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- Sign at the Recycling Center. They actually let you bring in more than 10 cans!
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- My old cans of paint from various projects in the house.
Intro: This is the first entry to a two part post! I am waiting for the Bend Garbage and Recycling to return my call because I’ve got some questions?!
After painting Little a’s room last week, I decided to go through our mega collection of paint cans in the garage. We had about 30 cans stacked on the top shelf. Most were completely empty, some were old samples, and others were colors that we used years ago on the walls which are now covered with a new color. Our house is full of color and every room is different!
As I was inspecting each can, I was overloaded with memories. Canary Yellow and Muted Orange were used to paint Little a’s room when she turned 2! Gun Metal Gray draped our bedroom when we moved to Bend, making it a dark and cozy master. Lime Green coated Max’s big boy room when he was 4 and then quickly changed to Ralph Lauren Blue once he decided he loved the Solar System. Our dining room and formal living room were transformed into a dark Forest Green. That lasted about 2 years! We then decided to go with a bit more funk and pizzazz. Three of the walls were painted Cappuccino and one wall was Teak (a dark orange). Our great room, kitchen and kid’s bathroom have been the same color for about 8 years. I couldn’t find the name of the color on the can, but it’s a blend of green and tan. We are due for a change. Any recommendations? I loved sorting though the cans and letting the memories flow.
A majority of these cans went to the Bend Garbage and Recycling Center at Knott Landfill and some of these were left on the shelf …saved for the needed touch up from nicks and scratches. I was happy to see they were accepted free of charge. I would have dropped them off any way but after a wild weekend in Vegas money is tight for the month! LOL!!
It is cool to see there is an alternative method of disposal for these cans rather than going directly in the land fill. I am not sure where these cans are off to next. I was unable to reach the person in charge and left a message. I am anxious to learn about the rest of their journey! hmmmmm……Anyone out there have any ideas?????
Susan Baker is the best person to talk to. Remember when I was going to do all those recycling videos. I wish I had time 🙁
That’s right! Thanks Shannon!
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I used to work for Deschutes County department of solid waste. I was with them for over 16 years. I’ve seen the good ,the bad and the ugly. When I was working for them the operation manager “name removed” would have some of the attendents go throught it seprating the latex from the oil base paints and put them in big cardboard box that sat on a wood pallet. Durring the sorting of the paints we will put quart size on up to a gallon size in the latex box. The five gallon latax ones was stacked on a wood pallet. On the oil base paints was stacked in the big box from quart size to five gallons. There was alot of paint that went down into the pit at Knott. The hazardous waste contractor will truck it up in to Washinton to a plant that will process it in to all kinds of items.