Trash & Recycling in Oregon (2026)

Only a county-franchised hauler or its approved subcontractor may collect solid waste for pay in unincorporated…

Beaverton delegates specific trash and recycling pickup rules to the city manager under BC 4.08.205, and a customer who…

Bend Code § 11.16.120 requires every generator of waste to have putrescible garbage removed at least every seven days…

Franchised haulers in unincorporated Benton County must collect solid waste at least once a week under BCC § 23.410…

Eugene requires every property where garbage accumulates to keep sturdy, watertight, rodent-proof containers with tight…

Gresham requires customers to load carts so contents fall freely, keep lids closed against overfilling, and bag ashes…

Hillsboro caps how much a roll cart can weigh for pickup: from 35 pounds for a 20-gallon cart up to 145 pounds for a…

Lane County uses a self-haul system, not mandatory countywide curbside pickup. Residents in unincorporated areas either…

In Marion County, residential garbage and recycling collection is provided by private franchised haulers (such as…

Licensed haulers must collect standard recyclables weekly on-route from single-family homes, duplexes, triplexes and…

Portland limits how long garbage, recycling, and compost carts can sit in the public right-of-way: no more than two…

Before Salem's franchised hauler will take it, solid waste has to be drained, sealed, and bagged the right way. SRC…

In unincorporated Washington County only a hauler holding a county sanitary service certificate may collect garbage for…

Bend Code § 11.16.120(N) requires customers to place solid waste, recycling, yard debris, and glass containers where…

In unincorporated Clackamas County, garbage must be removed from the property at least once every 7 days and kept in a…

Eugene lets licensed haulers' carts sit at the curb or on the sidewalk only in a narrow window: no earlier than 7 p.m…

Gresham requires residential trash and recycling carts at the curb, clear of mailboxes, hydrants, driveways and…

Hillsboro requires customers to place roll carts and other collection containers outside any locked gate and outside…

Because Lane County is self-haul, there is no countywide curbside setout rule. Waste must be stored in approved cans or…

Marion County Code 8.05.140 requires carts to be placed at the curb or roadside before collection time, with no part of…

Medford requires owners of rental dwellings to provide a watertight, lidded garbage receptacle of at least 30 gallons…

Portland caps how long garbage, recycling, and compost carts can sit in the public right-of-way: no more than two hours…

Salem residents may only put collection carts at the curb, not permanently on the street. SRC 47.165 caps how far a…

Gresham requires licensed haulers to collect bulky items like appliances, furniture, and large branches for every…

Marion County residents can self-haul bulky waste to the Salem-Keizer Recycling & Transfer Station, 3250 Deer Park Dr…

Oregon's Recycling Modernization Act (SB 582, 2021) establishes a uniform statewide collection list and shifts…

In unincorporated Benton County, recycling or reuse collection service runs through a county-issued franchise or a more…

Beaverton requires a franchised citywide recycling program under BC 4.08.020, targeting a 75% recovery rate by 2020 and…

Bend Code § 11.16.120(M) requires every franchise customer to make reasonable efforts to separate recyclable matter…

Franchised haulers serving unincorporated Clackamas County must run weekly curbside recycling routes inside the urban…

Every licensed hauler in Eugene must provide curbside recycling collection to its residential customers, not just trash…

Every licensed hauler in Gresham must give residential customers weekly curbside recycling pickup, provide multifamily…

Hillsboro requires source-separated recyclables to stay separate from trash: HMC 6.08.020(C) bars mixing them in any…

Multnomah County licenses trash haulers to collect recycling from unincorporated-area homes and businesses, requiring…

Portland residents get weekly curbside recycling through a City-franchised hauler, and putting the wrong material in…

WCC 8.04.055 requires every business in unincorporated Washington County, stores, offices, restaurants, warehouses…

Lane County's solid waste chapter opens with the legal authority behind local recycling: LC 9.005.005 directs the…

Hillsboro's Business Food Waste Program requires covered food-handling businesses, from restaurants and grocers to…

Beaverton requires covered food businesses to separate food scraps from other solid waste, with signage, receptacles…

Restaurants, grocers, hospitals, schools and other food-handling businesses in Gresham must separate food scraps from…

Portland requires covered food-scrap generating businesses to separate food scraps from trash for compostable…

Gresham limits residential and multifamily trash, recycling and yard debris collection to 6 a.m.-6 p.m., but its code…

Bend Code § 11.16.120(L) bans burning, dumping, or otherwise disposing of solid waste anywhere except an approved solid…

Dumping more than one cubic foot of solid waste on public or private property without consent, or dumping along a creek…

Dumping solid waste anywhere in Salem outside an approved receptacle is illegal, whether it lands in a creek, on public…

