While local attractions and entertainment can be important for the quality of life in an area, the regular events and amenities are more important. One thing I appreciate here in the Portland Metro Area is a desire to protect the environment and conserve resources that includes curbside recycling.
Not all waste items are eligible for curbside pickup - especially those that could contaminate the regular recycling or pose a hazard to the collection workers. Those items can be taken to Metro offices, but for greater convenience Metro also holds a series of neighborhood events from March through November.
You will probably end up in a long and winding line, and as you idle it can be easy to question how good that is for the environment, but miles and time on the road to get to a disposal site may be worse. Putting various items in with regular waste is definitely worse. And they do a good job.
The proper entrance and path to follow are clearly marked.
Sometimes they may even demonstrate a sense of humor, as the normal road instruction guy gets his own hazmat suit here.
There is a large reserve available of various containers, allowing them to deal with your specific waste.
Oil is popular, as well as CFL bulbs, solvents, paints, and in our case some medical waste and old nail polish.
Staff is friendly and helpful, and then your path out is clearly marked too.
We returned with a new sharps container, the old one safely disposed of. Previously I had to pay pharmacies for the service, and that involved finding one that would take it, as more and more pharmacies stopped wanting to deal with the hassle. These events help me.
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