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.
Yard debris collection is included in your monthly service. For Redmond, yard debris collection is a fee service for which you can opt-in. 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!
(Sisters and Redmond)
Now accepting ALL FOOD WASTE in addition to ordinary yard debris items!
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.
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!
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!
