City of Sisters FREE Spring Cleanup Event

High Country Disposal will provide free collection of yard debris, miscellaneous household waste and appliances on Tuesday, May 10th or Thursday, May 12th, 2011.

Collection is for residents within the city of Sisters only.

When and where to set out materials: Collection day will be the same day as regular garbage service, during the week of May 9th. All material should be set out by 7:00 a.m. in the same general location as garbage roll carts.

What to set out:
• Up to four cubic yards of yard debris and/or miscellaneous household waste.
(Four yards = a regular pickup truck filled to the cab.)
• Up to four appliances. All appliances must be emptied of food, water, clothing, etc.

What not to set out: Items that cannot be accepted include large furniture (i.e. couches), mattresses, hazardous waste, chemicals, paint, tires, heavy metal objects, and computers.

TVs, computers, monitors and other e-waste items can be taken to Negus Transfer Station in Redmond for recycling at no charge. For an additional charge High Country Disposal will come to your location and load up and haul away any e-waste or other items you may have including debris.

Questions: Please contact High Country Disposal at 541-548-4984.

City of Redmond FREE Spring Cleanup Event

High Country Disposal will provide free collection of miscellaneous household waste and appliances the week of April 18– April 22, 2011.

Collection is only for residences within the city of Redmond.

When and where to set out materials: Collection day will be the same day as regular garbage service, during the week of April 18. All material should be set out by 6:00 a.m. in the same general location as garbage roll carts.

What to set out: Free collection is limited to the following:
a. Four cubic yards of miscellaneous household waste that is bagged or in garbage cans. (Four yards = a regular pickup truck filled to the cab.)
b. Two appliances. All appliances must be emptied of food, water, clothing, etc.

Keep the above items separated from each other and at least four feet away from roll cart, recycling cart and mailboxes. Material in excess of above limits can be collected for an additional charge.

What not to set out: Items that cannot be accepted include TVs, microwaves, furniture, mattresses, hazardous waste, chemicals, paint, tires, wood stoves, heavy metal objects, toilets, lawnmowers, and computers. Yard debris will no longer be collected as part of the spring clean up. Yard debris subscription service is available through High Country Disposal for City of Redmond customers.

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

Questions: Please contact High Country Disposal at 541-548-4984 with any questions. Pick-up after the scheduled event may be subject to charge.

FREE Tire Recycling Event

On Saturday, March 19th from 7:00am to 4:30pm, residents can bring old snow tires and balding retreads to Knott Landfill for recycling.

Knott Landfill is located at 61050 SE 27th Street in Bend.

Limit of 12 tires per load. If you have more than 12 tires, please contact the Solid Waste office at 541.317.3163.

Tires can be on or off the rim but please keep them separated. Only tires with rim size up to 24 1/2" will be accepted. No heavy equipment tires, retailers or fleet tires.

For more information visit www.co.deschutees.or.us/sw

High Country Disposal Receives "New Product Award"

High Country Disposal received the "New Product Award" at this years Redmond Chamber of Commerce Annual Awards Banquet held at Eagle Crest Resort in Redmond.

The new product award was for High Country Disposal's new food waste collection program that is offered to their commercial customers within the city of Redmond. This new program provides Redmond commercial customers another opportunity to further reduce their waste, recycle more and keep organic waste out of the landfill. The food waste material is collected, composted and converted into rich organic soil.

The food waste material will be composted by Deschutes Recycling and is the only facility in Central Oregon and the second facility in the state to be permitted to accept food waste material.

“Food waste is a significant amount of the waste stream and we are excited to be able to recycle it and offer collection services to our commercial customers,” said Brad Bailey, president High Country Disposal.

For more information on the commercial food waste collection program and other services High Country Disposal offers, contact 541-548-4984 or visit www.highcountrydisposal.com

Free Document Shred Event in Bend

SecureShred and the Deschutes County Sheriff's Office have partnered for this free shred event to give residents a safe method to dispose of private documents and learn identity theft prevention tips.

This event is for residential shredding only - no commercial business shredding.


Saturday, March 19
10:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Deschutes Co Sheriff's Office
63333 West Hwy 20

At this event, there will be a deputy on hand to collect prescriptions and over the counter medication.

Residents are asked to being a non-perishable food item to donate to the food bank.

No advance document sorting is necessary, the SecureShred truck can destroy paperwork with paper clips and staples attached. File folders may also be shredded.

SecureShred offers complete on-site document destruction at your home or business, servicing all of Central Oregon. You can schedule weekly, monthly, on-call or one time service, whatever best fits you needs. Call today for more information on SecureShred at 541.382.2263.

Scholarship Opportunities

High Country Disposal offers two $1000 scholarships to local high school seniors in our community.

Eligible high schools 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 2011 are encouraged to apply. Contact Redmond or Sisters high schools for criteria and applications. All applications must be turned into the schools, not Bend Garbage & Recycling office. Application deadline is April 15, 2011.

Contact Bend Garbage & Recycling for more information 541-382-2263.

2010 Recipients:
Erin Hanon - Redmond High School
Zander Albertson - Sisters High School

Help Support CAN Cancer and VOTE!

The Pepsi Refresh Project looks for ideas from non-profits that can make a positive impact in the community. The CAN Cancer Program has been selected as one of the programs that could win a $50,000 grant!

Here’s where we need your help. We have to start spreading the news to our friends, families, co-workers and have them vote for our idea. Voting ends January 31st so we need your votes now!

It only takes about 5 minutes to help CAN Cancer!
1. Go to: www.refresheverything.com/cancancer
2. Scroll to the bottom of the page and click on “Vote for this Idea.”
3. Sign in – click on the ‘Health’ Button and then the ‘$50,000’ button.
4. You will notice a Vote For “Shuffled Ideas” - change this drop down to “Near You”
a. Or click on this link http://www.refresheverything.com/cancancer
b. You can also scroll down to the garbage can with ribbon logo and the header “Help Cancer Patients with Non Medical Expenses” and Vote!

You can vote one time per day for CAN Cancer.
Please send this out to as many of your friends, family members, groups and co-workers.
Thank you for helping us!


About CAN Cancer
CAN Cancer was founded in 2009 by Corrine & Gil Martinez who came up with the idea for Can Cancer when their son Stu was fighting his cancer. They organized the Central Oregon Haulers and founded Can Cancer, Community Assistance for Neighbors with cancer, to help with the non-medical expenses incurred while fighting cancer.

The expenses of travel to and from treatments, lodging for families supporting those with cancer, food, groceries and utilities can seem unmanageable and some may choose to pay a bill and forego travel for treatments. Every dollar raised goes to help patients and their families.