Waste Recovery and Composting

Material Recovery and Waste Generation Survey

Wasteshed Rates

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Polk Sherman Tillamook Umatilla Union Wallowa Wasco Wheeler Yamhill

A "wasteshed" is defined in Oregon law as being an area of the state that shares a common solid waste disposal system, or an appropriate area in which to develop a common recycling system. For the most part, individual Oregon counties are designated as wastesheds. The two exceptions are that:

• The greater Portland tri-county area, consisting of Clackamas, Multnomah and Washington Counties, is designated as the Metro wasteshed.
• Milton-Freewater, a city within Umatilla County, is designated as a separate wasteshed.

Recycling goals are set in Oregon law for each separate wasteshed, and each county is generally responsible for compiling information on city and county recycling programs within the wasteshed and submitting that information to the Department of Environmental Quality.

Below are the wasteshed rates and contact information for the survey periods of 2009 and 2008.

For more detailed information regarding the calculation of the rates:

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Baker 2010 rate: 23.7% 2009 rate: 28.3% Contact: Fred Warner Jr. 541-523-8200 Baker County Commissioners	Benton 2010 rate: 45.5% 2009 rate: 43.9% Contact: Gordon Brown 541-766-6841 Benton County Environmental Health Division	Clatsop 2010 rate: 36.0% 2009 rate: 36.0% Contact: Nicole Williams 503-325-1000 Clatsop County Board of Commissioners	Columbia 2010 rate: 37.8% 2009 rate: 32.1% Contact: Roy Weedman 503-397-7213 Columbia County Land Development Service
Coos 2010 rate: 39.5% 2009 rate: 24.3% Contact: Cheryl Westgaard 541-396-7310 Coos County Solid Waste Dept	Crook 2010 rate: 33.6% 2009 rate: 31.6% Contact: Mike McCabe 541-447-6555 Crook County Commission	Curry 2010 rate: 20.4% 2009 rate: 23.8% Contact: George Rhodes, 541-247-3296 Curry County	Deschutes 2010 rate: 41.1% 2009 rate: 45.1% Contact: Timm Schimke 541-317-3163 Deschutes County Solid Waste Dept
Douglas 2010 rate: 42.0% 2009 rate: 34.7% Contact: Tom Manton 541-440-4255 Douglas County Public Works	Gilliam 2010 rate: 28.1% 2009 rate: 27% Contact: Susie Anderson 541-384-2381 Gilliam County Planning Dept	Grant 2010 rate: 22.1% 2009 rate: 22.4% Contact: Mark R. Webb 541-575-0059 Grant County Court	Harney 2010 rate: 26.2% 2009 rate: 23.6% Contact: Steve Grasty 541-573-6356 Harney County Court
Hood River 2010 rate: 32.4% 2009 rate: 35.3% Contact: Mike Matthews 541-387-7129 Hood River County Health Dept	Jackson 2010 rate: 48.1% 2009 rate: 41.6% Contact: Matt Michaelis 541-774-6007 Jackson County	Jefferson 2010 rate: 41.3% 2009 rate: 30.7% Contact: Mike McHaney 541-475-4459 Jefferson County Public Works Dept	Josephine 2010 rate: 44.2% 2009 rate: 41.6% Contact: Alex Giel 541-474-5338 Josephine County Public Health Dept
Klamath 2010 rate: 29.2% 2009 rate: 32.9% Contact: Tom Crist 541-883-5121 Klamath County Solid Waste Management	Lake 2010 rate: 27.2% 2009 rate: 25.1% Contact: Rick DuMilieu 541-947-6048 Lake County Road Dept	Lane 2010 rate: 57.4% 2009 rate: 52.1% Contact: Sarah Grimm 541-682-4339 Lane County Waste Management Division	Lincoln 2010 rate: 34.6% 2009 rate: 31.4% Contact: Mark Saelens 541-265-4171 Lincoln County Solid Waste District
Linn 2010 rate: 49.9% 2009 rate: 46.5% Contact: Rick Partipilo 541-967-3821 x2372 Linn County Environmental Health Dept	Malheur 2010 rate: 23.3% 2009 rate: 18.9% Contact: Craig Geddes 541-473-5564 Malheur County Environmental Health	Marion 2010 rate: 56.2% 2009 rate: 58.2% Contact: Jeff Bickford 503-588-5169 x5992 Marion County Environmental Services	Metro (Portland Tri-County Area) 2010 rate: 57.9% 2009 rate: 56.5% Contact: Jennifer Erickson 503-797-1647 Metro Solid Waste and Recycling Dept
Milton-Freewater 2010 rate: 27.3% 2009 rate: 34.9% Contact: David Bradshaw 541-938-8272 Milton-Freewater Public Works Dept	Morrow 2010 rate: 22.0% 2009 rate: 23.2% Contact: Burke O’Brien 541-989-9500 Morrow County Public Works Dept	Polk 2010 rate: 47.6% 2009 rate: 45.9% Contact: Jim Solvedt 503-623-9237 Polk County	Sherman 2010 rate: 17.5% 2009 rate: 16.2% Contact: Steve Burnet 541-565-3416 Sherman County Commissioners
Tillamook 2010 rate: 37.2% 2009 rate: 29.1% Contact: Jennifer Purcell 503-815-3975 Tillamook County Public Works	Umatilla 2010 rate: 29.4% 2009 rate: 31.7% Contact: Gina Miller 541-278-6300 Umatilla County Board of Commissioners	Union 2010 rate: 30.6% 2009 rate: 31.3% Contact: Hanley Jenkins II 541-963-1014 Union County Planning Dept	Wallowa 2010 rate: 19.4% 2009 rate: 21.1% Contact: Russ McMartin 541-426-3332 Wallowa County Public Works Dept
Wasco 2010 rate: 34.0% 2009 rate: 38.6% Contact: David Skakel 541-506-2636 Wasco/Sherman Public Health Dept	Wheeler 2010 rate: 8.1% 2009 rate: 20.0% Contact: Jeanne Burch 541-763-3460 Wheeler County Court	Yamhill 2010 rate: 47.9% 2009 rate: 45.7% Contact: Sherrie Mathison 503-434-7445 Yamhill County Solid Waste

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