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4815 Commercial St SE Salem OR 97302 USA
BottleDrop Redemption Center - Salem operates as a beverage container redemption center in Salem, Oregon at 4815 Commercial Street Southeast.
Marion recycling depot
3680 Brooklake Rd NE Salem OR 97303 USA
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Salem-Keizer Recycling & Transfer Station
3250 Deer Park Dr SE Salem OR 97310 USA
The Salem-Keizer Recycling & Transfer Station is a Marion County facility at 3250 Deer Park Dr. SE in Salem, open 7 days a week from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. It accepts residential and commercial garbage, yard waste, tires, and appliances for a fee, charging garbage at $130 per ton with a $30 minimum. Free recycling drop-off is available for car batteries, paper and cardboard, glass, electronics, plastics, metals, used motor oil, bicycles, and fluorescent bulbs. An on-site Household Hazardous Waste Facility offers free disposal of household-quantity hazardous waste.
Services: Garbage disposal by weight · Yard waste/compostable debris disposal · Tire disposal · Appliance disposal (refrigerant removal documentation handled per EPA/DEQ) · Free recycling drop-off for accepted materials
Accepts: Residential and commercial garbage, Compostable yard waste, Tires (small and medium), Appliances (with and without refrigerant), Car batteries, Mixed paper and cardboard, Clear and colored glass bottles and jars, Electronics (computers, televisions, monitors, laptops, printers, stereos, cameras, phones, and more)
What hours is the Salem-Keizer Recycling & Transfer Station open?
The station is open 7 days a week from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., except on certain holidays. It is located at 3250 Deer Park Dr. SE, Salem, OR 97317, phone (503) 588-5169.
What can I recycle here for free?
Free drop-off is available for car batteries, mixed paper and cardboard, glass bottles and jars, electronics, plastic bottles and jugs, household batteries, most metal items, used motor oil (residential, up to 5 gallons), bicycles and scooters, and fluorescent tubes and bulbs (limit 10 per day).
Materials Accepted in Salem
Based on the listings above, materials commonly handled in Salem include Electronics, Appliances, Cardboard, Glass, Plastics #1&2. Browse the guides below for preparation tips, scrap values, and what's recyclable.
Recycling in Salem, Oregon
Salem's garbage and recycling is not run by the city itself: six franchised haulers cover exclusive service zones under agreements with the City of Salem, and Marion County sets the rules for what gets recycled and where it goes. For decades that included the Covanta Marion waste-to-energy plant in nearby Brooks, which burned the county's household garbage for electricity instead of landfilling it, though that facility stopped taking waste at the end of 2024. Today Salem residents sort mixed recycling in one cart, glass separately, and can send food and yard waste out with curbside organics collection depending on their hauler.
Frequently Asked Questions
Who picks up recycling in Salem, Oregon?
Salem does not run its own hauling trucks. The city grants exclusive franchise territories to six private haulers, including D&O Garbage & Recycling, Loren's Sanitation, Pacific Sanitation, Republic Services, Suburban Garbage Services, and Valley Recycling & Disposal, each serving a specific zone. You can find which company serves your address through the Mid-Valley Garbage and Recycling Association's Find Your Hauler tool, since service and cart setup can vary slightly by provider.
Does Salem recycling pick up glass separately?
Yes. Marion County requires glass bottles and jars to be kept out of the mixed recycling cart and placed instead in the small curbside recycling bin alongside batteries, motor oil, and used cooking oil. Only clear and colored glass bottles and jars are accepted this way; window glass, drinking glasses, and ceramics are not recyclable through this program.
What happened to the Covanta Marion waste-to-energy plant?
Covanta Marion (later renamed Reworld Marion) was Oregon's only garbage incinerator, operating in Brooks just north of Salem since 1986 and converting municipal solid waste into electricity. The facility stopped accepting waste at the end of 2024 after new state emissions-testing requirements under Senate Bill 488, and Marion County has been working through alternative disposal arrangements since. Garbage collected in Salem now goes to transfer stations for onward hauling rather than the old Brooks incinerator.
Where can Salem residents dispose of household hazardous waste and old electronics?
Marion County's Household Hazardous Waste Facility, located at the Salem-Keizer Recycling & Transfer Station at 3250 Deer Park Dr SE, takes paint, pesticides, solvents, and similar items free from residents on Thursdays from 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Electronics such as TVs, computers, and monitors fall under Oregon's E-Cycles law and can be dropped off free (up to seven items per visit) at that same transfer station, at the North Marion Recycling & Transfer Station in Woodburn, or at Garten Services on Hawthorne Ave SE in Salem.
Can I put food scraps in my yard debris cart in Salem?
In many parts of Salem, yes. Residents within Salem city limits whose hauler offers the program can combine food scraps with yard debris in a mixed organics cart, which accepts things like fruit and vegetable scraps, meat, dairy, coffee grounds, and eggshells alongside grass clippings and leaves. Availability depends on your specific hauler, so check with your provider or call the Mid-Valley Garbage and Recycling Association at 503-390-4000 to confirm your area has the service.
How does the Oregon Bottle Bill work in Salem?
Oregon's Bottle Bill puts a 10-cent refund on most beverage containers, redeemable through BottleDrop. Salem has a full-service BottleDrop Redemption Center at 4815 Commercial St SE, open 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily, where you can self-serve return up to 350 containers a day, use Green Bags for drop-off, or get containers hand-counted. Refunds can be taken as cash or, through BottleDrop Plus, as store credit worth 20 percent more at participating retailers.
Salem Recycling Tips
- •Check the Mid-Valley Garbage and Recycling Association's Find Your Hauler tool before assuming your recycling rules: Salem's six franchised haulers each serve a distinct zone and small details like the mixed organics cart can differ by provider.
- •Keep glass bottles and jars out of the big mixed recycling cart. Marion County wants glass in the small curbside bin instead, since mixed-in glass contaminates the paper and plastic stream.
- •Skip the wishful recycling: plastic bags, Styrofoam, coffee pods, aerosol cans, greasy cardboard, and take-out clamshells all cause sorting problems and should go in the garbage, not the recycling cart.
- •Save appliances and electronics for the Salem-Keizer Recycling & Transfer Station on Deer Park Dr SE rather than the curb. Computers, TVs, and monitors are free there (up to seven per visit under Oregon E-Cycles), while appliances carry a small fee, more if they contain refrigerant.
- •Bring bottles and cans to the BottleDrop Redemption Center on Commercial St SE for the 10-cent Oregon refund instead of tossing them in with regular recycling; it is a separate program from curbside pickup and pays you back directly.
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