High Country Disposal Scholarships

High Country Disposal is pleased to once again offer two scholarships to local high school seniors in our community.

Eligible high schools for the $1,000.00 scholarships include Redmond High School and Sisters High School.

Seniors planning to attend an accredited trade school, college, university or community college as full time students for the fall term of 2010 are encouraged to apply. Contact the Redmond High and Sisters High School counseling offices for criteria and applications.

Application deadline is Friday, April 16, 2010 and applications must be turned back in to the appropriate school. Applications cannot be accepted at the High Country Disposal office.

For more information, contact High Country Disposal at 548-4984.

New E-Waste Disposal Law

Effective January 1, 2010 - computers, monitors and TV's are banned from disposal in the garbage or at disposal sites such as landfills.

Negus Transfer Station located in Redmond accepts computers (desktops and laptops), monitors, computer peripherals, TV's and appliances for recycling at no charge.

For more information regarding Negus Transfer Station hours, go to www.co.deshutes.or.us/sw or call 541-317-3163.

For more information regarding the January 1st disposal ban, go to www.oregonecycles.org.

City of Sisters Free Fall Clean-up

High Country Disposal will provide free collection of yard debris, miscellaneous household waste and appliances for city of Sisters residents on their regular collection day either November 17th or November 19th.

Collection is for residents within the city of Sisters only.

Acceptable items include:

• Up to four cubic yards of yard debris and/or miscellaneous household waste.
• Up to four appliances. All appliances must be emptied of food, water, clothing, etc.

All material should be set out by 7:00 a.m.

Items that cannot be accepted include large furniture, mattresses, hazardous waste, chemicals, paint, tires, heavy metal objects and computers.

Televisions, computers, monitors, microwaves and other e-waste items can be taken to Negus Transfer station for recycling at no charge.

Labor Day Collection Schedule

On Labor Day, Monday, September 7th, High Country Disposal's collection schedule will operate as usual.

Please have your carts out by 6:00 a.m. in Redmond and out by 7:00 a.m. in Sisters on your collection day.

The office will be closed and will re-open on Tuesday, September 8th at 8:00 a.m.

High Country Disposal joins Pacific Power's Blue Sky Program

High Country Disposal is proud to join Pacific Power's Blue Sky Program. Blue Sky is a program that allows businesses to purchase renewable energy which supports local and regional renewable energy projects and helps create environmental benefits in our region.

"Our company promotes waste reduction and recycling, so this was a natural fit for us. Recently we were selected as one of the top 100 Best Green Companies to work for in Oregon," Brad Bailey, President of High Country Disposal.

Pacific Power has a goal to add enough renewable energy by 2013 to power more than 560,000 homes!

To learn more, go to: www.pacificpower.net

Free Document Shred Event in Sisters

SecureShred and the Deschutes County Sheriff's office are partnering on Saturday, July 18th to provide residents the opportunity to safely destroy personal documents and learn identity theft prevention tips.

SecureShred will offer on-site document destruction at no cost to the public from 12:00pm - 4:00pm on Saturday, July 18th at the Sisters Sheriff's office parking lot, 703 North Larch.

This event is intended for private residential document shredding only, not for business or commercial shredding.

No advance document sorting is necessary. The SecureShred truck will destroy paperwork with paper clips and staples. File folders and binders may also be shredded.

Problems with Plastic Bags in Commingle Carts

It is very important that materials we put into the 95-gallon commingle carts are acceptable items for recycling.

For example, plastic such as garbage & grocery bags, saran wrap, and plastic wrap of any kind cannot go into the commingle cart. Although plastic grocery bags are recyclable, they cannot go into the commingle stream. The grocery bags and other plastic film listed above cannot be separated out and otherwise contaminate the other commingle material.

Plastic grocery bags can be recycled at participating grocery stores. Download a Recycling Preparatin Guide on High Country Disposal's website for a list of acceptable an unacceptable items.