Location: 1810 SW 5th Ave. 710, Portland. Kits are staged in Volunteer/Will Call room.
Be Cart Smart: Each Cart Plays a Part
Key messages: Curbside collection service in Portland includes weekly recycling, weekly compost (yard waste and food scraps), and every-other-week garbage. Include the food: collect all food, including meat, bones, dairy and grains, in your kitchen collection container and empty it frequently into the green bin. Keep glass on the side.
Materials included: Be Cart Smart floor banner; food scrap kitchen container; tablecloth; clicker.
Literature: Curbside collection guide (in 11 languages); multifamily guide; reusable bag window clings; Oregon E-Cycles card; Metro magnets; Recycle or Not materials.
Optional: Be Cart Smart Game: Whiteboard with images of containers; magnetic game piece to sort into four containers; metal easel.
Contact: Genevieve Joplin, 503-568-2803, genevieve.joplin@portlandoregon.gov
Recycle or Not / Reciclar o No
Key Messages: Some items are creating confusion for recyclers in the greater Portland area. Check the list at RecycleOrNot.org or ReciclarONo.org to make sure you're recycling right. It won’t take long, but it will make a difference for the environment.
Recyclers can also find out if an item is recyclable at home by submitting a photo to @recycleornot or @reciclarono on Instagram, or play the game online.
Materials include: Recycle or Not game with board (in English and Spanish) and dice, plus Ron, the racoon mascot.
Literature: Recycle or Not and Reciclar o no brochures, Metro magnets.
Optional: Can be paired with Be Cart Smart and Portland specific information.
Contact: Genevieve Joplin, 503-568-2803, genevieve.joplin@portlandoregon.gov
Resourceful PDX
Key messages: Ideas for making simple changes in everyday choices. Save More, Live More. Share tips and resources so people can 1) Buy smart, 2) Reuse, 3) Borrow & Share and 4) Fix & Maintain. These actions can help save money, support the community, conserve natural resources, and leave people with more time to enjoy with friends and family. Life transitions like moving and a growing family, are good times to seek alternatives for reducing waste.
Materials included: Be Resourceful floor banner; interactive map display with a focus on four categories to show where people can go for resources, plus color coded pieces and dry erase pens; clicker; pens.
Resourceful LIVING KIT
Literature: Resourceful PDX card; Resourceful PDX map; reusable bag window clings, Metro magnets.
Optional: Resourceful Living game. Each of the objects in this game has one match that is related to the four categories. They might be related because one is better than the other. They might be related because one is a tool that can be used so that you can Buy Smart, Reuse, Share or Repair the other item. If you don’t live in Portland, you can still check the kit out without the literature which is focused on Portland resources.
Contact: Genevieve Joplin, 503-568-2803, genevieve.joplin@portlandoregon.gov
Food Waste Prevention
Key Messages: Portlanders are taking simple steps to cut down on wasted food & wasted money! Preventing food waste saves money and resources like water, land, energy, time and heart of workers who grow, transport and sell our food to us.
Note: Shift focus away from compost or “waste”; instead guide conversations upstream towards keeping food edible and saving resources.
Reducing spoilage of food already on hand is fastest path to greater action, but kit materials focus on three waste prevention strategies: 1. meal planning and shopping lists to buy only what is needed, 2. proper storage to keep food fresh and tasty, 3. and ways to make sure food at home is eaten before spoiling.
Materials include: Kitchen food storage game (game board and magnetic game pieces with hints/tips on the back; kit includes an informative guide to food storage for tabling Master Recyclers to refer to).
Literature: Eat Smart Waste Less Challenge pledge sheets; food storage tip sheet and ethylene producing/sensitive produce cheat sheet; fridge-front crisper drawer guide; “Eat This First” stickers; sample shopping list handouts; kids activity book “An Apple Isn’t Just an Apple”.
Contact: Genevieve Joplin, 503-568-2803, genevieve.joplin@portlandoregon.gov
Explore this YouTube playlist of “snackable” videos where Master Recyclers share food waste tips.
Multifamily Waste Reduction
Key messages: Multifamily collection service in Portland includes garbage and recycling; no plastic bags and glass on the side. Because yard waste and food scrap service are offered at the discretion of the property manager, a visual assessment of the collection area(s) is part of any presentation to multifamily communities.
Note: Multifamily is five or more units on a tax lot. This includes apartments, condos, dorms, moorages, retirement communities, and others.
Kit includes: “Yes/No” bag of various sample items to be sorted; bucket with literature, collection area assessment form and suggested presentation tips.
Suggested Literature:
Property Managers: Successful Garbage and Recycling Overview; durable enclosure signs and interior posters for garbage, mixed recycling, glass, and yard waste &/or food only.
Residents: Guide to Recycling and Garbage; door hangers, Metro magnets.
Instructions: Contact the Multifamily Program to pick up the kit. If unfamiliar with multifamily materials or audit form, also set up a time for a quick check-in.
Contact: Genevieve Joplin, 503-568-2803, genevieve.joplin@portlandoregon.gov
ViewMasters
Looking for a new way to spice up your table display? Lizzy Oedell (Class 53), who works at Image3D, spent some of her payback time making new ViewMasters using slides and messages from the latest class. There are four topic areas: Waste Prevention, Food Waste Prevention, Toxics, and Backyard Composting.
Contact: Genevieve Joplin, 503-568-2803, genevieve.joplin@portlandoregon.gov
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Equipment
Folding canopy
Folding table
Folding chairs
Table clothes
Brochure stands