City of Bend Utility Billing Department has Moved

The City of Bend Utility Billing Department has a new location for Bend Garbage & Recycling customers who use this location to pay their garbage bill.

The new drop off location is 639 NW Franklin Avenue, Bend.

The department's lobby hours will continue to be 9:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. - Monday through Friday.

Bend Garbage & Recycling Employee Finds Dog in Trash Container

On Saturday, March 10, 2012, employee Paul Becker of Bend Garbage & Recycling and Deschutes Transfer was delivering a load of trash from the Alfalfa Transfer Station to Knott Landfill. As Paul was monitoring the trash come out of the drop box container, he noticed something moving and discovered it was a dog crawling out of the mounds of garbage. Paul quickly came to the rescue of the dehydrated and disoriented dog.

Leo is a 13 year old Australian Cattle dog and was missing from his family in Alfalfa since March 6. Brian Stone who operates Deschutes Recycling at the landfill took Leo to the Humane Society of Central Oregon where they were able to match his description with a missing dog report from Leo's family.

Nobody knows how Leo got in the 50 yard drop box trash container but he is a very lucky dog and resting well with his family.

Free Tire Collection Event

Saturday, March 17, 2012
7:00 am - 4:30 pm
Knott Landfill, 61050 SE 27th Street, Bend

Residents are encouraged to dispose of unwanted tires free at a collection event scheduled on Saturday, March 17 at Deschutes County's Knott Landfill.

The semi-annual event benefits the community by giving citizens an opportunity to dispose of used tires in a responsible manner.

Tires both on-and-off the rim can be dropped off.
Tires over 24.5" (wheel diameter), farm equipment tires, tires from businesses, fleet tires, or heavy equipment tires will not be accepted at the event.

Limit 12 tires per household.

For more information, please contact the Deschutes County Department of Solid Waste at 541.317.3163 or visit www.deschutes.org/solidwaste.

Free Document Shred Event in Bend

SecureShred and the Deschutes County Sheriff's Office have partnered for this free shred event to give residents a safe method to dispose of private documents and learn identity theft prevention tips.

This event is for residential shredding only - no commercial business shredding.

Saturday, March 24 10:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Deschutes Co Sheriff's Office - 63333 West Hwy 20, Bend

At this event, there will be a deputy on hand to collect prescriptions and over the counter medication.
No advance document sorting is necessary, the SecureShred truck can destroy paperwork with paper clips and staples attached. File folders may also be shredded.

Residents are asked to being a non-perishable food item to donate to the food bank.

SecureShred offers complete on-site document destruction at your home or business, servicing all of Central Oregon. You can schedule weekly, monthly, on-call or one time service, whatever best fits you needs. Call today for more information on SecureShred at 541.382.2263.

Shred Old Documents Securely

Now is a great time to clean out your old documents and get ready for the New Year. SecureShred provides complete on site document destruction at your home or business. SecureShred provides regular scheduled, on-call or one time shredding. No advance document sorting is necessary, the SecureShred truck can destroy paperwork with paper clips and staples attached. You can also bring your documents to our Bend Garbage & Recycling office or to Deschutes Recycling located at Knott

Landfill. Call 541.382.2263 for more information or to schedule a shred.

Commercial Service Reviews

Bend Garbage & Recycling offers their commercial customers free on site waste audits. Bend Garbage & Recycling realizes that the amount and type of material a business discards changes over time and new recycling opportunities may arise. The purpose of the waste audit is to help the customer determine the proper level of service that best addresses their needs.

Bend Garbage & Recycling provides a full range of solid waste and recycling services including food waste collection for business within the city of Bend. In addition they provide on site document destruction and medical waste collection services. For more information, contact 541.382.2263.

Scholarship Opportunities

Bend Garbage & Recycling offers four $1000 scholarships to local high school seniors in our community. Eligible high schools include: Bend Seniors High School, Mountain View High School, Summit High School and Marshall High Schools.

Seniors planning to attend an accredited trade school, college, university or community college as full-time students for the fall term of 2012 are encouraged to apply. Contact Bend Senior High, Mountain View, Summit or Marshall High School for criteria and applications. Applications deadline is April 13, 2012. Please return all applications to the high schools, they will not be accepted at the Bend Garbage & Recycling office.