Recycling Drop-off Locations

All recyclable items must be:

• Empty, clean and dry. No food or liquid residue.
• Larger than 2 inches by 2 inches
• Caps OK if they screw on
• NO bagged recyclables

Columbia County Transfer Station Recycling Center

Location: 1601 Railroad Ave., St. Helens, OR 97051 

Hours: Monday-Saturday 8am - 5pm

Accepted items:

• Cartons: milk and juice
• Cardboard: all corrugated cardboard - flattened
• Paper: newspaper, paper bags, paperback books, magazines, catalogs, scrap paper, printer/copy paper, cereal boxes, junk mail, egg cartons.
• Metal: aluminum, steel and tin cans, foil, scrap metal (metal cooking pots), empty paint cans, and aerosols. Appliances: metal dishwashers, water heaters, clothes washers and dryers, stoves only.
• Plastic: bottles, jugs, yogurt tubs, buckets, rigid plant pots.
• Glass: bottles and jars

Unaccepted items:

• Glass: windows, dishware, cookware, porcelain or ceramics
• Plastic bags or stretchy plastics: bread bags, newspaper bags, produce bags, dry cleaning bags, air pillows, case wrap, bubble wrap (drop off at select locations - Plastic Bag and Film Recycling.org)
• No cords, wires, hoses

Clatskanie Recycling Depot

Location: NE 5th St., Clatskanie, OR 97016 

Hours: Monday-Sunday 8am - 5pm

Accepted items:

• Cartons: milk and juice
• Cardboard: all corrugated cardboard - flattened
• Paper: newspaper, paper bags, paperback books, magazines, catalogs, scrap paper, printer/copy paper, cereal boxes, junk mail, egg cartons.
• Metal: aluminum, steel and tin cans, foil, scrap metal (metal cooking pots), empty paint cans, and aerosols. Appliances: metal dishwashers, water heaters, clothes washers and dryers, stoves only.
• Plastic: bottles, jugs, yogurt tubs, buckets, rigid plant pots.
• Glass: bottles and jars

Unaccepted items:

• Glass: windows, dishware, cookware, porcelain or ceramics
• Plastic bags or stretchy plastics: bread bags, newspaper bags, produce bags, dry cleaning bags, air pillows, case wrap, bubble wrap (drop off at select locations - Plastic Bag and Film Recycling.org)
• No cords, wires, hoses

Rainier Glass Only Drop-off

Location: the parking lot next to 690 West A St, Rainier, OR 97048 

Hours: Monday-Sunday 8am - 5pm

Accepted items:

• Glass: bottles and jars

Unaccepted items:

• Glass: windows, dishware, cookware, porcelain or ceramics

Vernonia Transfer Station

Location: 701 California Avenue - Vernonia, OR 97064 

Hours: 8am - 2pm on 2nd and 4th Saturdays (January-October) and 1st and 3rd Saturdays (November-December) 

 Accepted items:

• Cartons: milk and juice
• Cardboard: all corrugated cardboard - flattened
• Paper: newspaper, paper bags, paperback books, magazines, catalogs, scrap paper, printer/copy paper, cereal boxes, junk mail, egg cartons.
• Metal: aluminum, steel and tin cans, foil, scrap metal (metal cooking pots), empty paint cans, and aerosols. Appliances: metal dishwashers, water heaters, clothes washers and dryers, stoves only.
• Plastic: bottles, jugs, yogurt tubs, buckets, rigid plant pots.
• Glass: bottles and jars

Unaccepted items:

• Glass: windows, dishware, cookware, porcelain or ceramics
• Plastic bags or stretchy plastics: bread bags, newspaper bags, produce bags, dry cleaning bags, air pillows, case wrap, bubble wrap (drop off at select locations - Plastic Bag and Film Recycling.org)
• No cords, wires, hoses