JAMES RECYCLING
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Mission Statement
At James Recycling we help keep the earth clean by recycling difficult-to-recycle plastics while empowering adults with developmental differences to find independence and purpose through meaningful employment.
About This Cause
We are a non-profit plastic recycling collection business that employs adults with developmental differences. James Harris, who is 27 and on the autism spectrum, is the co-founder of James Recycling along with his mother, Kathi Goldman, and his longtime support worker, Mardi Gotesman. We have a partnership with a local industrial plastic recycling company that does not normally accept household plastics but made an exception when they met James and heard his story. This company processes plastic locally, nothing is sent overseas. We recently opened a community plastic recycling drop off depot in Portland, Oregon for plastic items that often end up in landfills. We take things like straws, utensils, takeout containers, caps and lids, Styrofoam, plastic clamshells, and much more. We provide a service that is not found anywhere else in our area, and we are proud to give our community this exciting recycling option. Because of this business, James has gone from a boy who would rarely talk to anyone, into a young man who is confident, successful, and a social butterfly! We want to give the same opportunities to other adults with different abilities. We have already hired three young men on the autism spectrum, and plan to hire more as we grow. Your support means so much to our organization and the future of our success!