Help Support CAN Cancer at Local Rodeos!

La Pine NPRA Rodeo
Monday, July 3, 2017 at 5:00 pm (gates open at 3:00 pm)
During the afternoon show, the rodeo will be raising money for CAN Cancer. Volunteers will pass purple cans throughout the stands asking rodeo fans to donate. The rodeo will also donate their portion of their 50/50 raffle to CAN Cancer.  The winner of the raffle will get to keep the other 50%.

Jefferson County Rodeo
Saturday, July 29, 2017 at 7:00 pm
During the rodeo, volunteers from Madras Sanitary Service will pass purple cans throughout the stands asking spectators to donate their spare change.  Last year over $400 was donated to CAN Cancer!

100% percent of your donations will help local families manage day-to-day living expenses, including fuel, travel and food costs, while receiving cancer treatment. Over 1,000 families here in Central Oregon have received assistance.  For more information about CAN Cancer or to make a tax-deductible donation online, visit cancancer.org

Introducing Ready Grow Soil at Deschutes Recycling

Special introductory price of $26.00 per yard, through June 30, 2017.  Save $6.00 per yard.

This product is organically rich and provides water retention.  Locally produced and bucket blended for an even mix.  Ready Grow Soil is a blend of SoilBuilder mixed with Top Soil to produce this nutrient rich plant ready soil.

Use Ready Grow Soil directly in planting beds, flower pots, and laying sod. 

We offer self-haul and convenient delivery.  For more information, please contact 541.388.1910.

New at Deschutes Recycling

Introducing Dust Control Ground Cover at Deschutes Recycling! 

Dust Control Ground Cover - Only $12.00 per yard.

This product is designed to control dust on work sites and other bare landscapes that are exposed to the elements.  This product is made from hard woods derived from recycled pallets and dimensional lumber scraps. 

The material is ground with 1” grinding screens and the resulting product is a hardy ground cover that is resistant to wind and rain.

Due to the nature of this product, it may contain small amounts of metal and adhesives used to produce engineered lumber.

This product is only available for self-haul at Deschutes located at Knott Landfill in Bend.  For more information, please call 541.388.1910.

Support CAN Cancer at the Crooked River Roundup!

Saturday, June 24, 2017 the Crooked River Roundup in Prineville will donate $1.00 of every paid admission ticket to CAN Cancer at Saturday night's rodeo!

CAN Cancer, Community Assistance for Neighbors with Cancer, was established by the local Central Oregon garbage haulers.

100% of donations help local families manage non-medical living expenses including fuel, travel and food costs while receiving cancer treatment.

For more information about CAN Cancer or to donate, please visit CANcancer.org or visit our Facebook page.

To buy tickets to the Crooked River Roundup, please visit crookedriverroundup.com

Normal Operations on Independence Day

Bend Garbage & Recycling will be operating on a normal collection schedule on Independence Day, Tuesday, July 4, 2017.

Customers who have garbage & recycling collection on Tuesdays should have their carts out by 6:00 a.m. (or the night before) as collection times may vary.

The Bend Garbage & Recycling office will be closed on Independence Day, Tuesday, July 4, 2017 and will reopen Wednesday, July 5 at 8:00 a.m.

Bend Garbage & Recycling collects on all holidays except for Christmas Day and New Year's Day.

For more information, please call our office 541-382-2263 or visit our website.

What Can I Do With Plastic Bags?

Rethink Waste Project is a project of The Environmental Center through a partnership with Deschutes County Department of Solid Waste and our local garbage and recycling service providers. 

They offer great ideas and tips for reducing, reusing and recycling. Here is a great post all about plastic bags.

Plastic bags. They keep our food fresh and safe, conveniently hold stuff together, and litter the heck out of our land and sea. So above all, the best plastic bag is the one not needed. That being said, despite our best efforts, plastic still comes into our life. It then becomes imperative that we deal with it responsibly.

CAN I RECYCLE PLASTIC BAGS?

