During the week of December 25th & January 1st, all routes will run on their normal service days. Our office will be closed Monday, December 26th & Monday, January 2nd but your drivers will still be servicing your neighborhood as usual these days. Please remember to have your cans out by 6 a.m. on your service day.

On October 31, all Portland households will be able to place all food scraps (including meat and bones!), along with yard debris, in their green Portland Composts! roll carts. Read about the new program HERE.

Portland Rate Increase Effective July 1st The City of Portland has authorized a rate increase for garbage service. The new rate will go into effect July 1st, 2011. The new rates will appear on your June or July statement. Specific information on the new rates can be found HERE. Additional rate information is also available on the City of Portland web site HERE.

Welcome Richmond Neighborhood Portland Composts! Food Scrap Pilot.

This spring, 500 households in Portland's Richmond Neighborhood will be selected to participate in a pilot for weekly food scrap curbside collection. You will receive information both in the mail and to your door alerting you of your participation if your household has been included in the Portland Compost! food scrap pilot.

For the most current food scrap pilot information or to comment on the pilot, please visit the City of Portland web site HERE.

The City of Gresham has authorized a rate increase for garbage service. The new rate will go into effect June 1st, 2010. The new rates will appear on your May statement. Specific information on the new rates can be found HERE. Additional rate information is also available on the City of Gresham website HERE.

***24-hour payment line***

If you'd like to make a payment by Visa or MasterCard, you may call our 24-hour Automated Payment Line at 1-866-740-2455. To process the payment, you will need to have your full account number as well as know the dollar amount you would like to pay.

You can call this toll free number any time of the day, 7 days a week! Payments made by 5pm Pacific Standard Time will be posted to your account the next business day

*** Document Shredding Now Available! ***

We now have shredding services available on-site at our office or we can come to you. Please call us for all your shredding needs or visit www.lemaymobileshredding.com. We shred all paper related materials, including office paper (paper clips, black binder clips, and staples are okay.) Non-paper media including credit cards, VHS tapes, X-rays, and CD's can also be shredded by appointment only. We can handle projects large and small. Please call our office for more information and pricing. We accept documents to be shredded from 8am to 4pm Monday-Friday.

"New Electronics Ban Goes Into Effect Jan. 1, 2010"

Oregon E-Cycles, Oregon’s free electronics recycling program, will become even more popular when the state’s disposal ban on computers, monitors and televisions goes into effect on January 1, 2010. After that date, Oregonians must recycle these electronics – they will no longer be allowed to be disposed of in the garbage or at disposal sites such as landfills, transfer stations and incinerators.

Click here to read the entire information sheet.