Super helpful people! Good prices. Nice to clean out my basement of all the scrap wire and metal I…read morehave.

Did not give me a fair chance in my interview. I definitely was discriminated against identifying…read moreas a Hispanic/ American man.

Great place to take recycling and great customer service! Highly recommend. The staff was…read moreextremely friendly.

Had a giant pile of crap left over from a renter. This was the best price option for us to get rid…read moreof it. The staff were good folks and helpful. Thanks!

Very friendly people here and the process is so easy. My air conditioner was recalled and they…read moreaccepted it here for free. I recommend this place for your recycling needs.

It's been another few years, and Green Century continues to deliver. Eric, Heather, Maggie, and…read morethe rest of the team there have been fantastic to work with. It's always super easy to schedule a pickup, Heather and Maggie are always super responsive to any questions I may have about scheduling and materials, and Eric has been the best on-site materials handler one could hope for. Awesome folks all around, providing an excellent service, which has only improved over the many, many years that we've been working with them. Thanks so much, Team Green Century!

I love you, SCRAP PDX! It's a wonderful feeling to just walk through the doors, knowing you'll be…read moreamong creatives of all kinds, knowing you'll find some treasure you needed for that project you've been working on, then finding another little thing that sparked an idea of something to make, then making your way to the counter to pay, then leaving by the door you came in, hurrying to get home so you can get back to your project and maybe even start another one. SCRAP is a boost to the imagination in ways one can only imagine (hehe), all the while helping the environment by keeping stuff out of landfills. It's a great place to donate all those things you thought you were gonna use for something or other but never got around to it and now don't want to do it. I found some watercolor tubes I'd been wanting to try out - one almost-full tube had a $20 price tag still on it - I paid $4! I'd go every week if I lived closer... you just never know what someone's gonna be donating.

It's inspirational to wander in this store. It gives you warm fuzzy feelings to donate and even…read moremore heartwarming happens as you wander around inside. It's right brain hemisphere stimulation galore.

I live at MonteVista in Beaverton and we've had ZipEco at our complex for almost a month now and I…read morehave been so pleased with the service. I hated taking my recycling and trash down when it gets full because there is only one trash area in my complex and it was a major wreck! Now that ZipEco is offered to us I love "trash day". The person working our route is always here right at 7pm so I can bring in the receptacle before I head to sleep for the night. The instructions for use are well explained and easy to do, and nightly service makes it easy to stay on top of your housework. Before my roommates and I would stuff the trash so full we could barely close it because none of us wanted to take the trash down the stairs and then fight for space in the full dumpster. My neighbors never flattened their cardboard boxes down so the recycling was a nightmare every week. Now with the rules ZipEco has in place they have to flatten the boxes and recycle correctly if they want it to be taken! ZipEco was the best idea my management has ever had, I appreciate this company so much, they make the worst part of housework way easier for me.

Carrie and her team couldn't be more professional, responsive, and kind! The process couldn't have…read morebeen easier and from first inquiry to pick up, it was only a few days. Amazing. Very highly recommend!!

I didn't catch their names, but 2 very pleasant guys came from Slam Dunk Junk to remove various…read morepieces of furniture for me. They were polite, efficient, and even brought in a heavy fedex package that had been delivered while they were there. I will definitely use their service again.

On Friday, I had a bunch of yard cuttings and junk that I needed to be hauled out of my yard (along…read morewith 2 very heavy old planter boxes). I had several people offer to do the task, and settled on a fellow who was supposed to come today (Monday) to take care of it. After the time he was due to be here he let me know he was unable to do it so I had to scramble to find someone else. I found this company Slam Dunk Junk. I gave them a call and spoke with a very nice fellow, Scott who said that they could definitely take care of this for me today!! I sent him pictures of the 'junk' and let him know what the other fellow had quoted me, and he came in right on par with that quote! All along the day, I received updates about when the fellows would be here, when they were enroute and when they had arrived. The fellows that showed up, Connor and Tony, were polite and respectful and got right to work. It took them all of about 30 minutes to clear everything out that I needed removed! It was dark, but they had headlamps on their hats and did a fantastic job!! (they even did this with a stand in truck because their regular truck blew a tire and had to go into the shop!) From start to finish this was a smooth operation, VERY well run and managed and an EXCELLENT value for the cost of the job!! Hands down I will be calling upon them again, when I need stuff hauled off! Oh and after they were done, I received a message thanking me for my business!! Absolutely STELLAR!!

