July 1, 2024 update
Metro held a public comment period on a new solid waste facility license application for Pioneer Recycling Clackamas from April 18 to May 17, 2024. Metro received one comment during the comment period. Metro issued a new solid waste facility license to Pioneer Recycling Services, LLC to operate the facility. The term of the license began on July 1, 2024 and will expire on June 30, 2029. The license, staff report and comments received are now available.
Name and location:
Pioneer Recycling Clackamas
16810 SE 120th Ave., Clackamas, Ore.
Description of facility and application
Pioneer Recycling Services, LLC submitted an application to Metro to renew the solid waste facility license for its Clackamas facility. The facility’s current license (No. L-144-19A) authorizes Pioneer Recycling Clackamas to receive recyclable materials such as cardboard, paper, plastic, metal and glass for sorting, consolidation and transport to recycling markets. The facility seeks additional authorization from Metro to receive and manage household batteries that are collected by franchised haulers as part of extended recycling programs established by certain jurisdictions within greater Portland.
Pioneer Recycling Clackamas has been licensed by Metro since 2019. The property is zoned Light Industrial (LI) and the proposed use is allowed outright in this zone by Clackamas County. The facility holds a Solid Waste Disposal Site Permit for a Material Recovery Facility, and a 1200-Z Industrial Stormwater Permit, both issued by the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality.
A copy of the license application is available below. Metro will respond to the comments received during the public comment period as part of a staff report which will be posted to this page when available. Metro may add additional requirements to the license based on the comments received. If approved, the new license would take effect on July 1, 2024 and remain in effect for five years.