Free Shred Event & Food Drive

SecureShred, a division of Bend Garbage & Recycling and Mid Oregon Credit Union have partnered up for this free shred event to give residents a safe method to dispose of private documents.

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

The shred event will take place at 4 Mid Oregon Credit Union Locations on Saturday, April 17, 2010. Please bring a non-perishable food item to donate for the food bank.

Olney Branch in Bend: 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

Madras Branch: 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

Redmond Branch: 1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.

Prineville Branch 1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.

SecureShred's on-site document destruction truck can shred paperwork with paper clips and staples attached.

Protect Your Identity - Shred Your Personal Documents

SecureShred offers complete, on-site document destruction at your home or business throughout Central Oregon. SecureShred offers competitive prices with services to fit your needs, including scheduled, on-call or one time service.

Walk-in service is also available at Bend Garbage & Recycling, High Country Disposal in Redmond or Deschutes Recycling located at Knott Landfill. Documents will be placed in a secure locking cart and will be shredded by the SecureShred truck.

For more information, contact 541-382-2263 or visit; www.bendgarbage.com.

Nominations Being Accepted for Bend Garbage & Recycling's 'Commercial Recycler of the Year'

Bend Garbage & Recycling is accepting nominations for their Commercial 'Recycler of the Year' Award. Guidelines for nominations are that the business be a customer of Bend Garbage & Recycling.

Send in a brief description of the business or restaurant being nominated and tell why they are being nominated. For example, what are they doing to go the extra mile to recycle more or how are they innovative in their efforts with recycling.

Criteria are based on volume of recycling, frequency, consistent care with preparation, and an overall effort to recycle everything possible. Last year’s winner for Commercial Recycler of the Year was Bend Surgery Center.

Mail your nominations to:
Bend Garbage & Recycling / Recycler of the Year
PO Box 504
Bend, OR 97709

Or visit www.bendgarbage.com and click on 'contact us' and send an email with your nomination. Make sure to include the business name and a brief description why they are being nominated.

CAN Cancer - 'Please Pitch In'

CAN Cancer, Community Assistance for Neighbors with Cancer, was founded in 2009 by the Central Oregon Haulers to provide community assistance to cover non-medical living expenses for local families fighting all forms of cancer. In 2009, Central Oregon haulers mailed their customers a purple envelope asking for support and their customers responded! Thanks to everyone who helped collectively raise over $13,000 - helping patients from Central Oregon with gas cards, lodging, utilities, groceries, rent assistance and more.

Once again, Central Oregon haulers (Bend Garbage & Recycling, Cascade Disposal, High Country Disposal, Madras Sanitary, Prineville Disposal and Wilderness Garbage will be mailing those purple envelopes in their customers' March statements.

100% of money donated stays in Central Oregon and 100% of every dollar goes to the CAN cancer program.

For more information on this program and how you can help, visit www.cancancer.org.

Scholarship Opportunities

Bend Garbage & Recycling offers three $1000 scholarships to local high school seniors in our community. Eligible high schools 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 Bend Senior High, Mountain View or Summit High School for criteria and applications. Application deadline is April 16, 2010 and all applications must be turned in to the school.

FREE Tire Recycling Event

Saturday, March 20th from 7:00 a.m. - 4:30p.m., residents can bring their old tires to Knott Landfill (61050 SE 27th Street, Bend) and recycle them at no charge.

Tires can be on or off the rim but please keep them separated. Limit 12 tires per household. If residents have more than 12 tires, they need to contact Deschutes County Solid Waste for approval.

The free event is not available to Businesses, Retailers or Auto Dismantlers.

For more information, contact Deschutes County Solid Waste at 541-317-3163.

City Yard Debris Collection Schedule

Yard Debris every-other-week collection service resumes the week of February 1st for Bend Garbage & Recycling customers who subscribe to yard debris service with the Bend city limits.

Every-other-week yard debris collection service runs February - November and goes on-call for December & January with up to two collections per month.

If customers need a collection schedule, please contact Bend Garbage & Recycling at 541-382-2263.