 9a.m. – 1:30p.m.
Drop Off Site: Minit mart Parking lot, NE 6th & Faloma St (at Marine Drive)
We need volunteers to help with dumpsters, pick up litter throughout the neighborhood & Greeters: Please contact Carolyn May denesemay@msn.com or 503-998-2462
Our Joint efforts will have on-site opportunities to recycle & reuse these items:
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City Recycle will collect electronics, TV’s, PC’s, printers, any item with a cord
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We’ll collect Scrap metal for Recycling
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We’ll collect Tires for Recycling, on & off rim
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We’ll collect clothing donations for Portland’s Rescue Mission – Shepherd’s door (men, women, children’s clothing , all sizes – toiletries, books & games
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If you have clean, useable furniture & basic household items such as, dressers, dishes, kitchen tables & chairs, pots & pans, Silverware, twin mattresses, etc. that you would like to donate to families in need, you can drop them off at Community Warehouse 3969 NE MLK BLVD, 97212 Mon-Fri, 10am – 4pm and Sat-Sun, 10:30am – 4pm 503-235-8786, for a full list of accepted items please visit communitywarehouse.org. See their flyer here.
For the dumpsters:
No, hazardous waste, construction remodeling or demolition materials, Kitchen garbage, yard debris and trimmings; and waste and recyclables collected curbside (see PDF)
Yes, General waste, unusable/ broken furniture, tires
Suggested Donations
$5 car load
$10 standard pickup/SUV
$15 large pickup/SUV
$3 tires off rim, $4 with rims
This Neighborhood Cleanup is made possible by Partnership with: Metro and the Bureau of Planning and Sustainability