Regional Special-Waste & Recycling Resource: Hazardous Waste + Glass + Electronics — Metro Central Transfer Station — Beaverton / NW Portland, OR

Regional special-waste and recycling resource for household hazardous waste (HHW), glass, and electronics at Metro Central Transfer Station in NW Portland—just outside Beaverton. This resource matters because Oregon restricts specific materials from disposal, including computers, monitors and televisions, as well as items such as tires, used oil, and lead-acid batteries. These materials require appropriate reuse, recycling, hazardous-waste, or other approved handling instead of routine apartment trash disposal. [1][2]

The primary regional resource is: Metro Central Transfer Station (6161 NW 61st Ave, Portland, OR 97210) . [3]

Important: Metro Central is a supplemental drop-off and routing resource. It does not replace required local garbage, recycling, or glass collection service, adequate on-site container capacity, resident education, hazardous-waste requirements, or property-specific legal obligations. In Beaverton, properties generally work through the applicable franchised-hauler system; Portland multifamily properties use permitted commercial garbage and recycling haulers. [7][14]

Why This Works (And Why Apartments Need a “Plan B”)

HHW (special handling required): Household-generated paints, solvents, cleaners, pesticides, batteries, and similar hazardous products containing usable or hazardous material should not be placed in garbage or recycling containers or poured down a drain. Certain materials—including used oil, lead-acid batteries, computers, monitors and televisions—are also subject to specific Oregon disposal restrictions. [1][4]

Hours: Metro Central’s general public transfer-station hours are currently 8 a.m.–5 p.m. daily. Its household hazardous-waste facility operates 9 a.m.–4 p.m. Monday–Saturday and is closed Sunday. Always confirm hours, closures, acceptance limits, and preparation instructions before driving. [3][4]

Beaverton glass rule: Beaverton requires recyclable glass bottles and jars to be collected separately from mixed recycling. Multifamily properties should maintain appropriate on-site glass service through the applicable franchised-hauler system. Resident self-haul may supplement that service, but it should not be used as a substitute for adequate property glass-recycling capacity. [6][7]

  • Primary resource: Metro Central Transfer Station[3]
  • Address: 6161 NW 61st Ave, Portland, OR 97210[3]
  • What it supports: Household HHW routing, resident self-haul of accepted materials, separate-glass drop-off options, electronics recycling, and bulky-item disposal guidance[3][4][12]

Hazardous Waste (Paint, Pesticides & Chemicals): Keep Hazardous Contents Out of Garbage and Recycling

Strict warning: Household hazardous products containing usable or hazardous material should not go in garbage or recycling containers. Residents should use an appropriate staffed HHW or product-stewardship program for household-generated items such as oil-based paints, solvents/cleaners, pesticides, and many batteries. [4]

Empty containers can be different: Disposal or recycling instructions may differ when a container is completely empty, properly dried, or otherwise prepared according to the receiving program’s rules. Residents and property managers should confirm Metro, City, hauler, or product-stewardship instructions before disposing of empty paint, chemical, or hazardous-product containers. [4]

Household limit: Metro currently accepts household hazardous waste free of charge up to 35 gallons per day, measured by container size. Review Metro’s accepted-material, packaging, transportation, and quantity requirements before visiting. [4]

Property-management and maintenance waste: Hazardous waste generated by apartment maintenance, management, contractors, landscaping, pest-control, or other business operations is business-generated waste and should not be treated as resident household HHW. Businesses using Metro’s business hazardous-waste program must satisfy applicable generator eligibility, application, appointment, quantity, transportation, and fee requirements. [5]

Do not create an informal HHW collection area: Property management should not collect, consolidate, accumulate, or transport residents’ hazardous products without first confirming applicable storage, transportation, employee-safety, and disposal requirements with Metro or an authorized hazardous-waste provider.

Glass Bottles & Jars (Beaverton): Keep Separate From Mixed Recycling

The rule: Beaverton instructs residents to recycle bottles and jars separately from mixed recyclables. [6]

Apartment requirement: If a Beaverton multifamily community lacks an appropriate separate glass container, has inadequate glass capacity, or routinely experiences overflow, property management should contact its franchised hauler and correct the on-site service. Metro Central may be an optional resident self-haul or excess-glass resource, but it does not substitute for adequate multifamily glass-recycling service. [7]

Preparation: Empty glass bottles and jars and follow the hauler’s preparation instructions. Do not place ceramics, drinking glasses, window glass, mirrors, light bulbs, or other non-container glass in the bottle-and-jar recycling container unless the receiving program expressly accepts them. [6]

Styrofoam & Plastic Film: Specialty Items — Verify Before You Go

Reality: Plastic bags and film and most foam products do not belong in Beaverton’s standard mixed-recycling stream. Metro Central should not be represented as routinely accepting every form of film or block foam for free recycling.