Recycling Adventure:…read more I recently had to clean out my garage and a couple of rooms inside our house in order to prepare to host some visitors from overseas for a couple of weeks this summer. I'd accumulated 20-years of junk! It looked like a job for Extreme Make Over - Home Edition, but without the army of contractors or Sears and Ty Pennington to help. It almost looked like an episode of Oprah about folks who hoard everything! I had all the usual junk that would typically be recyclable curbside, but I had both too much of it for a single curbside load, as well as plenty of 'stuff' that wasn't on the curbside list of recyclables (like block Styrofoam packaging, etc). Of course, some of the stuff I wanted to jettison was perfectly reusable and I didn't want it to simply get tossed (working, but old computer and home electronics stuff, etc). And while some of the stuff qualified as Salvation Army and Goodwill candidates, some didn't. I discovered Portland's Metro Recycling Web-Site and Hot-line and they supplied me with a list of local resources for all the various types of junk that I wanted to recycle, including the block Styrofoam packing material. Besides their hot-line phone number, their web-site has a nifty search feature that taps into their huge database of local recyclers for everything from soup-to-nuts (so-to-speak). http://www.oregonmetro.gov/index.cfm/go/by.web/id=1383 It is a handy service that just works!

A post from ReBuilding Center's social media caught my eye, and I stopped in to see if the item…read morewould work for me. Unfortunately, it was a little damaged and I didn't want to take on the repair. But that's how shopping here goes: check the inventory frequently, cross your fingers that they have the right size or enough of the thing you need, and accept that even if it doesn't work for you it is going to a better home and not the dump. They've got inventory of all kinds, but I'd say primarily it's cabinets, sinks and tubs, lighting, wood, doors and windows. They do have a website with some online inventory and you can always call ahead to see if something is still in stock. I especially appreciate their education opportunities. I've taken a few classes about building tables, and a little free library, and I'm signed up for my next class with them about tiling!

The perfect place to search for treasures for your next home project!…read moreIt'd been awhile since I'd been in but stopped in with my sisters to hunt for some items for her upcoming home improvement projects. I had forgotten how many fun items they had to search through! They have about everything you can think of from doors to drawers to cabinets to lighting. Just about anything your home improvement heart desires. I learned they offer classes as well, how neat! The staff is friendly and helpful. Definitely stop on in for a fun treasure hunt!

I was a bit embarrassed calling up Campbell Pest Control because I'd been dealing with a flea…read moreproblem for about a year. The first technician, Peyton, was incredibly kind and reassuring -- he told me he'd seen way worse and instantly put me at ease. He was polite, professional, and efficient, and I only needed to be out of the house (along with my cat) for about an hour while he sprayed. You're guaranteed three sprays for one initial price, which I found to be very reasonable. When the second spray date came around, I was running behind -- my cat wasn't in her carrier, my stuff wasn't ready, and I was flustered. Peyton patiently waited for me to get everything together and even helped carry a few things to my car! That kind of kindness is rare and so appreciated. By the third spray, I had a new technician named Isaac, who was just as friendly and patient as Peyton (again, I wasn't quite ready -- when they say 11 to noon, expect 11 promptly! ). Both technicians were fantastic: professional, punctual, and genuinely kind people who made a stressful situation so much easier. I can't recommend Campbell Pest Control enough -- their customer service alone deserves five stars. Every time I called, a real person answered the phone - no robots whatsoever. I even spoke with the owner, Austin, who was extremely kind and is the reason I'm writing this review.

This review is to praise the skill and professionalism of Darryl, a consummate ant tracker! Our…read morehouse was so full of ants that we would find them on rugs, on ceilings, even in our bed at night. They were everywhere. We had Campbell out a couple of time, but it got worse instead of better. Then they sent Darryl, and he earned our eternal gratitude. He found ant trails we didn't even point out, or know we had, and figured out where they were going to and coming from. He went into rooms that we hadn't reported a problem in (with permission, of course...) and showed us where additional ant activity was. Then he baited incredibly carefully, to ensure our cats would not be at risk of exposure to the bait. (Our cats loved Darryl too!) He even followed up with a text a few days later, saying he was thinking about our job, and he wanted to know if the situation had improved! Who does that?! It had improved, by 85 - 90%, but we still saw ants. So he returned and spent an equal amount of time and patience identifying their sources. Darryl has made a tremendous difference in our ability to enjoy our home He is a treasure, and a super nice person, Thanks Darryl, and thanks to Campbell for sending him!!

I called EFI today and they said they are no longer doing shredding. I am giving them four stars…read morefor answering the phone and professionally telling me they no longer do shredding.

From the owner: EFI Recycling, a division of Environmental Fibers International, is a full-service commercial…read morerecycling company operating throughout the Pacific Northwest. EFI has been serving the Portland area's recycling needs since 2001. We are proud to be one of the largest locally owned and operated recycling companies in the Northwest. The EFI staff has 100 years of combined industry experience in the shredding and recycling industry. Our employees are widely known for their professionalism, knowledge, and dedication. Our facilities, located on Swan Island in North Portland, are outfitted with the most sophisticated technology to collect and recycle a wide array of paper products. EFI Recycling knows what it means to have a personal, flexible, consistent, and practical service that other recycling companies can't provide.