Bend Garbage & Recycling Now Offering Compost Bag Sales

Give Your Garden a Boost

Pick Up Your Compost at Bend Garbage & Recycling

As an added convenience, Bend Garbage & Recycling is now offering cubic foot compost bags for sale at the Bend Garbage & Recycling office. The products come from our sister company, Deschutes Recycling. 

Our compost is independently tested by a US Composting Council approved lab to ensure quality.

If you need a small amount to add to your plants or cover a small area, the cubic foot bags are perfect.

SoilBuilder Compost - $3.00 per bag
BioFine Compost - $5.00 per bag

ReGrow Compost - $6.00 per bag

Bend Garbage & Recycling is located at 20835 NE Montana Way, Bend.  Open Monday - Friday from 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. For more information on compost bags or other services, call 541-382-2263 or visit bendgarbage.com.

If you need compost by the yard, Deschutes Recycling, located at Knott Landfill, in Bend offers self haul and delivery service.  Contact 541-388-1910 for more information.

Help Support CAN Cancer at the Deschutes County Rodeo

Friday, August 2, 2013 - Deschutes County Rodeo is supporting CAN Cancer by helping us raise money at the rodeo on Friday night. 

CAN Cancer volunteers will pass purple garbage cans throughout the stands asking spectators to donate their spare change. 

CAN cancer provides assistance to help cover non-medical living expenses for Central Oregonians fighting all forms of cancer. 100% of the funds raised goes to the patient. Over $99,000 has been raised by our communities, helping 466 local Central Oregon families. 

For more information, visit www.cancancer.org.  Thank you for your support!  

Free Residential Document Shred Event in Sisters

When: Saturday, July 27, 2013

10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.

Where: Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office Substation in Sisters

            703 N. Larch Street

The Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office and SecureShred are collaborating on July 27th to provide residents the opportunity to safely destroy personal documents for free and learn identity theft prevention tips. 

The event is intended for private residential document shredding and is not for business or company disposal. 

Shredding:

No advance document sorting is necessary as shredding equipment can destroy paperwork with paper clips or staples attached.  File folders may also be shredded.  

Drug Disposal:

At the event, the Sheriff’s Office will also have a deputy available to collect outdated or unwanted prescription medication or over-the-counter drugs.

 

The drug disposal program is designed to keep unwanted or unused medications away from abusers, children and animals. The program is also intended to reduce negative environmental impact to the water, soil and landfill’s by using proper disposal practices.

Donate a Non-Perishable Food:

The Sheriff’s Office is asking event participants to bring a donation of non-perishable food to benefit the food bank.

For more information, contact 541-383-4431

For more information about SecureShred, please visit www.bendgarbage.com

Free Appliance Recycling Event

The annual appliance recycling event held by Deschutes County Solid Waste is scheduled for:

When:  Saturday, August 17, 2013

7:00am – 4:30pm

Where: Knott Landfill

  61050 SE 27^th Street, Bend

Acceptable appliances include: air conditioners, dishwashers, dryers, furnaces, freezers*, heat pumps, ovens, refrigerators*, stoves, trash compactors*, washers and water heaters.

*Items noted with an asterisk will not be accepted if they contain food or food residue.

No commercial vendors (sales, repair, etc.) or commercial appliances. 

For more information, please contact the Deschutes County Solid Waste office at 541.317.3163 or visit www.deschutes.org

Regular Collection Schedule on 4th of July

On Thursday, July 4, 2103, Bend Garbage & Recycling will be on a normal collection schedule for garbage & recycling.  Customers with Thursday service should have their carts out by 6:00 a.m. on Thursday morning.

The BGR office will be closed Thursday, July 4 in observance of Independence Day.  The office will reopen on Friday, July 5 at 8:00 a.m.

Bend Garbage & Recycling collects on all holidays except Christmas Day and New Years Day.  This year our Wednesday - Friday customers will be affected and collections will be one day late for both holiday weeks.

For more information, visit bendgarbage.com or call 541-382-2263.

Free 'Bring Your Own Bucket' Event

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

When: Saturday, June 1, 2013
Where: Newport Avenue Market (1121 NW Newport Avenue, Bend)
When: 10:00 a.m. - while supplies last

Customers are invited to come down to Newport Avenue Market on Saturday 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.

One cubic yard ReGrow compost bags will also be available for purchase at Newport Avenue Market.

For more information, contact 541-382-3940.

City Yard Debris Collection

Bend Garbage & Recycling offers yard debris subsciption service to residential customers within the Bend city limits.

IF IT GROWS, IT GOES!
Acceptable materials include: yard trimmings, leaves, pine needles, grass clippings and raw fruit & vegetable scraps.

The cost is $4.90 per month and the 95 gallon yard debris cart will be picked up curbside every-other-week. 

For more information about the program, contact 541-382-2263 or visit bendgarbage.com.