CART'M Recycling

An innovative recycling and reuse center on the North Oregon coast.

Our 501c3 non-profit community organization runs the Manzanita Transfer Station - aka “The Dump” - as a franchise from Tillamook County and has a free recycling drop-off center. CART’M also has a resale store specializing in used building materials, but including everything from books to toys to household items and furniture. These items are rescued from dump loads or brought into the center by community members. Tillamook County Charities also operates two great thrift stores in Wheeler and Rockaway (The Hope Chest and Hope Chest Too).

The present center opened in December, 1998, thanks to $350,000 raised for construction, equipment and first year operating costs from local government and community contributions, as well as state and private grants.

CART’M is presently supported by transfer station revenues, the sale of recyclable materials, continuing local contributions, and the booming resale store. Besides providing a vital reuse component to the operation, the store is making it possible for the center to survive financially. $33,000 worth of materials were sold out of the store in the first year of operation; $100,000 in the first two years. CART’M now operates with a staff of seven and a dedicated group of volunteers.

Cathy Silver (Chair), Hank Tallman (Vice Chair), Sally Vanebo (Secretary), Peter deTurk, Susan Tone, Jackie McCrady, Mark Smith, Mark Beach.