Western Oregon Waste's recycling facility in McMinnville is now accepting plastic caps, lids, and bags!
Until recently, WOW found the market for plastic recyclables other than bottles and containers to be too unreliable to enable the company to invest space and effort in collecting marginal products like lids and plastic grocery bags. But now Agilyx is up and running in Beaverton.
Agilyx converts plastics back into the oil it was made from. Agilyx oil is refinery-ready -- the oil can be refined into any product crude oil can be used for.
With this market going strong, WOW feels comfortable collecting plastic items that once had to be tossed in the landfill. WOW hopes to be able to expand its plastics recovery to include even harder to recycle materials like styrofoam. Today, WOW's Darryl Funk estimates 65-70% of what we call "waste" can be recycled.
WOW also partners with St. Vincent de Paul to recycle old books.
To take advantage of these and additional recycling opportunities, haul your recyclables to The Recovery Zone, 2200 NE Orchard Avenue, McMinnville.
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