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Wood Village Redemption Center includes EZ Drop for greater convenience |
Another first for Oregon
Oregon’s first beverage container redemption center since the inception of the Oregon Bottle Bill is scheduled to open Monday, September 27th.
The Wood Village BottleDrop Redemption Center, located at 3345 NE Halsey St., will be open to the public from 9AM to 6PM seven days a week. Operated by Oregon Beverage Recycling Cooperative the facility will have reverse vending-machines and employees available to count up to 200 containers per person per day and issue immediate container-deposit refunds.
Changes Ahead
Starting Sunday, October 3rd, the first two participating retailers Wood Village Fred Meyer and Cherry Park Safeway will no longer accept beverage container returns.
Consumers should take their refundable containers to the Wood Village Redemption Center or to smaller retailers in the area for collection.
New convenience feature
After hours drop-off is available to anyone that signs-up for a BottleDrop redemption account. BottleDrop account holders get the opportunity to fill EZ Drop bags with Oregon redeemables and simply drop-off the full bag anytime at the redemption center to be processed and have the value of the containers added to their BottleDrop account within 24-hours.
BottleDrop account holders can access their accounts from the BottleDrop kiosk at both participating retailers, or online at bottledropcenters.com starting Sept 24.
Oregon Bottle Bill
In 1971, enactment of the Oregon Bottle Bill made Oregon the first state in the nation to require a container-deposit on cans, bottles and other containers of carbonated soft drinks, beer, and (since 2009) water sold in Oregon. The law is credited with reducing litter and increasing container recycling. As a result, items which used to make up around 40% of the roadside litter now represent about 6%, with container return rates averaging 90%, compared to 28% for states without a similar bill.
Since 1971, ten states have enacted Bottle Bills modeled after Oregon, including Vermont, Maine Michigan, Connecticut, Iowa, Massachusetts, New York, Delaware, California and Hawaii.
More Info
For more information about the Wood Village BottleDrop Redemption Center contact Alisa Shifflett, Redemption Center Project Manager, Oregon Beverage Recycling Cooperative, 3900 NW Yeon AVE Portland, OR, by phone at 503-973-6971, or email AShifflett@obrc.com.
Visit OBRC’s website at obrc.net.
Related Content
- Container redemption center approved for Wood Village (April 29, 2010)
