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BNA Clean & Green Team has organized a neighborhood-wide litter clean up along Bridgeton Road, Marine Drive & Anchor Way, Join neighbors to pick up litter and remove graffiti! Saturday, Oct 24 9:00am - 12:00pm 12:00pm - Refreshments & prize giveaways will follow the clean up. Plan to wear masks and bright clothing to keep safe, and socially-distant. Meet at the old Channel's Edge parking lot, 207 N. Bridgeton Rd. to join a team that will focus on the West end, Marine Drive, East end, or Roth Estates! Thanks to our friendly neighborhood Lowe's at Delta Park for donating bulbs to plant in our beloved triangle entry. Join Bridgeton Neighbors (at a proper social distance) at our entry triangle
DIY Spring Triangle Spruce Up Saturday, April 11, 2020 10:00a, - 12:00 pm BYOT - Bring Your Own Tools!
We'll keep our social distance and spruce up the triangle! 
 Recycling curbside in Portland is pretty simple and hasn’t changed much since 2018 with more efforts around ‘recycling right’ and keeping unwanted materials out of the recycling due to changes with international markets. Check below for ways to recycle right* *The BNA has instituted a Blue Bag Bottle Fundraiser that allows for bottle deposit money to add to our Neighborhood Clean Up fund. Get your bags and start “recycling for a cause” from Peg Molander. More details here: http://www.livebridgeton.com/bottle-drop-fundraiser Metro Recycling Information Center is the best bet for up-to-date information. They have a Find a Recycler tool that offers many resources for disposal, recycling and reuse. They also have a new campaign called Recycle or Not that includes a game and Instagram option. CURBSIDE RECYCLING BASICS
· Don’t over pack your blue roll cart. Contents must fall out easily. · Weight limit is 135 lbs.
YES! Put these paper items together in your blue recycling roll cart: Newspapers, magazines, catalogs, phone books, scrap paper, junk mail, cartons (milk, juice, soup), shredded paper (must be in paper bag), cardboard boxes. (Flatten small boxes for the blue roll cart. Flatten and bundle large boxes using twine or tape and place them next to the blue roll cart. Bundled cardboard must measure 36 in or less in any direction.) YES! Put these plastic items together in your blue recycling roll cart: Plastics recycling in the Portland Curbside Collection Service is based on size and shape not number. Put only these types of plastics in your blue recycling roll cart: bottles with neck smaller than base (6 oz or larger), tubs (6 oz or larger), plant pots (4 in or larger), or buckets (5 gal or smaller). Remember, no caps or lids.  YES! Put these metal items together in your blue recycling roll cart: Aluminum, tin and steel food cans, empty dry metal paint cans, empty aerosol cans, aluminum foil, scrap metal (smaller than 30 in and less than 30 lbs). Collect small pieces of metal (beer bottle caps, glass jar lids, screws, nails) inside steel cans and crimp closed.  YES! Put these glass items together in your yellow recycling bin: Put glass on the side in the yellow recycling bin. Mix all colors together (labels are ok) and keep separate at the curb in yellow glass bin or other rigid plastic container with “Glass Only” sticker.  YES! You can recycle motor oil at the curb: Put motor oil in a clear plastic bottle with a screw-on lid. Place next to roll cart or bin. Don't mix with other liquids. NO! These common items cannot be recycled: Plastic bags, diapers, propane cylinders, coffee cups/lids/pods, rigid plastics including "clamshells," plastic containers under 6 oz., prescription medicine bottles, latex gloves, disposable utensils, produce baskets, plastic lids and caps, plastic bottles that have come in contact with motor oil, pesticides and herbicide bottles, Tupperware, Rubbermaid, other reusable dishware, freezer and refrigerator boxes, hard copy books, light bulbs, drinking glasses, flower vases, ceramics, broken glass. Redeemable*: As of Jan. 1, 2018, more types of beverage containers carry a 10-cent deposit. These include bottles and cans for tea, coffee, fruit juice, coconut water, hard cider and kombucha, as well as beer, soft drinks and water containers. These are accepted at some grocery stores and all BottleDrop Centers. Not accepted at BottleDrop Centers: Wine, liquor, dairy or plant-based milk, infant formula and metal cans that require a can opener. BNA Fundraiser The BNA has instituted a Blue Bag Bottle Fundraiser that allows for bottle deposit money to add to our Neighborhood Clean Up fund. Get your bags and start “recycling for a cause” from Tom Hickey (west end) or Bridget Bayer (east end). More details here: http://www.livebridgeton.com/bottle-drop-fundraiser  Bridgeton Triangle Planting Crew The BNA worked on starting a community-based conservation program using our beloved triangle entry to Bridgeton neighborhood as a model. During our annual Spring Clean Up, the BNA Green Team organized a landscape improvement project. Nine neighbors contributed sweat equity to remove invasive species, clean debris and weeds, and create a welcoming look. We distributed METRO print materials about the benefits of sustainable plants, gardening methods and conservationism in the Columbia River slough environment. Shortly after, BNA neighbors installed a boat delightfully painted to welcome people to our neighborhood. The native-only flowering plants were donated by neighbors. We didn’t plan on the fact that the boat, made of aluminum, would be so valuable to scrappers, and it disappeared not long after the plants took hold. Our generous neighbors rallied and not only found another boat, wood this time, but donated almost all the materials to secure it firmly in place the second time. The second round of improvements were partly purchased but did include some donated plants. Another neighbor group took advantage of the long Fall season to add more plants and spring bulbs to enhance the beauty of our triangle. Neighbors learned about our work in person, on our website, LiveBridgeton.com, on social media and at two neighborhood-wide meetings. Participating volunteers received a ball cap that recognized them for their community service and environmental practices. We thank East Multnomah Soil and Water Conservation District 2018-2019 SPACE Small Projects and Community Events grants for kick-starting this valuable project! It's spring cleaning time. The BNA Spring Clean Up is scheduled for Saturday, May 19th.
