Portland, Ore. – Sept. 9, 2025 – WM announced today that it has opened a new, $47- million recycling facility in North Portland. The WM Portland Recycling Facility is expected to process up to 38 tons of material per hour, using AI and other advanced technologies to drive efficiency, versatility and automation.
“This is an exciting moment for sustainability in Oregon,” said Jason Rose, WM Pacific Northwest area vice president. “The new WM Portland Recycling Facility is a state-of-the-art facility equipped to drive new levels of efficiency and support recycling growth in the state.
“WM has championed waste reduction and recycling in Oregon for more than three decades,” Rose said. “Now we are using AI and other advanced technologies to improve recycling and drive sustainability in an effort to help achieve even greater impact in Oregon.”
The startup of this facility is timed to help Oregon accelerate the modernization of the statewide recycling system under the Recycling Modernization Act.
The advanced technology in the new facility is expected to:
- Drive efficiency, versatility and automation
- Process more material, more efficiently
- Achieve the quality standards required today by end market customers
This facility is part of WM’s enterprise-wide plan to invest more than $1.4 billion in 39 new and upgraded recycling facilities across North America from 2022 to 2026, which is expected to add approximately 2.8 million tons of incremental annual processing capacity by the end of 2026. These planned investments seek to enable WM to increase its ability to manage more recycled materials and potentially enhance access to recycling for its customers.
