The Solid Waste Roadmap is a collection of projects that together address key decisions about how to get more out of the 1.3 million tons of garbage the greater Portland region sends to landfills every year. This is the stuff left after we recycle, compost and reduce overall waste. Metro is looking at a range of options to get more out of the garbage.
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Using garbage as a resource
Using garbage as a resource
Using garbage as a resource
Using garbage as a resource
Using garbage as a resource
Using garbage as a resource
Using garbage as a resource
Using garbage as a resource
Using garbage as a resource
Using garbage as a resource
Using garbage as a resource
Using garbage as a resource
Using garbage as a resource
Using garbage as a resource
Using garbage as a resource
Using garbage as a resource
Using garbage as a resource
Using garbage as a resource
Using garbage as a resource
Using garbage as a resource
Greater Portland sends more than a million tons of garbage to landfills each year. Metro is working to put some of that garbage to use – such as to make compost or energy – to reduce the impacts of what we throw away.
GARBAGE IN GREATER PORTLAND
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Greater Portland sends more than a million tons of garbage to landfills each year. Metro is working to put some of that garbage to use – such as to make compost or energy – to reduce the impacts of what we throw away.
GARBAGE IN GREATER PORTLAND
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GARBAGE IN GREATER PORTLAND
Greater Portland sends more than a million tons of garbage to landfills each year. Metro is working to put some of that garbage to use – such as to make compost or energy – to reduce the impacts of what we throw away.
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Nearly a fifth of greater Portland’s garbage is food, which could be used to make compost or energy. Removing food also reduces the climate impacts of landfills and makes it easier to recycle more trash. Metro is looking at ways to keep more food out of the garbage.
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Food makes up nearly a fifth of the garbage generated by businesses and residents in greater Portland. As food decomposes in landfills, it creates gases that contribute to climate change. Removing food from garbage makes it easier to sort for recyclable materials, reduces what goes to landfills and makes it possible to convert food into compost or energy. Metro is working on ways to keep more food out of the garbage.
Nearly a fifth of greater Portland’s garbage is food, which could be used to make compost or energy. Removing food also reduces the climate impacts of landfills and makes it easier to recycle more trash. Metro is looking at ways to keep more food out of the garbage.
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Nearly a fifth of greater Portland’s garbage is food, which could be used to make compost or energy. Removing food also reduces the climate impacts of landfills and makes it easier to recycle more trash. Metro is looking at ways to keep more food out of the garbage.
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Transfer stations sort and salvage some garbage and construction debris. Metro is considering whether new sorting methods could expand what transfer stations pull out of garbage for reuse and recycling.
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Transfer stations already sort and salvage some garbage and construction debris. Metro is considering whether advanced sorting methods could be a viable way to expand what transfer stations pull out of garbage for reuse and recycling. More information will be provided as this discussion continues.
Transfer stations sort and salvage some garbage and construction debris. Metro is considering whether new sorting methods could expand what transfer stations pull out of garbage for reuse and recycling.
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Transfer stations sort and salvage some garbage and construction debris. Metro is considering whether new sorting methods could expand what transfer stations pull out of garbage for reuse and recycling.
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About 50 miles south of Portland, Marion County converts 550 tons of garbage into electricity every day. Metro is exploring opportunities to convert a portion of greater Portland’s garbage into energy.
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About 50 miles south of Portland, Marion County converts 550 tons of garbage into electricity every day. Metro is exploring opportunities to convert a portion of greater Portland’s garbage into energy.
About 50 miles south of Portland, Marion County converts 550 tons of garbage into electricity every day. Metro is exploring opportunities to convert a larger portion of the greater Portland’s garbage into energy.
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About 50 miles south of Portland, Marion County converts 550 tons of garbage into electricity every day. Metro is exploring opportunities to convert a portion of greater Portland’s garbage into energy.
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Metro’s transfer station in Oregon City has reached capacity, making it challenging to provide the services customers need. Metro is considering two solutions: redesign or expand.
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Metro’s transfer station in Oregon City has reached capacity, making it challenging to provide the services customers need. Metro is considering two solutions: redesign or expand.
Metro’s transfer station in Oregon City handles garbage, yard trimmings, furniture and other bulky items and hazardous waste. But the facility has reached capacity, making it challenging to provide all of the services its customers need. Metro is considering two solutions: redesign the existing site or expand services to a second facility.
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Metro’s transfer station in Oregon City has reached capacity, making it challenging to provide the services customers need. Metro is considering two solutions: redesign or expand.
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A system of transfer stations process greater Portland’s garbage and recycling for delivery to landfills and other destinations. Metro is exploring ways to ensure more materials are recycled in this process.
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A system of public and private transfer stations process greater Portland’s garbage and recycling for delivery to landfills and other destinations. Metro is exploring ways to manage this part of the garbage and recycling system to ensure more materials are recycled or reused, and to reduce the impacts of what the region throws away.
A system of transfer stations process greater Portland’s garbage and recycling for delivery to landfills and other destinations. Metro is exploring ways to ensure more materials are recycled in this process.
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A system of transfer stations process greater Portland’s garbage and recycling for delivery to landfills and other destinations. Metro is exploring ways to ensure more materials are recycled in this process.
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Most of greater Portland’s garbage goes to landfills. Metro is considering which landfills best protect the public’s health and the environment and get good value for the public’s money.
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Most of the garbage created in greater Portland ends up in a landfill. While Metro will continue to focus on reducing the amount of garbage the region generates, landfills will continue to be a destination for at least some it. In choosing which landfills to use, Metro is considering which ones best protect the public’s health and the environment and get good value for the public’s money.
Most of greater Portland’s garbage goes to landfills. Metro is considering which landfills best protect the public’s health and the environment and get good value for the public’s money.
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Most of greater Portland’s garbage goes to landfills. Metro is considering which landfills best protect the public’s health and the environment and get good value for the public’s money.
About the term "solid waste"
"Solid waste" is a term for what most people call "garbage and recycling," or just "garbage." The term is used throughout state law and local government charter language, and then gets carried over into department names, report titles, and projects - as in the Solid Waste Roadmap.