No, plastic bags cannot be mixed at our curbside mixed recycling bins (and neither should these things), mostly because plastic film gets caught in the machinery at a Material Recovery Facility and mucks up the whole system. Plastic film, however, CAN be recycled at many grocery stores across Central Oregon. Look for bins usually located indoor or outdoor near entrances.

WHAT IS PLASTIC FILM?

Grocery shopping bags are considered plastic film, and so are a lot of other common products that you’re probably currently tossing in the trash or tossing in hour home recycling bin, unaware of the headaches you’re creating down the line. Here’s a quick list of what you can bring:

• Plastic shopping bags
• Plastic shipping envelopes
• Bread bags
• Dry cleaning bags
• Case wrap (think case of water bottles)
• Air pillows
• Food storage bags (zip-locs)
• Bubble wrap
• Product over wrap (like toilet paper for example)
• Newspaper bags 

WHERE CAN I RECYCLE PLASTIC BAGS AND FILM?
When we posted our video on social media, one of the questions was WHICH grocery stores accept plastic bags. Well I didn’t have a recent list so I called around to the major grocery stores around Central Oregon to get an accurate list of which stores provided a bin where customers could recycle their plastic shopping bags. Here is a current list of those stores:

BEND

Safeway: All 3 locations – Westside, Midtown & Eastside

Albertson’s: Both North & South locations

Fred Meyer

Food For Less

Target

Best Buy

Lowe’s

REDMOND

Safeway

Albertson’s

Fred Meyer – at the apparel entrance only

Lowe’s

SISTERS

Ray’s Food Place

LA PINE

Ray’s Food Place (currently no bin out front but they will accept them at their service counter)

Shop Smart

MADRAS

Safeway

PRINEVILLE

Ray’s Food Place

For more information please visit Rethink Waste Project.

Free SecureShred Events in Sunriver and Sisters

SecureShred, a division of Bend Garbage & Recycling, will offer free residential shred events in June in Sunriver and Sisters.

Sunriver
Saturday, June 3, 2017
10:00 am to 12:00 pm
Sunriver Police Department
57455 Abbot Drive, Sunriver

Sisters
Saturday, June 24, 2017
10:00 am to 12:00 pm
Deschutes County Sheriff's Office
703 N Larch, Suite C, Sisters

These free shred events are intended for residential shredding only, no commercial or business shredding provided. There is no cost to the public for up to 4 medium size boxes of personal documents. No sorting necessary, staples and paperclips are fine. Please remember no plastic bags are accepted.

For more information on SecureShred services, visit our website or call 541-382-2263.

Normal Collection Schedule on Memorial Day

Bend Garbage & Recycling will be operating on a normal collection schedule on Memorial Day, Monday, May 29, 2017.

Customers who have garbage and recycling collection service on Monday's should have their carts out by 6:00 a.m. or the night before.

The Bend Garbage & Recycling office will be closed on Memorial Day, May 29, 2017 and will re-open Tuesday, May 30, 2017 at 8:00 a.m.

Bend Garbage & Recycling collects on all holidays except for Christmas Day and New Years Day.

For more information, please call our office at 541-382-2263 or visit our website.

Deschutes Recycling Will Be Closed on Memorial Day

Deschutes Recycling and Knott Landfill will be closed on Monday, May 29, 2017 for Memorial Day. The facility will reopen on Tuesday, May 30 at 7:00 am.

For more information about the products and services Deschutes Recycling has to offer, please visit their website.

There's Still Time for the Spring Compost Sale at Deschutes Recycling!

Deschutes Recycling is offering $3.00 off per cubic yard of bulk BioFine and SoilBuilder compost.
The sale will run April 1 - 30, 2017.

BioFine - $23/yard (normally $26/yard)

SoilBuilder - $17/yard (normally $20/yard)

NEW Product! Premium Ground Cover. Introductory Price - $16/yard (40% off).

Pick up your compost today and give your garden a boost! Main uses for compost include: soil amendment, mulch, lawn top dressing and potting soil.

Deschutes Recycling is located at Knott Landfill, 61050 SE 27th Street in Bend. Self-haul or convenient delivery available.

Sale is not valid on any other products.

