2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 13 - Housing, Games, Environment › Chapter 459A - Reuse and Recycling › Section 459A.050 - Recycling reports.

(1) On behalf of each wasteshed and the cities within each wasteshed, each county shall submit to the Department of Environmental Quality:
(a) A periodic report, as required by the department, but not more frequently than annually, that documents how the wasteshed and the cities within the wasteshed are implementing the opportunity to recycle, including the requirements of ORS 459A.007 and 459A.010. A wasteshed is encouraged to report the results of the wasteshed’s commercial recycling program evaluations in the wasteshed’s periodic report to the department.
(b) An annual report that states for the wasteshed the type of material and the weight of each type of material collected through the following means:
(A) On-route collection;
(B) Collection from commercial customers; and
(C) Collection at disposal site recycling depots.
(c) If solid waste generated in the wasteshed is disposed of outside of the state, the total weight of the solid waste disposed of outside the state, which shall be included in the annual report.
(2) The metropolitan service district for Multnomah, Washington and Clackamas counties and the cities therein in aggregate shall submit to the department annual reports that include the information required under subsection (1) of this section.
(3) Except as provided in subsection (4) of this section and subject to the exclusions of ORS 459A.010 (3)(d), each solid waste disposal site that receives solid waste, except transfer stations, shall report, for each wasteshed, the weight of in-state solid waste disposed of at the solid waste disposal site that was generated in each wasteshed.
(4) The metropolitan service district for Multnomah, Washington and Clackamas counties and the cities therein in aggregate shall submit to the department the weight of solid waste disposed of through the following facilities:
(a) Metropolitan service district central transfer station;
(b) Metropolitan service district south transfer station;
(c) Municipal solid waste compost facility; and
(d) Any disposal facility or transfer facility owned, operated or under contract by the metropolitan service district.
(5) The cities and counties within each wasteshed shall share proportionally in the costs incurred for the preparation and submission of the annual report required under this section.
(6) At least annually, the department shall survey privately operated recycling and material recovery facilities, including but not limited to buy back centers, drop off centers, recycling depots other than those at permitted land disposal facilities, manufacturers and distributors. The department shall collect the following information:
(a) By type of material for each wasteshed, the weight of in-state material collected from other than on-route collection programs, both residential and commercial.
(b) Any other information necessary to prevent double counting of material recovered or to determine if a material is recyclable.
(7) Information collected under subsection (6) of this section, as it relates specifically to the entity’s customer lists or specific amounts and types of materials collected or marketed, is confidential and exempt from disclosure under ORS 192.311 to 192.478. The department may use and disclose such information in aggregated form.
(8) The information in subsections (1)(b) to (4) and (6) of this section shall be collected and reported annually on a form provided by the department.
(9) Unless extended by the Environmental Quality Commission upon application under ORS 459A.055 after the affected persons show good cause for an extension, the affected persons within the wasteshed shall implement the opportunity to recycle and submit the recycling report to the department. [Formerly 459.180; 1993 c.560 §80; 1997 c.552 §13; 2001 c.513 §4; 2015 c.534 §18]