09/28/23 The Journey of a Tin Can

The journey of a tin can is more complex than you'd think! We hope this helps you understand what happens when you recycle and encourages you to continue working to reduce, reuse, and recycle ♻

The Journey of a Tin Can

1. Your favorite brand makes a tin can of carrots 🥕
2. You head to the grocery store to purchase the can 🥫
3. You toss the can into your curbside recycling roll cart ♻
4. Your recycling roll cart has the green lid!
5. Your recycling driver picks up your roll cart and dumps the tin can into the truck.
6. The recycling is brought to our recycling center (1726 SE Hwy 101) and baled to be hauled.
7. Transfer trailers take the tin can to the Material Recovery Facility (MRF) where it's sorted from other recyclable materials like paper, cardboard, plastic jugs & bottles #1 & #2, etc. 🚛
8. The MRF bales the tin all together and sends it to a local metal recycler to be made into a new metal material. Typically, the tin you recycle in North Lincoln County is made into rebar in the Portland Metro area 🏭

Check out our previous video on Pioneer Recycling to see the MRF sorting in action! And let us know if you'd like to see the journey of another recyclable in the future. Thanks for following along!