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Portland Curbsider
The Curbsider Blog
Information about garbage, recycling, composting and reducing waste at home
- Your Curbside Guide
- Questions & Answers
- It’s not easy being green: How to use and care for your compost roll cart
- Turn in prescription drugs and shredded documents on April 27
- Clean up for spring at citywide Community Collection Events
- Do you want trash with that?
- Take hard-to-recycle items to the Green Days recycling event
- Tidying up? Put your unwanted stuff in the hands of those who need it.
- The holiday aftermath: How to get rid of cut holiday trees and extra garbage
- Spotlight on holiday waste
- Holidays may affect your collection day for garbage, recycling and composting
- Recycle with confidence: Learn how to sort your plastics
- Beyond the Curb: The journey of a glass bottle
- Plan your meal with the Guest-imator
- Happy America Recycles Day
- Remember to compost autumn leaves and pumpkins
- Beer + refillable bottles = delicious savings
- Hazardous materials require proper disposal
- Take hard-to-recycle items to this community recycling event
- Top 6 items to keep out of your curbside recycling
- Recycle with Confidence
- Can the heartbreak of wasting summer fruits and vegetables
- Reuse rules in Portland
- In a unanimous vote, Portland City Council approves new rate for residential garbage, recycling and compost service
- Make a stop at Portland’s annual event for hard-to-recycle items
- Ask the Curbside Hotline Operator: What can I do about people putting stuff in my curbside collection containers?
- Keep it local at spring Community Collection Events in your neighborhood
- Reuse, repair and recycle your old electronics
- Learn how to use BottleDrop to redeem more containers
- Resolve to redeem in 2018
- Say goodbye to your holiday tree
- Extra holiday trash?
- Spotlight on holiday waste
- Holiday calendar reminders for garbage, recycling and composting
- Portland’s “wishful recycling” problem
- Ask the Curbside Hotline Operator: Which plastics are accepted in the blue recycling roll cart?
- Don’t let your food scraps go to waste
- Follow the recycling list and get accepted items into the curbside container
- Leftover pumpkins? Extra leaves? Your green Portland Composts! roll cart can handle it
- Pack less, waste less at summer picnics
- Your blue recycling roll cart: Details on accepted paper types
- Choices abound for kitchen compost containers
- Working together for a smooth collection day
- Quick reference guide to curbside garbage, composting and recycling
- Ask the Curbside Hotline Operator: Can I recycle propane tanks in the blue recycling roll cart?
- KATU’s Afternoon Live and BPS show you how to include the food for Earth Day
- Community Collection Events offer neighbors spring cleaning disposal options
- Now you get a dime instead of a nickel at bottle return centers
- Ask the Curbside Hotline Operator: Can I recycle coffee cups in my curbside bin?
- Community recycling offers options beyond the curb
- Recycling options for old electronics after the holidays
- After taking down your tree
- No holiday changes to your collection schedule in 2016
- Winter Curbsider 2016
- Got extra garbage that won’t fit in your cart?
- VIDEO: Top 10 Waste-Free Gifts on KATU Afternoon Live
- What to do when winter weather delays pick-up of your garbage, recycling and composting
- Warm the holidays with these community gift ideas
- Thanks Portland, You’re Amazing!
- How Portlanders can make the most of holiday food scraps
- Celebrating Autumn and five years of food scraps
- VIDEO: Watch where your curbside recycling goes and how it’s processed
- Ask the Curbsider Hotline Operator: How do I keep my green Portland Composts! roll cart clean?
- Make nutrient-rich compost at home
- Get extra credit with your school supplies
- Resourceful PDX map and community partners highlighted in the news
- VIDEO: Resourceful PDX offers tools and tips for reducing waste
- Ask the Curbside Hotline Operator: Are there any plastic lids that I can add to my recycling bin?
- New Resourceful PDX map of community resources to help you reuse, swap, repair and share
- Reuse rules in Portland
- Quick reference guide to curbside garbage, composting and recycling
- Threading connections through repair
- Digging into summer projects with borrowed tools
- From the curb to the garden, your composted food scraps matter
- Building community with a love of food
- Swapping is more than give and take
- Rates going down for garbage, recycling and compost
- Recycling reminders for common items
- Make spring cleaning easy with Community Collection Events
- Community recycling offers options beyond the curb
- Increase the green in 2016: Prepare
- Increase the green in 2016: Organize
- Increase the green in 2016: Share
- Increase the green in 2016: Declutter
- Increase the green in 2016: Simplify
- How to compost your holiday tree
- Here’s how to handle extra garbage during the holidays
- Holiday schedule changes for Friday residential curbside customers only
- ‘Tis the season to reduce, reuse and recycle
- DIY home projects start with salvage and reuse
- Toss your leaves and pumpkins in the green Portland Composts! roll cart
- Oregon takes steps toward more reuse
- Ask the Curbside Hotline Operator: What do I do with hazardous materials?
