2024 Recycling Update

Looking for a home for used toothbrushes? Need to shred old tax returns? We’ve updated our list of recycling options!

OCCU Shred Fest 2024

Get ready for this year’s Oregon Community Credit Union (OCCU) Shred Fest! At this free event, OCCU provides onsite shredding of your sensitive documents. It’s open to the public.

  • Date/hours: Saturday, May 4, 2023, 9 a.m.-2 p.m. (no appointment required)
  • Address: OCCU Corporate Office, 2880 Chad Drive, Eugene OR (map)
  • Limit of two boxes per person

This event is always well organized and staffed, and the drop-off process is quick and easy. Once again, OCCU is partnering with Food for Lane County and will accept your optional donation of a nonperishable food item.

Can’t attend on May 4? OCCU members can also take their old documents to any OCCU branch for shredding, April 8-May 10.

Marley’s Monsters Eco-Shop

  • Hours: Monday-Saturday, 10 a.m.-7 p.m. and Sunday, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. (no appointment required)
  • Address: 5th Street Market Alley, 550 Pearl St., Suite 160, Eugene, OR 97401 (in the newer 5th Street Market shops next to the Gordon Hotel; map)

Recyclables accepted:

  • All brands of toothpaste tubes, caps, and cartons
  • All brands of toothbrushes and packaging
  • Swiffer refills
  • All brands of razors, razor blades, and packaging

Garten Services—Eugene Branch

  • Hours: Monday-Friday, 9 a.m.-12 p.m. (no appointment required), or call to schedule an appointment for another time
  • Address: 2345 W. Broadway, Eugene, OR 97402, (541) 868-1550 (map)

Recyclables accepted:

  • #1 plastic bottles and jars: They must be clean, but labels can be left on.
  • Mixed paper, newspaper, magazines, catalogs, and corrugated cardboard
  • Shredded paper: Drop it off at the receiving doc, Monday-Friday, 8 a.m.-3 p.m.
  • Tin and aluminum cans
  • Glass (although the site says no glass, they now accept it)

Lane County Waste Management

The county will connect you with a registered volunteer community collector who will accept your clean, dry #2, 4, and 5 plastics at no cost. Only labels from pill bottles must be removed. Email the county at plasticscollection@lanecountyor.gov, and provide your full address.

QSL Print Communications: Sadly, this Springfield business no longer accepts recyclables because of a lack of space. We’ll call them next spring for an update.