Taking Care of Oregon Together
2025 Community Cleanup and Recycling Event Series
Hosted by SOLVE in partnership with the Oregon Beverage Recycling Cooperative, each event in the statewide series is a chance to help make Oregon a little cleaner and greener!
Join us for a litter cleanup event where we’ll beautify the neighborhood by removing trash and recycling bottles and cans found during the effort (to benefit SOLVE!). Volunteers are encouraged to take home one (or more!) of SOLVE’s specially tagged Blue Bags to fill with their redeemable beverage containers. Once the bag is full, it can be returned to any BottleDrop bag drop location. We’ll recycle the containers inside the bag and SOLVE will receive the refund value to help further their mission.
Running Totals from Previous Events
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30Volunteers
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400Pounds of litter collected
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13Beverage containers found (and recycled)
2025 Events
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Beaverton
Sign Up for Beaverton EventFriday, January 10
1:00 to 3:00 pm
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9307 SW Beaverton-Hillsdale Hwy
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NE Salem
Sign Up for NE Salem EventThursday, February 13
1:00 to 3:00 pm
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1880 Commercial Street NE
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Eugene
Sign Up for Eugene EventThursday, March 13
1:00 to 3:00 pm
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2105 W Broadway
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North Bend/Coos Bay
Sign Up for North Bend/Coos Bay EventThursday, April 10
1:00 to 3:00 pm
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1701 Newmark St, North Bend
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SE Salem
Sign Up for SE Salem EventThursday, May 22
10:00 am to 12:00 pm
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4815 Commercial St SE
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Bend
Sign Up for Bend EventSaturday, June 21
10:00 am to 12:00 pm
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755 NE 2nd St
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Medford
Sign Up for Medford EventSaturday, July 26
10:00 am to 12:00 pm
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1179 Stowe Ave
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Milwaukie
Sign Up for Milwaukie EventSaturday, August 16
10:00 am to 12:00 pm
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6100 SE King Rd
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Hermiston
Sign Up for Hermiston EventThursday, September 18
10:00 am to 12:00 pm
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740 W Hermiston Ave
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Corvallis
Sign Up for Corvallis EventThursday, October 23
10:00 am to 12:00 pm
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1111 NW 9th St
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Portland
Sign Up for Portland EventThursday, November 13
1:00 to 3:00 pm
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555 NE 122nd Ave
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Albany
Sign Up for Albany EventThursday, December 11
1:00 to 3:00 pm
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2141 Santiam Hwy SE
Previous Cleanups
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Portland—December 6, 2024
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Portland—December 6, 2024
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Portland—December 6, 2024
SOLVE and BottleDrop Give
SOLVE’s partnership with BottleDrop Give highlights a shared commitment to sustainability and community well-being. Through BottleDrop’s Blue Bag program, SOLVE ensures that all beverage containers collected during their community cleanup events are redeemed for their refund value. These funds directly benefit SOLVE, supporting their mission to protect and preserve Oregon’s natural spaces. By turning redeemable waste into impactful funding, this collaboration exemplifies how small actions—like recycling beverage containers—can drive big changes for environmental stewardship and community engagement.