Earth Day Celebration

Join Deschutes Recycling at this years Earth Day Fair and Procession of the Species put on by the Environmental Center. The event will be held on Saturday, April 23, 2011 from 11:00am - 4:00pm on Kansas Avenue in Bend, in front of the Environmental Center.

The event will feature interactive displays, art, live music and great hands-on activities for all ages. The event kicks off with the Procession of the Species parade with children and adults costumed as their favorite species. For more information, visit www.envirocenter.org.

For additional information regarding the products and services Deschutes Recycling has to offer, including quality SoilBuilder and BioFine compost made right here in Central Oregon from yard debris waste, visit www.deschutesrecycling.com

Stamp Out Hunger !

Join the USPS Letter Carriers Food Drive on Saturday May 14, 2011. Help stamp out hanger in your town by leaving a bag filled with nonperishable food items by your mail box. All food is kept in your town to help your Neighborhood Impact food bank.

Your Security is Our Priority

With tax time here, now is a good time to cleanup outdated records. According to the Federal Trade Commission 9 million Americans have their identity stolen each year. The number one way to steal identity is by “Dumpster Diving”. This is done by rummaging through trash, looking for bills or other papers with your personal information on it.

In addition to SecureShred providing on-site document destruction at your home or business you can bring your personal documents to Deschutes Recycling for shredding. Your documents will be put in a SecureShred locking cart and will be shredded with the SecureShred truck.

It’s safe and secure with our locking roll carts!

For more information, please call 541.382.2263

Healthy Soils - Make Healthy Plants

There are many proven benefits to using Soil Builder compost in your garden or BioFine compost in your yard:

* Increased soil fertility, you’ll save money on fertilizers
* Conserves water by increasing water holding capacity of soil
* Stimulates plant and root growth
* Increases soil organic mater and beneficial microbes
* Improves soil structure
* Helps fight thatch and turf diseases, and improves aeration
* Protects plants from climate extremes
* Increases plants resistance to pests and disease
* Provides a fire-resistant ground cover



Deschutes Recycling compost is locally produced with local organic yard trimmings. We use the latest methods to ensure high-quality, affordable compost. US Composting Council – Seal of Testing Assurance.

We can provide convenient delivery or you can self –haul of the compost.
Deschutes Recycling is conveniently located at Knott Landfill -
61050 SE 27th Street in Bend. We are open Monday–Saturday 7:00am-4:30pm,closed Sundays.

Visit www.deschutesrecycling.com for more information regarding products and services that Deschutes Recycling has to offer.

Oregon E-Cycles Program

The Oregon E-cycles program, a network of more than 250 collection sites and recycling facilities statewide that accepts unwanted computers, monitors, and TVs from the public for free, collected and recycled more than 24 mil pounds of materials in 2010. This is a 27% gain over the program’s first year.

“These figures show this program is working and is effective in handling the vast amount of electronic waste that we all generate and need to dispose of properly,” said Kathy Kiwala, E-Cycles Specialist with Oregon Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ). Also contributing to the large percentage gain in the program is the ban on disposing of computers, TVs and monitors which went in effect Jan 1, 2010. This helped spur the public to find recycling sites where they could safely and conveniently dispose of these goods. Increased awareness of the ban has led to increased awareness of Oregon E-Cycles Program.

Proper recycling of electronics is important because they contain toxic metals such as cadmium, mercury, and lead. Also, recycling of these electronics leads to significant energy savings and greenhouse gas reductions.

For more information on Oregon E-Cycles Program, visit www.oregonecycles.org.

Deschutes Recycling accepts computers (desktops & laptops), monitors and TV’s and will recycle them for free. Deschutes Recycling is open Monday-Friday 7:00am-4:30pm
(Closed Sundays) www.deschutesrecycling.com

E-Waste Recycling Results

Oregon's E-Cycles is a free recycling program for computers, monitors and TVs. The program is financed by electronics manufacturers and jointly implemented with the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ).

So far, people have been receptive to the E-Cycles program. The number of pounds have increased over (2009) with the same number of collection sites. The increase could be due to several factors. 2009 was the first year of the E-Cycles program where computers, monitors and TVs could be recycled for free.

In 2010, once the disposal ban went into affect where computers, monitors and TVs could not be disposed of in the landfill, the number increased. "Approximately 36 semi loads of electronic were shipped out of Central Oregon - that was almost 1 million pounds," says Brian Stone operations manager with Deschutes Recycling.

If that old TV or computer is recycled in Bend it will be sent to IMS Electronics Recycling in Vancouver, Washington to be dismantled, and its component parts are likely to be sent to additional recyclers across the country. Eventually those parts will end up in new Products.

Recycling TVs, computers an monitors is free for households, as part of the state program. For other items, such as fax machines, printers, keyboards and cell phones, Deschutes Recycling charges a fee.

For more information visit www.oregonecycles.com or www.deschutesrecycling.com

FREE Tire Recycling Event

On Saturday, March 19th from 7:00am to 4:30pm, residents can bring old snow tires and balding retreads to Knott Landfill for recycling.

Knott Landfill is located at 61050 SE 27th Street in Bend.

Limit of 12 tires per load. If you have more than 12 tires, please contact the Solid Waste office at 541.317.3163.

Tires can be on or off the rim but please keep them separated. Only tires with rim size up to 24 1/2" will be accepted. No heavy equipment tires, retailers or fleet tires.

For more information visit www.co.deschutes.or.us/sw