People's Depot
The People’s Depot (TPD) is a community-led, independent bottle redemption service for informal can and bottle collectors (canners) born out of the COVID-19 pandemic when access to bottle redemption became limited and people were in critical need of income. The People’s Depot currently collects and sorts cans and bottles at three locations around Portland. Operations are run by canners, as a project of Ground Score, a local association of canners, dumpster divers and others who rely on the informal recovery of discarded materials.
Over
10,000
pounds of trash collected each week
Over
$12,000
distributed to the most vulnerable members of our community each week
Over
50%
of the cans and bottles that comes through The People’s Depot are diverted from the landfill
Over
70
jobs are provided to members of the houseless community each week
Our Impact
We can always use socks and clean rain gear for our workers. In addition, $20 pays one Ground Score worker for an hour of work.
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