Best practice: Use Metro’s Find a Recycler tool and confirm the exact material, condition, quantity limit, preparation requirements, hours, and fees with the receiving location before traveling. [8]

Crucial Oregon Specific: Bottle Bill (Cash for Cans)

Refund value: Oregon’s Bottle Bill provides a 10-cent refund value on eligible beverage containers, giving residents an incentive to redeem bottles and cans instead of placing them in mixed recycling. [9]

Keep containers whole: Empty, whole, uncrushed containers are required for BottleDrop self-service machines and Green or Blue Bags. BottleDrop may hand-count a limited number of crushed containers at a staffed customer-service desk, subject to current program limits. [11]

Action: Use a BottleDrop redemption center, such as: BottleDrop Beaverton Redemption Center (9307 SW Beaverton-Hillsdale Hwy, Beaverton, OR 97005) . Confirm current hours, daily limits, services, and holiday closures before visiting. [10]

Electronics (Oregon E-Cycles): Computers, Monitors & TVs Are Banned from Trash Disposal

The disposal ban: Oregon prohibits disposing of computers, monitors and televisions through prohibited garbage/disposal-site pathways. These items require reuse or approved electronics recycling. [2]

Free Oregon E-Cycles options: The modernized program that began January 1, 2026 accepts covered electronics including desktop and laptop computers, tablets, monitors, televisions, printers, keyboards, and computer mice through participating collection sites. Anyone may generally bring seven or fewer covered devices at a time for free recycling; other electronics may require a different program or fee. [12]

Action: Use the official Oregon E-Cycles collection-site finder and call ahead for large or heavy items, site-specific limits, or more than seven devices. [12]

Bulk Furniture: Fees, Load Security & Property Procedures

Fee reality: Metro charges for garbage and many bulky loads, while certain materials may have separate recycling, recovery, credit, fee, or quantity rules. Review Metro Central’s current rates and accepted-material instructions before hauling furniture, mattresses, appliances, or mixed loads. [3]

Secure every load: If you haul in a truck or trailer with an open bed, cover and secure the load to prevent litter, road hazards, and possible littering fines or other enforcement. [3]

Apartment procedure: Residents should follow the property’s designated bulk-item process and should not leave furniture, mattresses, televisions, chemicals, or other prohibited items at dumpsters or recycling enclosures. Property management should clearly identify the approved bulk staging area, request procedure, applicable fees, and collection schedule.

Upcoming Metro Multifamily Bulky-Waste Standard — July 1, 2027

Regional implementation deadline: Metro’s Regional Service Standard requires applicable local government collection systems to implement multifamily bulky-waste collection service by July 1, 2027. The standard provides for requested bulky-waste collection service within the applicable two-week service framework and requires rates to be communicated upfront and transparently. [13]

Property-management action: Confirm how the applicable city and collection provider will implement the service, then update lease materials, resident instructions, staging rules, request channels, and fee disclosures as appropriate. This regional service-system requirement does not mean that every apartment property must independently self-haul bulky waste to Metro Central.

How We Solve This For You (National Doorstep)

Compliance is operational. In Beaverton / NW Portland, National Doorstep Pickup supports property management with standardized resident instructions, bin-access practices, glass-separation messaging, contamination reduction, documented service routines, and resident-facing routing information for household HHW, source-separated glass, electronics, and bulky items.

Important hazardous-material limitation: References to HHW routing or resident education do not mean that ordinary National Doorstep valet-trash personnel collect, consolidate, store, transport, or dispose of regulated household or business hazardous waste. Hazardous materials must be handled through an appropriate Metro, product-stewardship, licensed, permitted, or otherwise authorized program as applicable.

Upstream service limitation: National Doorstep Pickup operates upstream from municipal and private curbside hauling. Doorstep personnel move eligible resident-setout materials to property-designated collection locations on private property under ownership or authorized property-management approval. National Doorstep’s doorstep service does not replace the applicable Beaverton franchised hauler, Portland-permitted commercial hauler, municipal service, recycling processor, hazardous-waste provider, or other legally required downstream collection provider.

Compliance limitation: National Doorstep’s doorstep services and resident communications supplement—and do not replace—required local collection service, adequate on-site container capacity, landlord or property-manager duties, hazardous-waste requirements, local approvals, applicable franchise or permit requirements, or property-specific legal review. This resource is intended for operational and educational purposes and is not legal advice.

