Made up of faculty, staff, students, and other community members, the HMSC Green Team helps advance environmentally sustainable practices at Hatfield Marine Science Center.
Environmental Sustainability at HMSC
Discover some of the resources available at HMSC that can help your unit, personnel, and students have a lighter impact on our coast and the planet.
Green Team virtual meetings are held on the first Tuesday of each month at 9 a.m. Join online using this Zoom link.
National Bike Month
May #HatfieldEcoChallenge
May is National Bike Month, promoted by the League of American Bicyclists and celebrated in communities from coast to coast. Established in 1956, National Bike Month is a chance to showcase the many benefits of bicycling — and encourage more folks to giving biking a try.
- Bike to Work Day is Friday, May 15th. Get your whole lab to bike to Hatfield on this day!
- In addition to biking to work, consider swapping bike for your car this month when you: shop for groceries, pick up prescriptions, go to the library, visit a friend, drop off your ballot, explore yard sales, etc. The possibilities are endless!
- Other resources related to biking in Lincoln County:
- Lincoln County Bicycle & Pedestrian website
- Scenic Bikeways in Lincoln County
Share and tag your Bike Commutes this month on social media with #hatfieldecochallege.
Green Team Tip Sheets
Are you looking for information about local sustainability practices? The Green Team has resources to help you find what you need. See all the Tip Sheets here
Free Mattress Recycling Event
May 30th, 9am - 3pm in Newport
Thompson's Sanitary Service is hosting a FREE mattress recycling event on Saturday, May 30th from 9am to 3pm in Newport. Oregonians pay a recycling fee when they buy a mattress, so this event is funded by that fee. This is a statewide program but this is the first time it has been accessible in Lincoln County, and we're not sure when it will happen again.
Nature Journaling Workshop
June 30th in Guin Library
2:00pm - 3:45pm
Past Events
Recycling Updates with Aimee Thompson, Thompson's Sanitary Service (11-17-25) Watch the recording
What's Up with Compostable Foodware? with Aimee Thompson, Thompson's Sanitary Service (11-19-24) Watch the recording
Learn
Sustainability Stories - Find easy to read provocative articles collected by OSU Sustainability.
Reducing Waste by Building Habits at Home - This blog post from the NOAA Marine Debris program has great ideas.
Action Guide Library - This list from Algalita can help you get started on your journey to break free from plastics.
Meetings
Next meeting: Tuesday, June 2nd at 9AM. Join online using this Zoom link.
Notes from past meetings:
- May 5, 2026
- April 7, 2026
- March 3, 2026
- February 3, 2026
- More meeting Notes
New Recycling Rules are Here!
Oregon's Recycling Modernization Act went into effect on July 1, 2025, which means recycling is changing in Lincoln County:
- Local haulers will now accept yogurt tubs, milk cartons made of paper, soup boxes, plastic buckets, and twist off caps. Download and print the new flyer for your office, lab, and home!
- Our local hauler can NO LONGER recycle aluminum foil or aerosol cans. Those items should now be placed in the trash bin.
- Plastic film still is NOT accepted for curbside recycling. However, some local grocery stores have collection bins where you can drop off your plastic film for recycling. See our updated Tip Sheet for more info.
Resources: Planning Sustainable Events
Read the HMSC Green Team's Planning Sustainable Events tip sheet.