Plastic Bags Cannot Be Recycled Curbside

Plastic bags are a common contaminant in curbside recycling. Please do not put plastic bags or any other film plastic (saran wrap, paper towel plastic wrap, bubble wrap, trash bags) in your blue recycling cart.

Plastic bags and other plastic film that end up in the recycling carts jam the machinery at the recycled processor and can cause the facility to shut down the sorting line several times throughout the day. Workers have to clim on the machinery to cut the plastic from the machines. It is important to follow the recycling guidelines for your area. See the pictures below for what happens when plastic bags are put in your recycling carts.

Christmas Tree Recycling

Some of the local Boy Scout troops will be collecting Christmas trees for recycling in your community the weekends of January 2nd & 3rd and January 9th & 10^th. They are asking for tax deductible $5 donation.

100% of money raised will go directly to the individual troops. Individual troops in your area will post door flyers specifying which days they will be picking up trees in your neighborhood. For more information, please call the numbers listed below.

541-385-3977 for pick-up SW Bend; west of 3rd Street and south of Newport/Greenwood

541-385-2692 for pick-up NW Bend; west of 3rd Street and north of Newport/Greenwood

541-385-2672 for pick-up NE Bend; east of 3rd Street and north of Greenwood/Highway 20

541-385-3942 for pick-up SE Bend; east of 3rd Street and south of Greenwood/ Highway 20

541-385-3971 for pick-up in La Pine

541-385-3935 for pick-up in Sunriver

Bend Garbage & Recycling will collect your tree on your garbage day the week of January 11 - 15 for a $5 charge. Set your tree out next to your roll cart.

For city customers with curbside yard debris service, you can recycle your Christmas tree in your yard debris cart. Cut the tree down to 3 or 4 smaller pieces and put it in your yard debris cart.

At no charge Deschutes Recycling, located at Knott Landfill, will take Christmas trees Monday - Saturday, through January 30, 2016.

Tips for the Holidays: Reduce, Reuse and Recycle

Shopping:
Purchase gifts with limited packaging. Opt out of getting a bag at the store and bring your reuseable tote when holiday shopping.

Send e-cards or recycled cards:
If you can, send out electronic holiday cards to reduce paper waste. Try to purchase cards made out of recycled paper if you are mailing them out.

Use an earth-friendly alternative for gift wrap:
Gift wrap alternatives could be scarves, handkerchiefs, bandannas, old posters, maps or newspaper.

Holiday items you can recycle:
Regular gift wrapping paper (no foil), paper shopping bags, gift boxes, holiday cards and envelopes, packing paper, cardboard packing pieces, holiday catalogs.

Holiday items that can't go in your blue recycling cart:
Liners and tissue paper from shopping bags and shoe/gift boxes, ribbon, foil backed wrapping paper, foil backed wrapping paper, plastic bags and wrappers, Styrofoam.

Electronics:
Remember to recycle your old electronics at Deschutes Recycling, located at Knott Landfill in Bend. TVs, computers, monitors, desktop printers, keyboards and mice can be recycled for free. Other electronics can be recycled for a nominal fee.

For more information on how to reduce your waste and other reuse options, visit www.rethinkwasteproject.org.

Before tossing old items in the trash, consider donating them to one of the many thrift stores in our area.

Bend Habitat Restore

Goodwill

City Thrift

Humane Society Thrift Store

Holiday Collection Schedule and Office Closures

Bend Garbage & Recycling will not have collection service on Christmas Day and New Year's Day. This year our Friday customers will be affected by our holiday collection schedule.

For both holiday weeks, our regular Friday customers will be serviced Saturday. Collection times may vary so please have your carts out by 6:00 a.m.

The Bend Garbage & Recycling office will be closed on Christmas Day and New Year's Day. The office will also close early, at 2:30 p.m. on Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve.

For more information on the holiday collection schedule, please contact 541-382-2263.

2016 Recycling Collection Schedules

Collection Calendars for 2016 are available online! They are located under the "Schedules" tab. Please contact our office at 541-382-2263 is you are unsure which schedule you need.


The Bend Garbage & Recycling office is open Monday - Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Bend Garbage Office Closing 3pm, Friday, December 11

The Bend Garbage & Recycling office will close at 3:00 pm on Friday, December 11, 2015. 

There are no changes in the collection schedule, only the office closing early.

The office will reopen Monday, December 14, 2015 at 8:00 am.

You can reach our office at 541-382-2263 or email us via our website at www.bendgarbage.com.

Thank you