Beaverton, OR Trash & Recycling: Mandatory Organics Recycling (2026)
Key Facts
- Applies to
- covered food businesses only
- Exemption threshold
- under 250 lbs/week
- Violation class
- Class 1 Civil Infraction
- Waiver length
- up to 12 months
Summary
Beaverton requires covered food businesses to separate food scraps from other solid waste, with signage, receptacles, and a 250-lb/week exemption threshold.
A. Covered businesses shall separate food scraps from all other solid waste for collection. ... C. Covered businesses shall have correctly labeled and easily identifiable receptacles for internal maintenance or work areas where food scraps may be collected, stored, or both. D. Covered businesses shall post accurate signs where food scraps are collected, stored, or both, that identify the materials that the covered business must source separate.
Full Breakdown
Under Beaverton Code 4.08.630, "covered businesses", restaurants, grocers, caterers, schools with food service, hospitals, hotels, and similar food-handling operations, must separate food scraps from other solid waste for collection, use labeled receptacles, and post accurate signage identifying the separated materials. Multi-tenant building owners must enable tenant compliance. Businesses generating under 250 pounds of food scraps per week can apply for an exemption (BC 4.08.640), and businesses that can show they cannot comply may seek a temporary waiver of up to 12 months (BC 4.08.650). This applies inside the City of Beaverton, Washington County, Oregon, and implements Metro Code Chapter 5.10's regional food-scrap requirement.
Violations & Fines
Noncompliance draws a written notice with a cure period; failure to cure escalates to a citation and a Class 1 Civil Infraction fine under BC 4.08.670, processed per BC 2.10.010-2.10.050.
Frequently Asked Questions
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