The City of Lake Oswego’s Neighborhood Drop Box Program, in partnership with Republic Services, provides free dumpsters for community clean-up efforts. Dumpsters can be reserved through Neighborhood Associations.
Contact us to request for a free drop box. The Palisades Neighborhood Assoc. (PNA) will submit a request on your behalf. If the City confirms that there are drop boxes available for your chosen weekend, we will notify nearby neighbors via our email subscription list. Not subscribed? Use this subscribe link.
Drop Boxes are brought by Republic Services between 7 am to 6 pm on a Friday and picked up the following Monday morning. Republic Services is discouraging longer times for drop boxes to be in place due to the increased potential for non-yard debris to be dumped.
Taking advantage of drop boxes other times of the year for leaves, branches, etc.. This does not take away from the following year’s allocation of drop boxes if, for instance, there was a storm.
Do you need help hauling your yard debris? Contact us. We might be able to pair you with a helpful neighbor. Please have debris in bins, bags or garbage cans for easy transfer and to minimize debris in the volunteer’s vehicle. You are expected to load and unload your containers yourself. Please let us know if this is a hardship for you and we will try to match you with a willing volunteer.
Do you have hauling abilities and willing to help collect and transport debris? Please contact us and we will put you on our on-call list when there is a request for help. Feel free to decline if you are not available for a particular event. We’ll still keep you on the list and contact you the next time. You would not be expected to load or unload the yard debris.
Jan 2024 email from Amanda Watson, Sustainability Program Manager, City of Lake Oswego
The City of Lake Oswego is holding two storm debris clean up events for residents this Friday and Saturday, 1/26 and 1/27. We recognize that some residents may not be able to make it to those events or may still be working on cleaning up tree debris on their property, and want to share a reminder that the City has a Neighborhood Drop Box Program that could be used to help with storm debris clean-up.
The Neighborhood Drop Box Program, in partnership with Republic Services, provides free dumpsters for community clean-up efforts. Dumpsters can be reserved by Neighborhood Associations, HOAs, and volunteer or service groups that are working to provide a community benefit. Because we have a limited number of free dumpsters available through the program each year, we want to make sure each one provides the broadest benefit possible. If individual residents not affiliated with an organization apply for a dumpster, we ask that they reach out to their neighborhood association or HOA to help organize or advertise a cleanup event. In the coming weeks, you may hear from folks in your neighborhood who are interested in getting a Neighborhood Drop Box for debris clean-up and we encourage you to support them in sharing information about the clean-up event with other members of the neighborhood. This would also be a great opportunity for neighbors to coordinate on location, volunteers, and those who have hauling abilities to help collect and transport debris.
You can find more information about the program and the application form on our website: https://www.ci.oswego.or.us/publicaffairs/neighborhood-drop-box.
There are also several businesses in our area where residents can self-haul yard debris for recycling, including the Metro South Transfer Station in Oregon City and landscaping businesses in Tualatin and Milwaukie. Check out Metro’s Find a Recycler online tool to find options closest to you.
If you have any questions about the Neighborhood Drop Box Program or storm debris disposal options, please reach out to Amanda Watson at awatson@ci.oswego.or.us.
Thank you!
Amanda
Amanda Watson (She/Her)
Sustainability Program Manager | City Manager’s Office
City of Lake Oswego 503-635-0291
