Rethink Waste
Tools and resources to reduce waste at home or work!
Recycling Information
Wasted Food and Composting
Make Your Next Event GREEN by Borrowing Reusable Dishware (it's FREE!)
Planning a gathering, meeting, or event for your family or community group? We can help you make it sustainable!
The Environmental Center’s Rethink Waste Program (RWP) offers durable dishware kits in an effort to encourage the community to make the switch from disposables to reusables. Check out the link below to request reusable dishware kits for FREE!
3 Actions to Rethink Waste:
1.) Milk and ice cream cartons, paper cups go in the trash.
Paper products designed to hold wet stuff have a plastic lining and can’t be recycled in your curbside carts in Deschutes County. Find out more about what is and isn’t recyclable!
2.) Save money by wasting less food.
Did you know 25% of the average household’s food ends up in the trash? That’s 1/4 of your food budget: wasted food is wasted money. Sign up for our free Rethink Food Waste Challenge to learn more tips on how to waste less food.
3.) Opt-out of single-use extras in your take out.
Yes it’s hard during COVID, especially when you see the ground littered with masks and your trash can full of take out containers. But by asking for no condiments or silverware in your take out, you’re doing your part.
Schedule a Rethink Waste Presentation
Interested in scheduling a free Rethink Waste presentation about waste prevention including food waste reduction, recycling right, best reduce practices for your workplace, current events, or more? Virtual presentations are available! Please contact for more information.
