| Garbage and Recycling At Home
Portland's residential garbage and recycling service is provided by 21 private garbage and recycling companies franchised by the City of Portland. Garbage rates and rules for garbage collection are set by the City. Garbage and recycling companies bill homeowners and landlords directly.
The Solid Waste and Recycling program within the Bureau of Planning and Sustainability helps Portland residents:
- Reduce waste
- Learn about options for reuse
- Recycle materials that can be remade into new products
- Properly dispose of waste material that can't be recycled
Questions about your service
Contact your garbage and recycling company:
- About rates, billing or account information.
- With questions on how to prepare your garbage, recycling and yard debris.
- To request special pickups, yard debris schedules, and glass only or yard debris stickers.
- To report a missed pickup of garbage, recycling or yard debris, and lost or stolen recycling or yard debris roll carts.
Find your garbage and recycling company here.
Questions about non-curbside items
Contact Metro's Recycling Information Hotline:
- About reuse, waste reduction and recycling of non-curbside items.
- For transfer station locations, rates and hours.
- To request home composting and natural gardening information.
- For household hazardous chemical use and disposal.
Call Metro at 503-234-3000 (hearing impaired call TDD 503-707-1804) or visit their website.
Landlords are responsible for setting up garbage service
Guidelines for getting your garbage ready for pick up
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How to prepare cans, bags, and bundles
Grasscycling and composting
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Information on large quantities and drop boxes
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Information on large quantities and drop boxes
Provided by the Office of Transportation in 17 City neighborhoods
Information on neighborhood collections of bulky trash
How to dispose of chemicals, cleaners, medical sharps, computers, etc.
Dealing with large items such as furniture, appliances, electronics, etc.
A non-profit committed to encouraging waste prevention and recycling.
http://www.aorr.org/
Environmental Web sites for metro area counties.
http://www.cascadelink.org/
Information regarding eco-labels.
http://www.eco-labels.org/
Program to help educate members about the benefits of reducing solid waste.
http://www.epa.gov/wastewise/
Resells building materials.
http://www.pdxrestore.org/
Matches businesses that produce wastes and industrial-by products with others that need them.
http://www.govlink.org/hazwaste/business/imex/
Recycling and non-curbside information center.
http://www.metro-region.org
100% post-consumer recycled paint.
http://www.metro-region.org/article.cfm?ArticleID=...
http://www.deq.state.or.us/
A citizen-based nonprofit helping create a sustainable future through local efforts.
http://www.recyclingadvocates.org
Collects and distributes reusable items to the community.
http://www.scrapaction.org/
Accepts and resells donated building materials.
http://www.rebuildingcenter.org/
Changes to residential garbage, recycling and yard debris collection during the weeks of Christmas and New Years
How to recycle your tree after the holidays
When garbage collection must be postponed
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