Thanksgiving Day Collection Schedule

On Thanksgiving Day, Bend Garbage & Recycling's collection schedule for garbage & recycling will be as usual. Please have your carts out by 6:00 a.m.

Bend Garbage & Recycling office will be closed and will re-open on Friday, November 27th at 8:00 a.m.

Bend Garbage & Recycling Scholarships

Bend Garbage & Recycling is pleased to once again offer three scholarships to local high school seniors in our community.

Eligible high schools for the $1,000.00 scholarships include Bend Senior High School, Mountain View High School and Summit High School.

Seniors planning to attend an accredited trade school, college, university or community college as full time students for the fall term of 2010 are encouraged to apply. Contact the Bend Senior High, Mountain View or Summit High School counseling offices for criteria and applications.

Application deadline is Friday, April 16, 2010 and applications must be turned back in to the appropriate school.

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

New E-Waste Disposal Law

Effective January 1, 2010, computers, monitors, and TVs are banned from disposal in the garbage of at disposal sites such as landfills and transfer stations. Deschutes Recycling, located at Knott Landfill (61050 SE 27th St.) in Bend will accept computers (desktops and laptops), monitors and TVs and recycle them for free. All other computer peripherals such as keyboards, mice and other electronic items and appliances can be recycled for a fee.

Negus Transfer station in Redmond accepts computers, monitors, TV's and computer peripherals at no charge. For more information, go to www.co.deschutes.or.us/sw.

For more information on the disposal ban, go to www.oregonecycles.org.

E-Statements Now Available for Bend Garbage & Recycling Customers

Bend Garbage & Recycling is pleased to offer their customers the opportunity to sign up for e-statements. Customers can log onto www.bendgarbage.com and click on the e-statements link. Customers can also contact the customer office at 541-382-2263 to sign up.

Pre-Consumer Vegetative Waste Collection Pilot Program a Huge Success!

In February of 2009, Bend Garbage & Recycling began a pilot program with a few of their commercial customers collecting pre-consumer vegetative waste (mainly fruits and vegetables) and diverting these materials from the landfill and recycling it into BioFine & SoilBuilder compost at Deschutes Recycling.

St. Charles Medical Center and Food 4 Less with the help of Waste Solutions Northwest were the initial businesses to partner with Bend Garbage & Recycling. “Food 4 Less was our first customer to come to us and ask if we could work together to help divert these materials from the landfill. We were eager to develop this pilot program which has led to the expansion to St. Charles Bend as well as additional commercial customers of ours,” Brad Bailey, President of Bend Garbage & Recycling.

Food 4 Less is averaging over 4 tons of pre-consumer vegetative waste per month. “Pre-consumer vegetative waste represents approximately 25-30% of our disposal volume on a weekly basis. While we’ve had to make some operational adjustments and extra efforts, the diversion of this waste stream has significantly reduced our companies environmental impacts and been a natural fit for our business,” Jeff Duda, Owner of Food 4 Less.

“Through Bend Garbage’s pre-consumer vegetative waste composting program, we have kept 7.6 tons of material out of the landfill in the last quarter. St. Charles Bend is committed to reducing our impact on the environment. The pre-consumer vegetative composting program has given us another avenue to fulfill this commitment,” Mark Peterson, Director of Hospitality Services, St. Charles Bend & Redmond.

For more information regarding this program, contact Bend Garbage & Recycling at 382-2263.

Half Price Yard Debris Recyclilng

Residents can recycle their yard debris at Deschutes Recycling, located at Knott Landfill, for half price ($2.00 per cubic yard) from October 31 - November 15.

Yard debris must be clean of rocks, dirt, garbage and plastic bags.

Deschutes Recycling is open daily from 7:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. and will be closed on Veterans Day, November 11th.

Bend Garbage & Recycling's Labor Day Collection Schedule

On Labor Day, Monday, September 7th, Bend Garbage & Recycling's collection schedule will operate as usual.

Please have your carts out by 6:00 a.m. on your collection day.

The office will be closed and will re-open on Tuesday, September 8th at 8:00 a.m.