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The Bureau of Planning and Sustainability hosts neighborhood events around the city where people who live in the area can get rid of large, bulky trash items.
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2024 Dumpster Day events

The City held collection events for large, bulky items in the following areas in 2024:

  • Montavilla: September 21 at Montavilla Church
  • Sunnyside, Kerns, Buckman: March 9 at Hinson Memorial Baptist Church
  • Powellhurst-Gilbert: April 13 at Philadelphia Romanian Pentecostal Church
  • Glenfair and Hazelwood: April 20 at Savage Memorial Presbyterian Church
  • Old Town and Downtown: April 27 at 422 NW 4th Ave. 
  • Cully, Sunderland, Concordia: May 4 at Trinity Lutheran Christian School
  • Southwest Portland: May 11 at Riverdale High School
  • Irvington, Sullivans Gulch, Hollywood, Grant Park, Lloyd: May 18, Grant Park Baptist Church
  • Centennial: May 25 at Lynchwood Christian Church of God
  • Madison South, Parkrose, Parkrose Heights: June 1, Portland Methodist Church
  • Brooklyn, Hosford-Abernethy, South Portland: June 8, Grover Cleveland High School
  • Woodstock, Brentwood-Darlington, Mt. Scott-Arleta: June 15, at Our Lady of Sorrows Catholic Church
  • Woodlawn, King, Sabin: June 29, at the parking lot of For Good and Company

Thank you to all of our partners who helped make these events a success!

The next Dumpster Day events will happen in Spring 2025.


What you can drop off

Bring large, bulky items that will not fit in your garbage bin. 

Yes - Bring this!

Examples of items allowed for drop off are shown: couch, mattress, dresser, rug, toaster, lamp, vacuum, large stump, and 2x4 lumber.

For garbage dumpsters:

  • Mattresses*, box springs, and bed frames
  • Furniture (couch, table, chair)
  • Small appliances (toaster, vacuum, microwave)
  • Treated lumber & wood stumps
  • Microwaves*
  • Other large items that are too large to fit in your curbside garbage container
  • *Mattresses and microwaves will be recycled.

For donation: If you have household items in good, working condition (no broken or missing parts), they may be collected by Community Warehouse and other local nonprofits to give to community members who need them. 

Nonprofits are especially interested in clean mattresses, queen and twin-size bed frames with box springs or slats, dressers, couches, dining tables and chairs, nightstands, and tools (electric and manual tools for home repair, gardening, and cooking).

 No - Don't bring this!

Items shown that cannot be accepted at Dumpster Day events: tires, propane gas tank, CFL lightbulb, batteries, chemicals, paint, spray paint, tv, laptop computer, air conditioning unit, refrigerator.
  • Bags of trash
  • Tires
  • TVs & other electronics
  • Appliances with freon (air conditioners, refrigerators, and freezers)
  • Construction materials (except for wood)
  • Batteries
  • Paint
  • Propane tanks
  • Chemicals (pesticides, herbicides, fertilizers, poisons, antifreeze, thinners & solvents, household cleaners) 
  • CFL light bulbs
  • Car brakes and linings
  • Yard waste (grass, leaves, branches)

Other disposal & donation options

For large, bulky items, you can contact your garbage company to get a cost estimate and pickup appointment, or you can look into other pickup or 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.

Find disposal, donation, and recycling options


Dumpster Day events are organized by the City of Portland Bureau of Planning and funded by the City of Portland Public Environment Management Office.

Contact

Monica Kelly

Public Trash and Special Events Coordinator

Past Events