General Information

Place your garbage, recyclables and yard debris at curbside by 6:00 am on your collection day. When preparing your garbage, please follow the guidelines on our Containers Guidelines and Garbage Guidelines pages.

One can, bag or bundle per week is part of your normal service. Additional cans, paper yard debris bags or bundles may be set out for an extra charge of $3.00 per extra 32-gallon can or paper yard debris bag.

A larger 65-gallon yard debris cart is available with one year subscription for an additional $2.85 per month.

Guidelines

• Include leaves, grass clippings, tree and shrub prunings less than 4 inches in diameter, and other things that grow in your your yard - including pumpkins.
• Don't include plastic bags, stumps, rocks, dirt, ashes or animal waste.
• Yard debris should fit in the can or cart with the lid tightly on and must fall feely when the can or cart is emptied.
• When you put your can or cart at the curb, make sure the "yard debris" sticker is visable from the curb.
• If you put out a bundle instead of a can, make sure that it is no longer than 4 feet in length and 18 inches in diameter.
• You may set out additional cans, bags or bundles at an extra charge.

If you compost all of your yard debris, or use a city-approved landscaper, you may be able to save $2.85 a month on your garbage bill. Call 503.618.2656 (Gresham), 503.665.7929 (Fairview), or 503.667.6211 (Wood Village) for more information on the yard debris exemption program. You may only apply for this exemption within thirty days of starting garbage service or from March 1 to May 31 annually.

Click here for information on garbage.

Click here for information on recyclables.

Recycling Christmas Trees

Curbside customers with yard debris service may recycle their trees in place of the regular yard debris set out at no extra charge. It is greatly appreciated if trees over 6 feet tall are cut in half. All trees collected in place of yard debris must be less than 8 feet tall. Please contact us if yours is more than 8 feet tall. Flocked trees are acceptable. Trees with lights, stands, tinsel, ornaments or in plastic bags or wrap may not be recycled; please remove those items. Apartment managers or Commercial customers, please give us a call to discuss arrangements for collection.