For more information call 541-388-1910 or visit their website

Free Spring Repair Cafe at The Gear Fix

Tuesday, April 18, 2017

5:30 pm - 7:30 pm 

550 SW Industrial Way, Bend

Rethink Waste Project is organizing a Spring Repair Cafe! The event will take place at The Gear Fix. Volunteers will be on hand to fix (for free!) small appliances/electronics, outdoor gear, clothes, boots/shoes, bikes, jewelry, small furniture/household goods, and knitting repairs. This event will also feature a mobile phone screen repair. 

If you have any questions about the event, please contact Denise at the Environmental Center, 541-385-6908 (ext. 14) or denise@envirocenter.org. 

Earth Day Celebration

2017 Earth Day Fair & Parade

Saturday, April 22, 2017

The Parade will start at 11:30 a.m. in downtown Bend. The parade ends at the Earth Day Fair.

The Fair will feature live music, art, local businesses, a variety of food, interactive displays and great hands-on activities for all ages. The fair takes place on Kansas Avenue in front of The Environmental Center (downtown Bend).

Be sure to stop by the Bend Garbage & Recycling and Deschutes Recycling booth! The activities will be going on until 3:00 p.m.

Please visit The Environmental Center's website for more information.

New Product at Deschutes Recycling, Premium Ground Cover

Deschutes Recycling is offering a new product, Premium Ground Cover.

Premium Ground Cover is an attractive ground cover comprised of compost wood. The wood is reground and screened to 5/8". Premium Ground Cover provides water retention and weed blocking cover.

During Deschutes Recycling's Compost Sale (April 1 - 30, 2017), they will be offering Premium Ground Cover at an introductory rate of $16/yard which is 40% off the normal rate of $28/yard.

Deschutes Recycling offers self-haul as well as convenient delivery anywhere in Central Oregon.

For more information about the products and services Deschutes Recycling offers, please call 541-388-1910 or visit their website

Free "Bring Your Own Bucket" Event at Newport Avenue Market

Newport Avenue Market and Deschutes Recycling are sponsoring the annual "Bring Your Own Bucket" Event.

When: Saturday, April 22, 2017 at 9:00 a.m. while supplies last

Where: Newport Avenue Market, 1121 NW Newport Avenue, Bend

Customers are invited to come down to Newport Avenue Market and bring their own 5 gallon bucket to fill with Deschutes Recycling's ReGrow compost for free (while supplies last).

ReGrow compost is a nutrient rich product made from locally recycled yard trimmings, recycled food and vegetable trimmings. ReGrow compost is a perfect supplement to the sandy Central Oregon soils.

Cubic Foot Bags of ReGrow will also be available for sale.

For more information, please contact Newport Avenue Market 541-382-3940.

Compost Sale at Deschutes Recycling

Deschutes Recycling is offering $3.00 off per cubic yard of bulk BioFine and SoilBuilder compost.
The sale will run April 1 - 30, 2017.

BioFine - $23/yard (normally $26/yard)

SoilBuilder - $17/yard (normally $20/yard)

NEW Product! Premium Ground Cover. Introductory Price - $16/yard (40% off).

Pick up your compost today and give your garden a boost! Main uses for compost include: soil amendment, mulch, lawn top dressing and potting soil.

Deschutes Recycling is located at Knott Landfill, 61050 SE 27th Street in Bend. Self-haul or convenient delivery available.

Sale is not valid on any other products.

For more information call 541-388-1910 or visit their website

Free Yard Debris Recycling

Residents can recycle yard debris for free during the FireFree event. Yard debris must be clean; no rocks, dirt, garbage or plastic bags.

Bend
Knott Landfill - 61050 SE 27th Street
May 6 - 14, 2017
7:00 am - 5:00 pm

Westside Collection Site - 19755 SW Simpson Ave.
May 5 - 6, 2017 & May 12 - 13, 2017
8:00 am - 4:00 pm

Redmond
Negus Transfer Station - 2400 NE Maple Way
June 2 - 3, 2017
8:00 am - 4:00 pm

Sisters
Northwest Transfer Station - 68200 Fryrear Road
June 2 - 3, 2017
8:00 am - 4:00 pm

For more information and a list of other locations, call 541-322-7129 or visit www.firefree.org

Upcoming Free Residential Shred Event

SecureShred will offer a free residential shred event on Saturday, April 29, 2017 from 10:00 am - 12:00 pm at Ameriprise in Bend. Ameriprise is located at 214 SE Vine Street.

