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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.

Learn more about the events.

Running Totals from 2026 Events


  • 12
    Volunteers over one cleanup
    (and counting)
  • 500
    Pounds of litter collected
  • 15
    Beverage containers found
    (and recycled)

2026 Events


Previous Cleanups

  • Gresham–January 15, 2026

  • Albany—December 11, 2025

  • Portland—November 13, 2025

  • Portland—November 13, 2025

  • Portland—November 13, 2025

  • Portland—November 13, 2025

  • Portland—November 13, 2025

  • Portland—November 13, 2025

  • Portland—November 13, 2025

  • Portland—November 13, 2025

  • Portland—November 13, 2025

  • Portland—November 13, 2025

  • Portland—November 13, 2025

  • Portland—November 13, 2025

  • Portland—November 13, 2025

  • Corvallis—October 23, 2025

  • Medford—September 18, 2025

  • Medford—September 18, 2025

  • Milwaukie—August 14, 2025

  • Milwaukie—August 14, 2025

  • Milwaukie—August 14, 2025

  • Milwaukie—August 14, 2025

  • Milwaukie—August 14, 2025

  • Milwaukie—August 14, 2025

  • Milwaukie—August 14, 2025

  • Milwaukie—August 14, 2025

  • Milwaukie—August 14, 2025

  • Hermiston—July 31, 2025

  • Hermiston—July 31, 2025

  • Bend—June 24, 2025

  • Bend—June 24, 2025

  • Salem—May 22, 2025

  • Salem—May 22, 2025

  • Salem—May 22, 2025

  • North Bend/Coos Bay—April 10, 2025

  • North Bend/Coos Bay—April 10, 2025

  • Eugene—March 13, 2025

  • Eugene—March 13, 2025

  • Eugene—March 13, 2025

  • Beaverton—January 10, 2025

  • Beaverton—January 10, 2025

  • Beaverton—January 10, 2025

  • Portland—December 6, 2024

  • Portland—December 6, 2024

  • 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.

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Totals from 2025 Events

  • 216
    Volunteers over twelve cleanups
  • 3,156
    Pounds of litter collected
  • 55
    Beverage containers found
    (and recycled)

Learn more about SOLVE

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