Empty #5 plastic pop-top bottles
What items can we take?
Check the bottle to see if there's a #5 in the recycling symbol! Please remove any labels as best as you can.
#5 plastic cannabis pop-top bottles
Can be any color, as long as it has a #5 recycling symbol
What isn’t in this category?
We can't take prescription pill bottles as part of this pickup - please hold onto them for our prescription pill bottle featured category! Please make sure that your pop-top bottles are empty.
Prescription pill bottles
We recycle these with a different partner - please hold onto them for our prescription pill bottle category!
Bottles with labels
Please remove labels as best as you can
Vitamin or over-the-counter bottles
Many curbside recycling programs will take these - check with your local provider!
Cannabis products
Please dispose of leftover cannabis products at a hazardous waste facility
Loose plastic caps
We can take these in our loose plastic bottle caps category!
Glass pill bottles
Check with your curbside recycling provider to see if they can take these
Cartridges
Medicine
Please dispose of medicine through a local medicine take-back program
Foam liners, foil, or paper seals
Empty #5 plastic pop-top bottles.
We're excited to be offering this new category! This is a pilot for a new partner, so we can't guarantee this will be a repeat category.
Plastic pop-top bottles aren't accepted in most curbside recycling programs, which means that they often end up in the landfill - until now! We're partnering with a specialty recycler who can process #5 plastic pop-top bottles, so that you can feel good about where your old bottles end up!
Partnering with P3 Distributing
Located in Milwaukie, OR, and founded in 2016 by father and son partners as Oregon’s only 100% local supply company for cannabis packaging, P3 Distributing has sought its own solution to plastic packaging waste. Over the last six years, P3 has worked with local government and private groups to create a system that services their industry and the people of Oregon state. P3 partners with over 165 local dispensaries in the Portland Metro area to recycle #5 cannabis plastics. At P3's facility, #5 plastic is washed and shredded. P3 partners with local plastic manufacturers to give your #5 plastic a new life through various commercial and consumer products like nursery plant pots, picture frames, piping, and more.
FAQ
Where can I dispose of leftover cannabis products?
We cannot take any pop-top bottles that have cannabis products left in them. Please dispose of leftover cannabis products at a Metro hazardous waste facility.
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