Early last month, Mark Moors woke up to discover that someone stole something he was trying to throw away.

Moors recalled setting out a bin full of glass bottles on the curb outside his Cascade Park home to be picked up for recycling. The next morning the bin was gone. He logged onto Nextdoor, a private online network that allows neighbors to share information, and discovered that others in his neighborhood also reported having their recycling bins rummaged through in pursuit of bottles and cans.

After Thanksgiving, he said, he witnessed a woman digging through his recycling in the early morning hours. Moors said he thinks he knows where the bottles and cans are going.

“We might as well just put a big recycling can at the end of the street and say, ‘Take it to Oregon,’ ” said Moors.

Unlike Washington, Oregon is among 10 states with a container deposit law or “bottle bill.” These laws attach a redeemable deposit on many beverage containers to incentivize their collection and recycling.