NW Oregon Residential
Trash & Recycling

Residential Garbage
& Recycling Schedule

2022 Pick-Up Calendar
2023/2024 Pick-Up Calendar
2024 FREE Household Hazardous Waste Collection Schedule

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Weekly Columbia County residential garbage collection is performed on Monday through Friday.

You should have your garbage container at the curb by 6am on the day it's to be picked up. Please set it at the curb and at least 3 feet away from any other cart and 6 feet away from vehicles.

Residential Containers
Garbage	Grey Carts	35, 65 and 95 gallon
Recycling	Green Carts	65 and 95 gallon
Yard Debris	Brown Carts	95 gallon

 

Residential Garbage
& Recycling Services

Hudson Garbage Service
“Our business is picking up”

Hudson Services by Community
Community	Garbage	Recycling	Yard Debris
Clatskanie	Yes	Yes
Columbia City	Yes	Yes	Yes
Deer Island	Yes	Yes
Goble	Yes	Yes
Prescott	Yes
Rainier	Yes	Yes
St Helens	Yes	Yes	Yes
Warren	Yes	Yes
Yankton	Yes	Yes

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MATERIALS

Residential Trash
Acceptable Items

• Food
• Normal household trash

Residential Trash
Non-Acceptable Items

Please do not put these items in any of our containers:

• Antifreeze or motor oil
• Appliances
• Asbestos
• Ashes, hot or cold
• Car batteries

• Chemicals
• Dead animals
• Dirt or rocks
• Household Hazardous Waste items may be taken to the Columbia County Transfer Station during their HHW collection events.
• Liquid paint
• Medical sharps. Put in approved containers and drop off free at transfer station.
• Medical waste
• Recycling
  
• Tires
• Yard waste

Residential Recycling
Acceptable Items

• Aerosol cans, empty
• Aluminum, steel, tin beverage or food cans
  
• Aluminium trash
• Aluminum pie plates, clean
• Milk cartons, juice boxes (rinsed)
• Mixed paper, junk mail, magazines
• Newspapers, cardboard, cereal boxes
• Plastic bottles & tubs & jugs
• Tin food cans (rinsed)
• View Recycling Done Right Guidelines
  
  

Residential Recycling
Non-Acceptable Items

• Automobile parts
• Christmas tree lights
• Deli containers
• Frozen food boxes (any wet strength paper)
• Garden hose
• Glass*
• Metal longer than 18” or heavier than 5lbs
• Motor oil*
• Paper towels, cups
• Plastic bags
• Plastic cups, clamshells
• Shredded paper
• Soiled/dirty paper (i.e.: pizza boxes)
• Styrofoam
• Straws or frozen juice containers
• Take-out containers
• Wax-coated paper

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*These items are accepted at our drop-off locations. See the right hand column of this page for details.