Mt. Tabor/N. Tabor Neighborhood Cleanup 2025

Saturday, May 17, 2025, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Unity Spiritual Center of Portland Parking Lot, SE 47th and Stark

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Hi Neighbors,

 

Just a reminder that our very popular annual North Tabor/Mt. Tabor neighborhood cleanup is this Saturday:  

 

DATE:        Saturday, May 17, 2025

TIME:        9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

PLACE:      Unity Spiritual Center of Portland Parking Lot, SE 47th and Stark

COST:       Donations will be accepted.

 

We can accept lots of different items to throw in the drop boxes and some yard debris as well.  Rather than listing everything we will accept, it's easier to list the things we can't accept. (See below for a list of what we can't take.)

 

• Green Century will be at the event and will be recycling a wide range of electronics. (See below for a list of what they will take.)  

• Community Warehouse will be at the cleanup and will accept household goods and furnishings. (https://www.communitywarehouse.org/) 

 

We need more volunteers! 

We need a lot of volunteers to make this event work. Bring a friend or family member with you. It’s fun! (Bring your own gloves and rain gear--it might rain.)

• Help unload junk from people's cars and trucks; and/or check people in who are waiting in line; and/or help with the electronics recycling or the "reuse area." 

• Shifts:  8 to 11 a.m. and 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.

• Bring your tools and help in our “deconstruction area” where we dismantle items that have metal we can recycle.

 

To sign up to volunteer, go to: 

 

• https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScwMBYet_qiv5JIqyXWbwkpnvZPe5ueW6o-9yMTfFWNoF5Hlw/viewform?dods

 

(If you already signed up to volunteer, please do so again! We had a problem with our Google form. We just found out it didn't save any of the information people entered up until today.)

 

Do you have a portable canopy we can borrow? It may rain on Saturday. We need some canopies to help the volunteers get out of the rain and to protect the electronics recycling. If you drop it off at the cleanup and share your contact info with us, we will get it back to you after the cleanup.

 

PLEASE NOTE a couple changes for this year's cleanup:

 

• No styrofoam recycling: We can take styrofoam--we just don't have a place to recycle it for free anymore. Styrofoam will go into the drop boxes with the other bulky waste. You can recycle styrofoam at Green Century in NW Portland for $10 for a 45-gallon bag. (Visit their website to see what else they recycle and their recycling fees.) 

• No tires! In the past, we were able to accept car and truck tires off or on the rims. This year the transfer station will charge us $100 per tire if we let any into the drop boxes. You can recycle your tires at Liberty Tire Recycling (https://libertytire.com/) in North Portland ($3/tire off rim; $6/tire on rim).

(You can call the Metro Recycling Hotline at 503-234-3000 to find out how to get rid of or recycle almost anything!)

 

QUESTIONS ABOUT THE CLEANUP?:  Contact prleistner@gmail.com.

 

A big THANK YOU to Metro's Regional Refresh Fund and to SE Uplift Neighborhood Coalition for their valuable support of this event.

 

We hope to see you at the cleanup!

 

Paul Leistner, president

Mt. Tabor Neighborhood Association

 

2350 SE 57th Ave.

Portland, OR  97215

503-953-6536

prleistner@gmail.com

(he/him)

 

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THINGS WE CAN'T TAKE AT THE CLEANUP:

• No household hazardous waste (e.g. NO paint, pesticides, solvents, asbestos, gasoline, chemicals, motor oil, tar, paint, batteries, animal waste, liquids, pool chemicals, wood stain, antifreeze, thinners, aerosol spray products, syringes, medications, poisons, toxic chemicals, herbicides, household cleaning products, fluorescent tubes and ballasts, compact fluorescent light bulbs (CFL))

• No large quantities of construction or landscape materials (concrete, asphalt, dirt, sod, brick, sand, gravel or composition roofing.)

• No roofing materials (e.g. asphalt shingles or rolled roofing) 

• No materials that might have asbestos. 

• No commercial or industrial garbage

• No freezers, refrigerators, compressors or other items containing Freon. (Green Century will accept air conditioners at our event. Metro Metals will actually pay you for appliances.)

• No regular household garbage or food waste (things that should go in your curbside pickup)

• No lightbulbs (no regular bulbs, fluorescent tubes, compact fluorescent bulbs, LEDS, etc.)

• No fluorescent light fixture ballasts. 

• No batteries.

• No toner or ink cartridges.

• No electronic media (e.g. CDs, DVDs, floppy disks, VHS tapes, cassette tapes)

• No tires on or off the rim. 

• No fire extinguishers.

• No devices that contain mercury (e.g. Thermometers, Thermostats, Ionization Smoke Detectors, etc.)

We retain the right to refuse any item.

 

Call the Metro Recycling Hotline at 503-234-3000 to find out how to dispose or recycle these items.

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ELECTRONIC RECYCLING THAT GREEN CENTURY WILL TAKE AT THE CLEANUP: 

 

ALL MATERIAL IS ACCEPTED IN WORKING OR NON-WORKING CONDITION

● Computers

● Laptops

● TV & Monitors (All types)

● Hard drives (Secure Data Destruction Provided)

● Misc. Computer Components (Floppy drives, Printed Circuit Boards (PCB), etc.)

● Cords/Wires/Chargers/Power strips

● Servers/Switches

● Routers/Hubs/Modems

● Networking Devices

● Communications Equipment

● POS (Point of Sale equip)

● Printers/Scanners

● Fax/Copiers

● Keyboards/Mice

● Misc. Office Machines

● Misc. Electronics

● VCRs, DVD Players

● Cable & Satellite Equipment

● Testing Equipment

● Stereo/Audio Components

● Cell Phones (with or without batteries)

● PDAs, Handheld Games

● Cameras

● Telephones

● Returned or Unwanted Products

● Gaming Consoles/Systems

● UPS (uninterruptible power supply) and other Lead Acid Batteries

● Small/Large Appliances (which includes microwaves, toasters, blenders, etc.)

● Electric Power Tools

● Laptop Batteries, Cell Phone Batteries, Li-on batteries

● Ferrous & Non-Ferrous Metals

● Air Conditioners

● Bare Tube CRT