Plan to get rid of the old junk cluttering your life at the BNA neighborhood clean up. The cost is FREE but donations are welcome! BNA accepts donations to fund events and activities that take place throughout the year (like the cool neighborhood picnic). Volunteers are wanted to help plan and pull off this fun and valuable event. Lead organizer this year, Gorgy Gonzales, is putting together a dynamite team to make Bridgeton neighborhood sparkle again. Join us! Volunteering is a simple as A B C A - The Awesome Ones - Clean & clear our Gantenbein entry. B - Box Bunch - Monitor drop boxes and help recycle. C - Cool River Crews - Litter removal shoreside from boats! Sign up to volunteer: bnagreenteam@gmail.com, 503-673-6290 Compost - Recycle more - and save more too!
Lucky neighbors, who mostly live on the south side of Bridgeton Road, have a large green can for yard debris & food scraps. Your green can allows you free pick up of yard debris and food scraps What goes in: Food scraps: Meat, poultry, fish, shellfish, bones, eggs and eggshells, cheese, dairy products, bread, baked goods, pasta, rice, beans, nuts, seeds, vegetables and fruit, table scraps, plate scrapings, leftovers, spoiled food, and the like. Other: Put only these types of food-soiled paper in curbside compost roll carts: coffee filters, tea bags, paper napkins, paper towels and pizza delivery boxes (remove any plastic or wax paper). Yard debris: Weeds, leaves, vines, grass, small branches, flowers, house plants, plant clippings, fallen tree fruit, pumpkins. BNA Green Team updated Metro's list to reduce garbage & increase recycling during the holidays. START HERE >>> Reuse, re-gift and donate unwanted or unused items with a community collection event before or after Christmas. Keep discarded electronics out of the garbage 1-888-5-ECYCLE (1-888-532-9253) http://www.oregon.gov/DEQ/ecycles/Pages/default.aspx Divert decorations & gift wrap https://www.portlandoregon.gov/bps/index.cfm?&a=618111 Compost holiday trees https://www.portlandoregon.gov/bps/article/558502 Reuse in Portland Freecycle https://groups.freecycle.org/group/PortlandOR/posts/all A grassroots movement committed to a sharing economy and helping people give and gain cool free stuff. It promotes reuse and keeping usable items out of landfills. Paying it Forward Store http://www.payingitforwardstore.org The Paying it Forward Store helps those in immediate need of clothing, coats and shoes and connects to other like-minded organizations by collecting and distributing donated items. PDX Free Store https://www.facebook.com/groups/365603686842843/about/ The PDX Free Store is like a rummage sale except everything is free—clothes, housewares, music, toys and games. Bring clean, working items to donate—take home items you need. Rooster (http://therooster.co/) Rooster is a community of neighbors who share resources at no cost. It’s about borrowing things you need—and making rewarding connections in your community. Learn more about Rooster. Nextdoor https://bridgeton.nextdoor.com/news_feed/ Nextdoor is a tool for getting helpful recommendations and resources from neighbors in addition to borrowing, donating or selling items. Buy Nothing Project https://www.facebook.com/groups/185057795232149/ Buy Nothing Project members post anything you’d like to give away, lend or share. It is neighborhood- and Facebook-based, focused on items you’d like to borrow or acquire, at no cost, from neighbors. Have unusable bulky items? Your garbage and recycling company can remove large items that are not reusable or recyclable for an extra charge. Call your garbage & recycling company (https://www.portlandoregon.gov/bps/54938) a week in advance and they will give you a cost estimate. For a reasonable charge, they will pick up appliances, furniture, large branches, stumps and other big items. For curbside pickup, set bulky items at your curb on the day your garbage and recycling company has agreed to pick them up. For discarded items abandoned in your neighborhood contact the Metro Regional Illegal Dumping (RID) Patrol or call 503-234-3000 https://www.oregonmetro.gov/tools-living/garbage-and-recycling/rid-patrol  |
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