Tigard, OR Trash & Recycling: Collection Schedule (2026)

Trash service in the City of Tigard, Oregon (Washington County) runs through exclusive franchises under Chapter 11.04. Section 11.04.020(B) bars any person from providing service, offering to provide it or advertising it without a city franchise, and § 11.04.040 grants exclusive franchises by area. As the code lists them, Pride Disposal Company holds Areas I and III and Waste Management holds Area II. A landlord or property owner provides service to tenants through the franchisee (§ 11.04.040(D)(1)). The chapter text does not name a weekday for pickup.

It refers to the regularly scheduled collection day, and the customer duties attach to that day. On the scheduled day the customer provides safe access to the pickup point, with receptacles visible from the street or alley, at ground level, outside garages, fences and other enclosures, and within 100 feet of the street right-of-way or curb. Access cannot require the collector to pass behind an automobile or other vehicle or under low-hanging eaves, tree branches, clotheslines or electrical wires. At single-family residences all receptacles are placed together in one authorized location.

Items not intended for pickup go at least three feet from the receptacles, and no one can block access to a container or drop box. Manual-pickup receptacles cannot exceed 32 gallons' capacity and need a close-fitting lid with handle. The one fixed interval in the code is seven days: putrescible solid waste must be removed from any premises at least once every seven days, whether or not it is confined in a container (§§ 11.04.100(A)(9) and 6.02.240(B)). If a customer does not comply with the container rules, the franchisee is not obligated to provide service, must immediately notify the customer and the city, and can charge the customer as if service had been rendered (§ 11.04.100(B)). The City Manager enforces the chapter (§ 11.04.190(A)).