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Learn about community waste collection events, Dumpster Days (2021-2025), and year-round disposal, recycling, and donation options.
Dumpster Day Events (2021–2025)
Thank you to everyone who participated in Dumpster Days and helped make the events a success from 2021 to 2025. These events were funded as a temporary program to help address bulky waste that built up during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The program has now ended. The City has shifted its focus to supporting community-led and community-based cleanup events.
Upcoming community waste collection events
In addition to your year-round disposal and donation options, you can dispose of, recycle, and donate your unwanted household items at these upcoming community-led events. The following event links will take you away from the City of Portland website to community websites.
Weekly sharps, batteries, and light bulbs collection
Wellness Wednesdays at the Rosewood Initiative
14127 SE Stark St., Portland, OR 97233
Second Wednesday of every month from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Check the program website to confirm event details
Lents Community Collection Event
May 4, 2026
9 a.m. - 12 p.m.
4244 SE 91st Ave., Portland
Check the program website to confirm event details
Community-based organization events
The Bureau of Planning and Sustainability supports nonprofit partners in their work to offer bulky waste disposal services directly to Portlanders in multifamily communities and to community members with limited mobility or access to transportation.
In 2025, this included:
- 28 events
- 1,315 households served
- 64 tons (128,000 pounds) of waste collected
- 299 cubic yards of material reused or recycled, plus more that was shared within the community
These events were organized by:
- Native American Youth and Family Center (NAYA)
- REACH CDC
- Sabin CDC
- Guerreras Latinas
- Trash for Peace
- Home Forward
- Taking Ownership PDX
We support these community-based organization events by covering all disposal costs and providing financial support for event planning and promotion. Some events receive additional support through Metro’s Regional Refresh Fund.
City support for community-based events is provided by the Bureau of Planning and Sustainability (BPS) and funded by the Public Environment Management Office (PEMO).
Support for community-based bulky waste disposal
Do you represent a nonprofit serving Portland communities that struggle with bulky waste disposal? Please contact us for potential support for bulky waste collection.
Year-round large item disposal & donation options
Curbside collection of bulky waste
Houses, duplexes, triplexes, and fourplexes: Your garbage company can pick up oversized items right from the curb, at rates set by the City. Contact your garbage company to get a cost estimate and pick-up date.
Curbside bulky waste collection
Apartments: Ask your property manager where to put large items for disposal.
Junk removal companies
There are many businesses that will clear out and clean up your unwanted stuff and haul it away directly from your house, garage, driveway, or apartment.
Do a web search for “junk removal Portland” to find options. We recommend getting multiple quotes.
Drop-off & donation options
If you're not sure if something could be donated or recycled or if it's hazardous waste, search Metro’s Find a Recycler tool, call 503-234-3000, or submit a question.
Or take a look at these drop-off and pick-up options for recycling, donation, and disposal.