CTA: Request a Free Compliance Audit for your Beaverton Property

EEAT Sources: [1] Oregon DEQ: Landfill Bans in Oregon (computers/monitors/TVs; tires; used oil; lead-acid batteries)  |  [2] Oregon DEQ: Electronics disposal ban for computers, monitors and televisions  |  [3] Metro: Metro Central Transfer Station (address, hours, rates, accepted materials and load requirements)  |  [4] Metro: Household hazardous-waste disposal (hours, 35-gallon household limit and accepted materials)  |  [5] Metro: Business hazardous-waste disposal requirements  |  [6] City of Beaverton: Recycling—What Goes In (source-separated bottles and jars)  |  [7] City of Beaverton: Multifamily property-manager recycling resources  |  [8] Metro: Find a Recycler for film, foam and other specialty materials  |  [9] Oregon DEQ: Bottle Bill (10-cent refund value on eligible containers)  |  [10] BottleDrop: Beaverton Redemption Center  |  [11] BottleDrop: Rules for crushed or flattened containers  |  [12] Oregon DEQ: Oregon E-Cycles covered devices, free collection and seven-device limit  |  [13] Metro Administrative Rules: Regional Service Standard and July 1, 2027 multifamily bulky-waste implementation  |  [14] City of Portland: Multifamily garbage and recycling service through permitted commercial haulers

 
National Doorstep - The Valet Trash Service Experts

Beaverton and Washington County apartment owners, asset managers, and on-site teams: avoid preventable compliance problems while giving residents the modern doorstep trash & recycling amenity they expect. National Doorstep’s valet trash & recycling program is designed to support compliance with Beaverton City Code Chapter 4.08 (Solid Waste and Recycling), Beaverton’s Solid Waste and Recycling Administrative Rules, Oregon’s Opportunity to Recycle framework, Oregon landlord notice requirements, and the applicable local or regional multifamily service standards for your property’s jurisdiction.

Within the City of Beaverton, multifamily owners and property managers must coordinate adequate and convenient garbage and recycling service, including source-separated glass, sufficient capacity, properly identified receptacles, and resident education. For qualifying premises with 5+ dwelling units, ORS 90.318 requires recycling access and regular collection together with annual resident notice and notice to new tenants when entering into the rental agreement, when the applicable city or county has implemented multifamily recycling service.

Important program distinction: A doorstep collection program can improve resident participation, separation, documentation, and enclosure conditions, but it does not replace required service from the applicable city-franchised or county-certificated garbage and recycling company, required shared-container capacity, or landlord/property-manager notice duties.

  • Protect NOI & Asset Value: For properties within Beaverton, reduce exposure to applicable Class 1 civil infractions by maintaining required service, capacity, access, labeling, education, and sanitary collection conditions.
  • Resident-First Convenience: Doorstep collection keeps residents out of dark enclosures, reduces unnecessary trips to dumpsters, and can make correct separation easier.
  • Code-Smart Design: Coordinate doorstep collection with the applicable 20/20/1 gallon weekly multifamily minimum, separate-glass service, current Oregon recycling acceptance lists, and Metro receptacle standards where those requirements apply.
  • Documented Compliance Support: Use resident communications, service records, route verification, photographs, contamination notices, and hauler coordination to create a clear operational record.

At a Glance: City of Beaverton vs. Washington County & Other Cities

City of Beaverton (Inside City Limits)

  • Mandate Type: Mandatory multifamily garbage and recycling service through city code, administrative rules, applicable state law, and the city-franchised collection system.
  • Applicability Threshold: ORS 90.318 landlord recycling duties generally apply to a landlord with 5+ residential dwelling units on a single premises or five or more manufactured dwellings in a single facility when the jurisdiction has implemented multifamily recycling service. Beaverton customer responsibilities also arise through Chapter 4.08 and its administrative rules.
  • Property Manager Duties: Coordinate adequate garbage, mixed recycling, and separate-glass service; maintain sufficient capacity to prevent recurring overflow; keep collection areas accessible and sanitary; maintain appropriate receptacle identification; and coordinate service changes with the assigned city-franchised hauler.
  • Resident Education Duties: For qualifying properties, provide new tenants with recycling information when entering into the rental agreement; notify all tenants of the recycling opportunity at least once each year; identify recycling locations; and explain material preparation using current local and state guidance.
  • Enforcement: A franchise-customer violation of Chapter 4.08 or a rule adopted under it is a Class 1 Civil Infraction. Each violation, and each day a continuing violation is allowed to remain, may constitute a separate civil infraction.
  • Property Manager Priority: If garbage, recycling, or glass routinely overflows, do not rely solely on resident enforcement. Review container size, number of receptacles, collection frequency, contamination controls, enclosure layout, and hauler service levels.
  • Key City Links: Beaverton Code – Chapter 4.08 Solid Waste & Recycling · Beaverton Solid Waste & Recycling Administrative Rules · Beaverton – Property Managers · Beaverton – Code Compliance Program

