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 21, 2012 from 11:00am - 3:00pm 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 our newest compost product ReGrow made right here in Central Oregon visit www.deschutesrecycling.com.

Free Tire Collection Event

Saturday, March 17, 2012
7:00 am - 4:30 pm
Knott Landfill, 61050 SE 27th Street, Bend

Residents are encouraged to dispose of unwanted tires free at a collection event scheduled on Saturday, March 17 at Deschutes County's Knott Landfill.

The semi-annual event benefits the community by giving citizens an opportunity to dispose of used tires in a responsible manner.

Tires both on-and-off the rim can be dropped off.
Tires over 24.5" (wheel diameter), farm equipment tires, tires from businesses, fleet tires, or heavy equipment tires will not be accepted at the event.

Limit 12 tires per household.

For more information, please contact the Deschutes County Department of Solid Waste at 541.317.3163 or visit www.deschutes.org/solidwaste.

Deschutes Recycling & Knott Landfill Closed Presidents' Day

Deschutes Recycling and Knott Landfill will be closed on Monday, February 20, 2012 in observance of Presidents' Day.

Please remember Deschutes Recycling and Knott Landfill are closed on Sundays.

The facilities will re-open on Tuesday, February 21st at 7:00 a.m.

For more information regarding the products and services Deschutes Recycling has to offer, visit deschutesrecycling.com or call 541-388-1910.

New Compost Product....Coming Soon....

Deschutes Recycling is excited to annouce a new compost product called ReGrow.

ReGrow is produced locally from a combination of yard trimmings and food waste material in Central Oregon. All of our compost is independently tested by a US Composting Council approved lab to ensure quality and reliability.

ReGrow compost will have all the great nutrients that BioFine and SoilBuilder contain but in addition it will contain higher nitrogen content that comes from the food waste. This will be great for our Central Oregon soils which are naturally poor in quality and lack organic matter, which can be the source of many plant problems.

ReGrow will be available in the spring of 2012 at Deschutes Recycling, located at Knott Landfill, in Bend. Be sure to try some for your garden. Deschutes Recycling offers self haul and delivery service, including Saturdays . For more information, call 541.388.1910.

School Tours

Deschutes Recycling offers school tours of the Recycling Center and the Organics operation. Kids can learn what types of materials can be recycled and where they go once someone drops it off for recycling. Find out what the number one contaminant in recycling is.

Learn how food waste scraps develop into ReGrow compost. The compost provides Central Oregon soils with the nutrients needed to help with a nourished garden and lawn.

To learn more about scheduling a tour at Deschutes Recycling, call 541.388.1910.

Holiday Recycling Tips

This time of the year with gifts, holiday cards and catalogs, it can be difficult to figure out which items can be recycled and which ones are non-recyclable.

Holiday items you can recycle:
* Regular gift-wrapping paper * paper shopping bags * gift boxes * holiday cards and envelopes
* packing paper & cardboard packing pieces * holiday catalogs and advertisements

Holiday items you can’t recycle:
*Liners and tissue paper from shopping bags and shoe & gift boxes * ribbon * foil backed wrapping paper * plastic bags and wrappers * Styrofoam packing peanuts *rigid Styrofoam

Most mailing services will accept clean, bagged Styrofoam peanuts for reuse.

Christmas Tree Recycling Information

Boy Scouts troops 18, 25, 23, 60 and 460 will be collecting Christmas trees for recycling in your community on the weekends of December 31 & January 1 and January 7 & 8.

Individual Troops will post door flyers specifying which days they will be picking up trees in your neighborhood, starting mid-December. If you do not receive a flyer or need further assistance, please call and leave a message using the phone numbers below;

541-385-3977 for pick-up SW Bend; west of 3rd street and south of Newport/Greenwood

541-385-2692 for pick-up NW Bend; west of 3rd street and north of Newport/Greenwood

541-385-2672 for pick-up NE Bend; east of 3rd street and north of Greenwood/Highway 20

541-385-3942 for pick-up SE Bend; east of 3rd street and south of Greenwood/Highway 20

Please have trees cleaned of all lights, decorations, tinsel and out of the stand. Place trees at the end of the driveway by 9:00 a.m.

A tax-deductible donation of $5.00 is greatly appreciated. Make your check payable to “Boy Scouts of America.” Place the donation in a plastic bag and securely attach it to your tree with a rubber band. Proceeds go directly to Scouts and support their programs.

At no charge Deschutes Recycling, located at Knott Landfill, will take Christmas trees Monday - Saturday, through January 31.