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Yard Debris Drop-Off

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Yard Debris Drop-Off

Do you have more yard debris than you can handle? For a fee, you can drop off yard debris materials.

Yard debris is:

  • clean wood waste (Deschutes Recycling and Negus Transfer Station only)
  • stumps (12″ diameter or less) and branches
  • sod
  • grass clippings, leaves, needles, and cones

No rocks, concrete, dirt, garbage, or plastic bags.

Usable wood should be donated!

Even a single part of a 2×4!

More About Construction Waste

Where can I take my yard debris?

 

What happens to our yard debris?

Deschutes Recycling at Knott Landfill has a  commercial composting facility that turns all of our yard debris (home pick up and drop off), plus commercial food waste from pick-up services into nutrient-rich compost. You can help close the loop by buying this local compost, available at Knott Landfill, Newport Market, and Republic Services.

More About Local Compost

FireFree Program

To support Central Oregon in preparing for wildland fires, FireFree partners with the Deschutes County Department of Solid Waste and Deschutes Recycling to provide limited free yard debris recycling days at Knott Landfill and Transfer Stations. All collected yard debris is either composted or used for biomass fuel.

More about FireFree


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