This free shred event is intended for residential shredding only, no commercial or business shredding provided. There is no cost to the public for up to 4 medium size boxes of personal documents. No sorting necessary, staples and paperclips are fine. Please remember no plastic bags accepted.

For more information on SecureShred services, visit our website or call 541-382-2263.

SecureShred Free Residential Events

SecureShred has teamed up with Mid Oregon Credit Union to provide Central Oregonians a safe method for disposing of personal documents.

The free shred events will take place at 4 Mid Oregon Credit Union branches in Bend, Madras, Prineville and Redmond. This free event is intended for residential shredding only, no commercial or business shredding provided. There is no cost to the public for up to 4 medium size boxes of personal documents. No sorting necessary, personal documents with staples and paperclips are fine. Please remember no plastic bags accepted.

When: Saturday, April 15, 2017

9:00 am - 11:00 am
Bend Branch - 202 NE Olney Avenue (near Black Bear Diner)
Madras Branch - 395 SE Fifth Street (at Fifth and F Street)

12:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Redmond Branch - 2625 SW 17th Place (next to Bi-Mart)
Prineville Branch - 305 NE Hickley Farms Rd. (in front of Bi-Mart)

Mid Oregon is asking event participants to consider bringing a donation to benefit Healthy Beginnings. A representative will be onsite at event locations to answer questions about their no cost health and developmental screenings for local preschool children.

For more information about SecureShred services, please visit our website or call 541-382-2263.

Free Residential Shred Event in Bend

Saturday, March 11, 2017, SecureShred is hosting a free residential shredding event in Bend! The free event is intended for residential shredding only. No commercial or business shredding. There is no cost to the public up to 4 medium boxes of personal documents.

Where: Deschutes County Sheriff's Office
63333 W Highway 20, Bend
When: Saturday, March 11, 2017, 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

The Sheriff's office is asking event participants to bring non-perishable food to benefit NeighborImpact.

Drug Disposal - there will be a deputy on hand to collect outdated or unwanted prescription medication or over the counter drugs.

If you would like more information about SecureShred or would like to schedule us to come to your home or business to shred onsite, please call 541-382-2263 or visit our website.

Deschutes Recycling will be Closed on Presidents' Day

Deschutes Recycling will be closed on Monday, February 20, 2017 for Presidents' Day and will reopen Tuesday, February 21, 2017 at 7:00 a.m. Deschutes Recycling will also be closed Sunday, February 19, 2017 (they are currently closed on Sundays).

For more information on the products and services Deschutes Recycling has to offer, visit their website or call 541-388-1910.

Winter Weather Guidelines

Your safety and our driver's safety is the number one priority at Bend Garbage & Recycling. Here are some reminders that you, our customer, need to know.

• Please maintain access to roll carts, containers and enclosures by clearing snow and ice. Our drivers are generally working by themselves and icy conditions or areas not shoveled can make it impossible for them to provide service. 
• Bag wet waste to help prevent garbage from freezing to the bottom of your roll cart.
• Fireplace ashes must be COLD. Warm ashes can flare up in our trucks.
• Bag packing peanuts, cold ashes, kitty litter and any other debris that could easily blow around while your roll cart is being emptied. 
• Please be sure your carts are out by 6:00 a.m. or the night before so your cart is not missed. 

If you have any questions, please contact our office at 541-382-2263. 

Winter Conditions May Delay Garbage & Recycling Collection

Due to current weather conditions, Bend Garbage & Recycling customers may experience delays in their garbage & recycling collection. 

For customers that get missed, as weather permits, those areas will be serviced. 

The winter storm watch is in effect through late Tuesday night, January 10, 2017.

For more information, please contact Bend Garbage & Recycling at 541-382-2263.