WCC 8.20.030(A)(4) declares it unlawful to maintain or allow an offensive or hazardous accumulation of solid waste…

Beaverton bars dumping rubbish, trash, or debris on public or private property, and bars placing trash in someone…

Storing, collecting or displaying solid waste on private property in unincorporated Benton County so it is offensive…

Dumping trash, litter, or debris in any amount violates Chapter 10.03 of the Clackamas County Solid Waste Code, with…

Eugene's littering ordinance, EC 6.805, bars throwing or depositing garbage, rubbish, filth, or debris on public or…

Dumping trash, debris, or refuse on public or private land without permission is banned citywide, and violations of…

Lane Code 9.010.005 bans throwing, placing, or disposing of refuse, e-waste, yard debris, construction debris, or…

Dumping solid waste on any public or private land, or into ditches and waterways, is unlawful in Marion County under…

Dumping trash, garbage or debris on public or private land without permission in unincorporated Multnomah County draws…

Trash, litter, and debris dumped or left on Portland property or the adjacent right-of-way is a nuisance under City…

Beaverton's franchise recycling ordinance limits curbside yard debris to grass, leaves and prunings under four inches…

Bend Code § 11.16.120(G) requires yard debris to go in the franchisee-supplied yard debris container, with excess yard…

Franchised haulers must pick up yard debris weekly on-route for homes inside the Metro urban growth boundary. County…

Eugene defines what counts as yard debris under EC 3.005: grass clippings, leaves, hedge trimmings, and branches under…

Gresham residents must set out yard debris in approved carts, kraft paper bags, or tied bundles under strict size and…

Hillsboro limits yard debris put out for collection: a 65-gallon roll cart tops out at 100 pounds, and a yard waste bag…

Medford lets residents set bagged leaves at the curb for free city pickup only from November 1 to December 15 each…

Portland requires rental property owners to provide tenants weekly recycling and composting (yard debris) pickup…

In Hillsboro, only the City's franchised hauler may provide solid waste collection or drop box (roll-off) service, and…

In Benton County's Philomath Light Industrial zone, BCC § 73.040(10)(e) requires dumpster stations to be visually…

Commercial, industrial, multi-family and residential developments that use an on-site compactor must keep the area…

Outdoor dumpsters and recycling collection areas serving anything other than a single-unit home, ADU, or middle housing…

A construction dumpster or roll-off can sit in Gresham's public right-of-way without a permit only briefly and under…

Medford Code Section 10.781 requires trash receptacles to sit in solid enclosures of wood, metal, brick or masonry…

Only county-licensed haulers may provide dumpster and roll-off dropbox collection service in unincorporated Multnomah…

Portland treats roll-off dumpsters as parked vehicles: no dumpster within 50 feet of an intersection without City…

Commercial dumpsters, roll-off boxes, and recycling receptacles of one cubic yard or larger in Salem must sit on a…

Beaverton assigns every neighborhood a City-franchised solid waste hauler under BC 4.08.100; residents can self-haul…

In the City of Bend, customers of the City's franchised solid waste hauler may not set out trash, recycling, yard…

Eugene doesn't run its own garbage trucks. EC 3.247 caps the city at eight licensed solid waste collectors, each…

Every occupied home and business in Gresham must have licensed trash, recycling, and yard debris service, with weekly…

Hillsboro requires solid waste collection through City-awarded franchisees only: no person may offer trash pickup for…

Medford dwelling owners who rent or lease units must subscribe to weekly garbage removal service through a…

In unincorporated Multnomah County, licensed haulers must give every single-family home, duplex, triplex, and fourplex…

Portland rental properties must subscribe to a franchised hauler: weekly recycling and composting, garbage every other…

Salem's franchised haulers must offer solid-waste pickup at least once every seven days to every residence, business…

Every business in the county must source-separate recyclable paper, cardboard, glass, plastic bottles and metal cans…

Eugene doesn't let just anyone haul recyclables for pay: EC 3.245(1) requires a city solid waste collection license to…

Hillsboro requires every business with a City business license to source-separate paper, cardboard, glass, plastic…

Anyone hauling trash or recycling for a fee in the ring of unincorporated land between a city's limits and its urban…

Unincorporated Multnomah County requires licensed haulers to collect recycling from every household and business, and…

Portland requires businesses and multifamily complexes to recycle 75% of the solid waste they produce, and to recycle…

Salem's solid waste code requires generators to keep recyclable material properly separated for collection. SRC…

Every certificated hauler serving unincorporated Washington County must provide on-route collection of source-separated…

Bend Code § 11.16.120(C) bars anyone except an exempt person from taking solid waste or recyclables once they are set…

Medford's franchise code defines source-separated recyclables as newspapers, scrap metal, container glass, aluminum…