Household Hazardous Waste

The Knott Landfill Hazardous Waste Facility (HHW) located at 61050 SE 27th Street in Bend accepts residential household waste at no charge.

The HHW Facility is open 9:00 am - 3:00 pm on the second and fourth Friday and Saturday of each month. Schedules may vary around holiday weeks.

Facility Dates for the remainder of 2013:

September 13 & 14
September 27 & 28

October 11 & 12
October 25 & 26

November 8 & 9

December 13 & 14

Business Hazardous Waste is also accepted at the Hazardous Waste Facility.  Businesses must pre-register with the hazardous waste contractor.

For more information please contact 541-317-3163 or click on http://www.deschutes.org/Solid-Waste/Recycling/Hazardous-Waste-Management.aspx.

Deschutes Recycling Closed Labor Day

Deschutes Recycling, Knott Landfill and all Deschutes County Transfer Sites will be closed on Monday, September 2, 2013 in observance of Labor Day.  Please remember these facilities are also closed Sundays.

They will reopen on Tuesday, September 3, 2013 at 7:00 a.m.  

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

Free Appliance Recycling Event

The annual appliance recycling event held by Deschutes County Solid Waste is scheduled for:

When:  Saturday, August 17, 2013

7:00 a.m. –  4:30 p.m.

Where: Knott Landfill

  61050 SE 27^th Street, Bend

Acceptable appliances include: air conditioners, dishwashers, dryers, furnaces, freezers*, heat pumps, ovens, refrigerators*, stoves, trash compactors*, washers and water heaters.

*Items noted with an asterisk will not be accepted if they contain food or food residue.

No commercial vendors (sales, repair, etc.) or commercial appliances. 

For more information, please contact the Deschutes County Solid Waste office at 541.317.3163 or visit www.deschutes.org.

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

 

Deschutes Recycling Closed 4th of July

Deschutes Recycling, Knott Landfill and all Deschutes County Transfer Station sites will be closed on Thursday, July 4, 2013 in observance of Independence Day.  The facilities will reopen on Friday, July 5 at 7:00 a.m.

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

Free 'Bring Your Own Bucket' Event

Deschutes Recycling and Newport Avenue Market are sponsoring the second annual Bring Your Own Bucket Event.

When: Saturday, June 1, 2013
Where: Newport Avenue Market (1121 NW Newport Avenue, Bend)
When: 10:00 a.m. -  while supplies last

Customers are invited to come down to Newport Avenue Market in Bend and bring their own 5 gallon bucket to fill with Deschutes Recycling's ReGrow compost for free, (while supplies last).

ReGrow compost is a nutrient rich product made from locally recycled yard trimmings, recycled food and vegetable trimmings.  ReGrow compost is a perfect supplement to the sandy Central Oregon soils.

One cubic yard ReGrow compost bags will also be available for purchase at Newport Avenue Market.

For more information, contact 541-382-3940.

Deschutes Recycling and Knott Landfill Closed Memorial Day

Deschutes Recycling and Knott Landfill will be closed on Monday, May 27, 2013 in observance of Memorial Day.

Please remember Deschutes Recycling, Knott Landfill and all Transfer Stations are closed Sundays.

The facilities will re-open on Tuesday, May 28^th at 7:00 a.m.

Additional holiday closures throughout the remainder of the year include: 

Independence Day, July 3, 2013

Labor Day, September 2, 2013

Veteran's Day, November 11, 2013

Thanksgiving Day, November 28, 2013

Christmas Day, December 25, 2013

New Year's Day, January 1, 2014

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

Let's Pull Together Event

Let's Pull Together is a noxious weed eradication event consisting of collaborative partnerships with city and county governments, park, school and irrigation districts, neighborhood and homeowners associations, the forest service and state parks, local businesses and our incredible volunteers all join together for good times and clean country (city) living.

When: June 8th, 2013 Meet at your preferred weed pull site at 9 am for group orientation and identification training with weed experts. Complimentary festivities for volunteers will follow in each community at high NOON.


How to get involved:  Bring your weeding tool of choice, your friends, your family, your group and join in. Meet at any one of the locations on June 8th, 2013. Site coordinators and on-site noxious weed experts will assist you in identifying native plants and noxious weeds.  Sites are Family Friendly for children of all ages, and for adult of all physical ability levels. Mobile/Walking groups will depart meet-at location after orientation.

For more information and site locations, visit letspulltogether.com.