Clackamas County, OR Trash & Recycling: Yard Waste Collection (2026)
Key Facts
- Service frequency inside UGB
- weekly on-route collection
- Max pruning diameter counted
- 4 inches
- Governing section
- Code § 10.03.260(A)(5)(a)
- Definition section
- Code § 10.03.030(72)
- Excluded materials
- stumps, logs, sod, dirt, rocks
Summary
Franchised haulers must pick up yard debris weekly on-route for homes inside the Metro urban growth boundary. County code defines yard debris narrowly: grass, leaves and prunings under four inches across qualify, but stumps, sod, dirt and rocks do not.
72. YARD DEBRIS means grass clippings, leaves, tree and shrub pruning of no greater than four (4) inches in diameter, or similar yard and garden vegetation. Yard debris does not include dirt, sod, stumps, logs, tree and shrub pruning greater than four (4) inches in diameter, or rocks, plastic, animal waste or manure, cat litter, potting soil, prepared food wastes or non-putrescible material. ... 10.03.260(A)(5)(a): Shall provide at least weekly residential on-route curbside/roadside collection of recyclable materials and weekly on-route collection of yard debris within the urban growth boundaries of Clackamas County and cities within the Metropolitan Service District.
Full Breakdown
" Outside the UGB, the weekly guarantee does not apply, so rural customers rely on whatever schedule the franchisee sets for that service area. Larger material like stumps, logs and pruning over four inches falls outside the yard debris category entirely and is instead billed and hauled as general solid waste or taken to a transfer station under the franchisee's separate rates. 260(A)(5)(d), and reports usage data to the county and Metro.
Violations & Fines
A franchise holder who fails to provide the mandated weekly on-route yard debris service is subject to Commission review and can have its franchise modified or revoked under Section 10.03.110(D); a customer dispute over discontinued or refused service can be raised with the Director within seven days of the refusal notice required by Section 10.03.260(A)(4).
Frequently Asked Questions
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