PDX recycling

New house, new trash and recycling service.  Since I try to be green, but often have trouble find where to recycle, recorded here:

Several different relevant websites:

• City of Portland,  http://www.portlandonline.com
• Annoyingly, Portland's web pages use non-human-intelligible URLs, like ?c=41467. I hate this!
• Rates and service:  http://www.portlandonline.com/bps/index.cfm?c=41467
• Schedule:  http://www.portlandonline.com/bps/index.cfm?c=54938
• Seasonal:  http://www.portlandonline.com/bps/index.cfm?c=41471
• Xmas tree:  http://www.portlandonline.com/bps/index.cfm?c=41471&a=109113
• basically, can put whole tree out on curb 4$/6$>8 feet
• or cut into pieces, in green compost bin, or separate bundles for 3.75$
• Waste Management,  http://wmnorthwest.com/portland
• Lists of what can and cannot be taken are on web pages, although not all in one place
• Garbage: http://www.portlandonline.com/bps/index.cfm?c=55401
• Recycling: http://wmnorthwest.com/portland/recycling.html,  http://www.portlandonline.com/bps/index.cfm?c=44752
• no plastic lids, no plastic bags
• Compost: http://wmnorthwest.com/portland/yardwaste.html,  http://www.portlandonline.com/bps/index.cfm?c=47246
• most food waste, but not packaging
• most yard waste
• no plastic bags
• no pet waste
• Tough Stuff
• Plastic bags - NOT curbside.  Recycle depots, some grocery stores
• Styrofoam blocks - ??? -  Curbside trash (but often too big, e.g. for a big package) :-(
• Styrofoam packing peanuts - UPS. Not Fedex. Not recycling depots. Curbside trash.
• Electronic - NOT curbside. Some recycling depots
• Pet poop - trash
• Waste Management's "Think Green" program,  http://thinkgreenfromhome.com/
• for stuff that doesn't get picked up curbside
• call to ask for mail-back boxes for 
• batteries, 19.95$ / 4 lb
• lightbulbs (incandscent, CFL, and LED), 19.95$ / 13
• actually, web page implies only needed for CFL, mercury.
• medical waste (e.g. diabetes blood test kits, lancets, and/or needles and syringes), 45-55$
• curbside, by special arrangement, an option in Portland
• big fluorescent tubes, 69.95$ / circa 16 bulbs