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Pick-Up Service

  • Wasted Food
    • Rethink Food Waste Challenge
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  • Composting
  • Pick-Up Service
  • Yard Debris Drop-Off

Pick-Up Service

Now for Households and Businesses!

In Deschutes County, we have household pick up service for folks within Bend, Sisters, and Redmond city limits. For businesses within Bend and Redmond, you can also opt in for commercial composting pick up!

Click below for more information about what your city collects.

Households within Sisters City limits.

Yard debris collection is included in your monthly service. In addition to your typical yard waste you can also add raw fruit and vegetable waste to your bin, making composting easier than ever. This is a great option for those that can’t or would rather not compost at home, but still want to make sure their valuable nutrients are being put to good use!


(City of Sisters)

  • Raw fruit and vegetative waste
  • Tree and Shrub Trimmings
  • Leaves
  • Pine Needles
  • Grass Clippings (try grasscycling instead!)
  • Coffee grounds and tea bags

  • Meat, dairy, leftovers or bakery items
  • Fruit or vegetable stickers
  • Biodegradable or compostable food ware or bags
  • Plastic bags, wraps or containers
  • Any liquid cooking oil
  • Any processed or cooked fruits or vegetables
  • Eggshells and bones
Households within Bend and Redmond city limits.

Now accepting ALL FOOD WASTE in addition to ordinary yard debris items!

  • All food waste including bakery, meat including bones, eggshells, produce, leftovers, and dairy.
  • Tree and Shrub Trimmings
  • Leaves
  • Pine Needles
  • Grass Clippings (try grasscycling instead!)
  • Coffee grounds and tea bags

  • Plastic of any kind
  • Foil
  • Oils and Grease
  • Seafood shells
  • Foodware of any kind
  • Other non-food items
Commercial/Businesses within Bend or Redmond city limits!

For most restaurants and grocery stores, 40-75% of the total waste is food scraps – spoiled fruits and vegetables, stale bakery items, kitchen trimmings, and leftover plate scrapings, which can all be composted, reducing the amount of material going into the landfill.

WHAT IS COMMERCIAL COMPOSTING?

It’s an opt-in service available to all businesses within Bend, Redmond, or Sisters city limits. 65-gallon compost carts are provided for all your food waste. You put it in and it’s picked up for you 1x or 2x per week!

WHY SHOULD I DO IT?

Every year, over 41,000 tons of food (about 26% by volume) ends up in our local Knott Landfill, which is estimated to be full by 2029. Our commercial composting program offers a solution. help our community by opting in to turn wasted food into compost rather than sending it to the landfill!

  • It’s easy!
  • Composting has money-saving potential.
  • Reduce your contribution to the landfill.
  • Be part of the conservation effort your customers want.

IN OR OUT?

  • Plastics of any kind
  • Foil
  • Oils and Grease
  • Seafood shells
  • Foodware of any kind
  • Other non-food items

Learn More

Contact your garbage service provider for more information:

Cascade Disposal
Republic Services

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