City of Donald, Oregon
City-Wide Cleanup Day
Disposal of E-Waste & Unwanted Medications
Oregon E-Cycles
The Oregon E-Cycles law makes it is illegal to throw away televisions, computers (including laptops and tablets), monitors, printers, keyboards, and mice. For an extensive list of free locations to recycle these items visit https://www.oregon.gov/deq/ecycles/Pages/default.aspx.
Customers with more than 7 of these items may contact an electronics recycler such as Garten Services (503-581-4472). Garten Services erases the information on the hard drives to the Department of Defense's standards and will reuse them if possible. For a fee, they can provide a document of destruction. Call 503-581-4472 for more information. For information on how to avoid data theft and instructions on how to obliterate your hard drive, visit the Department of Environmental Quality's website: https://www.oregon.gov/deq/ecycles/Pages/default.aspx
Electronics Recycling at Marion County Recycling & Transfer Stations
Do you have other electronics sitting around gathering dust?
If it can't be repaired or donated, don't throw it away! Bring it to the Salem-Keizer Recycling & Transfer Station or North Marion Recycling & Transfer Station to have it recycled!
Electronics are accepted for free at Marion County facilities, however under the Oregon E-Cycles Program, the Salem-Keizer & North Marion Recycling & Transfer stations only accept up to seven laptops, monitors, CPUs or televisions per customer per day for free drop-off.
MED-Project Free Mail-Back Envelopes for Safe Medication Disposal are Available at City Hall
Postage paid envelopes for free safe medication disposal are available at City Hall year around. Check your medicine cabinet and remove all expired and unwanted medication. If you do not know if a drug is still safe, check with your pharmacist. To protect your privacy, patients are reminded to remove all personally identifiable information on medication labels or packaging before disposing of unwanted medication.
Please separate and remove any items and medication that are not accepted before disposing.
Accepted: Medications in any dosage form, except for those identified as Not Accepted below, in their original container or sealed bag.
NOT Accepted: Herbal remedies, vitamins, cosmetics, batteries, mercury-containing thermometers, sharps, and illicit drugs.