Bend, OR Trash & Recycling: Collection Schedule (2026)
Key Facts
- Earliest set-out
- No earlier than 5:00 p.m. day before collection
- Latest retrieval
- Within 24 hours after collection
- Minimum removal frequency
- Putrescible waste every 7 days
- Placement limit
- Cannot block bike lanes, driveways, sidewalks
- Sidewalk passage required
- At least 3 feet if placed on sidewalk
- Penalty
- Class A civil infraction, per day
- Franchise fee funding enforcement
- 7% of hauler's gross receipts
Summary
In the City of Bend, customers of the City's franchised solid waste hauler may not set out trash, recycling, yard debris or glass containers before 5:00 p.m. the day before their scheduled pickup and must retrieve empty containers within 24 hours of collection under Bend Code § 11.16.120(O). Violating any part of the solid waste chapter is a class A civil infraction, charged separately for each day it continues.
O. Customers should normally set out solid waste and recycling containers for collection no earlier than 5:00 p.m. the day before the next scheduled collection and should normally retrieve them within 24 hours after collection. Additional time is allowed when customers will not be present to comply with these timelines. ... 11.16.130 Penalties. Violation of any provision of this chapter is a class A civil infraction. Each day of violation is a separate infraction.
Full Breakdown
16 governs residential solid waste service citywide. the day before the next scheduled collection and come back in within 24 hours afterward; the code allows extra time when a customer will not be home to comply. 120(N) bars putting containers where they block bike lanes, driveways or sidewalks, requires at least a three-foot passage if a container sits on a sidewalk, and directs customers who cannot meet these standards to follow their hauler's instructions. 120(K) requires the area around cans to be kept free of accumulated waste.
120, closing paragraph), so the City itself enforces set-out, retrieval and container-placement violations. 150, which the City directs to street maintenance and other right-of-way purposes. 100(C).
Violations & Fines
BC 11.16.130 makes violation of any provision of the solid waste chapter, including the set-out and retrieval timing and container-placement rules in BC 11.16.120, a class A civil infraction. Each day a violation continues counts as a separate infraction, so leaving containers at the curb past the 24-hour retrieval window or setting them out too early can generate a new citation daily until corrected.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Sources & Official References
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