BottleDrop Opens Hillsboro Center to Redeem Containers
The new Hillsboro redemption center at 1500 SE 21st Ave. opens Thursday, following the closure of Portland's Delta Park location.
Updated on Nov. 10, 2026 in Openings & Closings
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The Oregon Beverage Recycling Cooperative opens a BottleDrop redemption center at 1500 SE 21st Ave. in Hillsboro on Thursday, November 12, 2026. The site allows residents to redeem up to 350 beverage containers per person per day.
Why it matters
The opening follows the closure of the Delta Park BottleDrop in Portland, after the cooperative said the property owner declined to renew the lease. Local business owners have raised concerns about the program, which the state addressed through Senate Bill 992 allowing retailers to refuse bottle drops outside 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.
The center can process 70 million containers per year and returns about $7 million annually to Hillsboro-area customers and nonprofits. Whether the site will reach that volume, and how it compares with the Delta Park location it replaces, has not been reported.
The players
Oregon Beverage Recycling Cooperative
The Oregon Beverage Recycling Cooperative is the nonprofit that operates the BottleDrop redemption program under Oregon's beverage container law.
Tina Kotek
Tina Kotek is the Governor of Oregon, who signed Senate Bill 992 on bottle drop hours last year.
The details
The Hillsboro center features Stream Count technology that counts containers and credits customers, bulk counting for large batches, and a mural titled "The Rhythm of Renewal" painted by local artist Ana Gabriela, the first BottleDrop center with a mural. Residents can participate in the Green Bag program and fundraise for local nonprofits through the Blue Bag program.
Timeline
Last year: Governor Tina Kotek signed Senate Bill 992 allowing Oregon retailers to refuse bottle drops outside 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Thursday, November 12, 2026: The Hillsboro BottleDrop redemption center opens at 1500 SE 21st Ave.
Legal Context
The new center operates under Senate Bill 992, which Governor Tina Kotek signed last year to let Oregon retailers refuse bottle drops outside 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. The Hillsboro site's own hours, 8 a.m. to 6 p.m., fall inside that window.
Residents can redeem up to 350 beverage containers per person per day at the Hillsboro center, which is open 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily. Those who want to support local causes can use the Blue Bag program to fundraise for participating nonprofits.
The takeaway
Residents planning to redeem containers can use the Hillsboro site during its 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. hours and the 350-per-day limit, while checking whether Delta Park customers will shift to the new location.
Further reading
For more on recent store and facility changes, see Openings & Closings in Hillsboro.
Source note: This article includes information reported by KOIN 6 Portland.
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