What a Trip! Follow the Travels of Your Recycling

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What a Trip! Follow the Travels of Your Recycling

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Engineering, Marine Park
4500 SE Columbia Way
Vancouver, Washington
360-619-4120
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City of Vancouver
P.O. Box 1995
Vancouver, WA 98668-1995



		Garbage & Recycling What a Trip! Follow the Travels of Your Recycling Ever wonder what happens to your recyclable materials after they leave your curb? Wondering how the recyclables will get sorted when they're all - except glass - mingled together in your new recycling cart? Watch a video that follows paper, aluminum, steel, plastic and glass through the recycling process - from your recycling bin to a material recovery center and then into new products. You can view the entire Saving Little Pieces of our Earth video here. Or you can choose to view segments of the video featuring specific materials. The following links will produce a new page or window. Introduction to Recycling and Why It's Important How Paper Gets Recycled How Aluminum Get Recycled How Plastic Gets Recycled How Steel Gets Recycled How Glass Gets Recycled Please note: Saving Little Pieces of our Earth was produced by the Oregon Waste Reduction and Education Action Committee and the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality. Slight modifications have been made with their approval to reflect handling of recyclables in Clark County. Return to Solid Waste Services