- Creative DIY costume ideas for Halloween
- Chinook Book offers more than coupons in the new edition
- Ask the Curbside Hotline Operator: Can I recycle propane tanks?
- Green Lents builds community through borrowing and sharing
- Swap Positive offers free fashion and frugal fun
- Recycle right when school starts and routines resume
- Find back-to-school savings with Chinook Book
- Ask the Curbside Hotline Operator: How do I dispose of old batteries?
- Become a Master Recycler!
- Portland Community ToolBank lends tools to charitable organizations
- Does this plastic go in the blue roll cart?
- Spring brings cleanup events to your neighborhood
- Ask the Curbside Hotline Operator: What plastics go in the blue recycling roll cart?
- Ask the Curbside Hotline Operator: Who picks up my garbage?
- Set up a waste collection system that works for your household
- Fix-It Fair connects you to community resources
- Oregon’s electronics recycling program expands its scope
- Reminder About Holiday Curbside Collection Schedule Changes
- Holiday Schedule Changes in Six Languages
- Sports fan or outdoorsy type still on your gift list?
- Prepare your tree for curbside composting
- Gifts of time or service help big families enjoy the holidays even more
- For family and friends who have it all, share the bounty of the Northwest
- Ask the Curbside Hotline Operator: Can I get a replacement yellow bin?
- Give busy parents a "time out" this holiday season
- Portland residents show their food scraps are too good to waste
- Holiday Schedule Changes in Six Languages
- Sorting through the holidays
- Local, Reused and Fun Gift Ideas for Kids Who Like to Unwrap Presents
- Making the most of Thanksgiving leftovers
- Eight options to help you find the right kitchen compost container
- Curbside composting tip: The green Portland Composts! roll cart wants your jack-o-lanterns!
- Garbage service tip: Curbside collection service for renters of houses or smallplexes (2-4 units)
- Ask the Curbside Hotline Operator: What do I do if my roll carts weren’t picked up?
- Resourceful PDX: Save money by packing waste-free lunches for school
- Ask the Curbside Hotline Operator: Can juice boxes go in the blue roll cart?
Portland Curbsider Print Edition
This bi-annual publication includes information on garbage, recycling, composting and other BPS news
- Summer 2019 Purple Garbage Collection Schedule Edition
- Summer 2019 Orange Garbage Collection Schedule Edition
- Curbsider (Winter 2018)
- Summer 2018 Purple Garbage Collection Schedule Edition
- Summer 2018 Orange Garbage Collection Schedule Edition
- Curbsider (Winter 2017)
- Curbsider (Summer 2017) Orange Garbage Collection Schedule Edition
- Curbsider (Summer 2017) Purple Garbage Collection Schedule Edition
- Curbsider (Winter 2016)
- Curbsider (Summer 2016) Purple Garbage Collection Schedule Edition
- Curbsider (Summer 2016) Orange Garbage Collection Schedule Edition
- Curbsider (Winter 2015)
- Curbsider (Summer 2015) Orange Garbage Collection Schedule Edition
- Curbsider (Summer 2015) Purple Garbage Collection Schedule Edition
- Curbsider (Winter 2014)
- Curbsider (Summer 2014) Purple Garbage Collection Schedule Edition
- Curbsider (Summer 2014) Orange Garbage Collection Schedule Edition
- Curbsider (Winter 2013)
- Curbsider (Summer 2013) Purple Garbage Collection Schedule Edition
- Curbsider (Summer 2013) Orange Garbage Collection Schedule Edition
- Curbsider (Winter 2012)
- Curbsider (June 2012)
- Curbsider - Special Edition (September 2011)
- Curbsider (June 2011)
- Curbsider (February 2011)
- Curbsider (April 2010)
- Curbsider (December 2009)
- Curbsider (June 2009)
- Curbsider (December 2008)
- Curbsider (September 2008)