Washington County & Incorporated Cities

  • Mandate Type: Jurisdiction-specific multifamily service requirements. Washington County directly regulates collection service and rates in unincorporated Washington County. Incorporated cities regulate collection through their own codes, franchises, contracts, administrative rules, and locally implemented regional standards.
  • Applicability Threshold: ORS 90.318 applies to qualifying landlords with 5+ units on one premises where the applicable jurisdiction has implemented multifamily recycling service. Exact container, service, enforcement, and rate provisions should be verified for the property's jurisdiction.
  • Minimum Service Volumes: Washington County publishes a multifamily minimum of 20 gallons garbage + 20 gallons mixed recycling + 1 gallon source-separated glass per unit per week. These provisions are implemented through the applicable certificated/franchised collection system where adopted or applicable.
  • Metro Boundary Matters: Metro regional multifamily receptacle, signage, and service standards are implemented through local governments inside the Metro regional service district. Do not assume every city in Washington County has identical Metro applicability or implementation status.
  • Property Manager Best Practice: Verify the legal jurisdiction first, then identify the assigned hauler, document current container sizes and pickup frequency, determine whether the 20/20/1 standard applies, confirm Metro boundary status, and retain current resident education records.
  • How National Doorstep Helps: We design doorstep trash & recycling programs around the property's actual jurisdiction, downstream hauler, shared-container system, resident education duties, and local enforcement structure.
  • Key Regional Links: Washington County – Multifamily Recycling Standards · Washington County – Multifamily Property Managers · Washington County – Solid Waste & Recycling Administrative Rules · Metro – Improving Multifamily Collection Services · Oregon ORS 90.318 – Landlord Recycling Duties · Oregon ORS Chapter 459A

Current & Upcoming Regulatory Changes: 2025–2028

  • July 1, 2025 – Oregon Recycling Modernization Act Implementation: Oregon began implementation of its producer-responsibility recycling system and statewide recycling acceptance framework. Resident-facing signage and education should be checked against current Oregon material lists together with local-hauler instructions.
  • July 1, 2026 – Collection-Service Customer Definition: Oregon law now expressly addresses residential and commercial tenants whose landlord or property manager receives collection service for their benefit, subject to applicable statutory provisions and approved exemptions.
  • Current Landlord Notice Standard: Under ORS 90.318, qualifying landlords must notify new tenants of the recycling opportunity when entering into the rental agreement and notify all tenants at least once annually.
  • July 1, 2027 – Metro Multifamily Bulky-Waste Standard: Applicable local government collection systems within Metro must implement the regional multifamily bulky-waste service requirements. Property managers should confirm the local request channel, timing, staging procedures, prohibited materials, and charges before implementation.
  • July 1, 2028 – Metro Receptacle Color Conversion: Within jurisdictions where the Metro regional standard is applicable and implemented, covered garbage receptacles are gray or black, mixed-recycling receptacles blue, organics receptacles green, and source-separated glass receptacles orange. Applicable exemptions exist for specified equipment, including certain compactors and drop boxes.
  • Regional Labels: Covered multifamily receptacles within applicable regional programs should use the required regional identification/decals. Property managers should replace damaged, missing, outdated, or confusing labels and verify current requirements with the local government or hauler.

State modernization link: Oregon DEQ – Plastic Pollution and Recycling Modernization Act · Current material lists: Oregon DEQ – Recycling Material Acceptance Lists · Metro multifamily program: Metro – Improving Multifamily Collection Services

Washington County Cities & Apartment Recycling Requirements

Across Washington County, state law, locally regulated collection systems, and—where applicable—Metro regional service standards work together to provide recycling access at multifamily communities. The legal source and enforcement authority are not identical in every city. Confirm the property's municipal boundary, Metro status, franchised or certificated hauler, and current local rules before describing a requirement as countywide.

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City / Area Apartment Recycling Requirement? Notes for Property Managers & Owners
Beaverton Yes – explicit multifamily and franchise-customer requirements Property-manager priorities: Maintain adequate garbage, recycling, and source-separated glass service; verify container sizes and frequency; prevent recurring overflow; maintain usable access and clear labels; and coordinate service adjustments with the assigned city-franchised hauler.

For qualifying 5+ unit premises, review ORS 90.318 move-in and annual recycling-notice duties.

A customer violation of Beaverton Chapter 4.08 or its administrative rules is classified as a Class 1 Civil Infraction. Each continuing day may constitute a separate civil infraction.

Management file: Keep the hauler agreement, service levels, container inventory, resident education, contamination notices, inspection photos, and service-change records.

Key links: Beaverton Code – Ch. 4.08 · Beaverton – Administrative Rules · Beaverton – Property Managers
Hillsboro Yes – multifamily minimum service through the city-franchised system Hillsboro uses private franchised waste haulers. Apartment and multifamily service must meet applicable minimum volumes for garbage, recycling, and glass.

Property-manager priorities: Use the City's/County's hauler lookup to confirm the assigned provider; compare current container capacity and pickup frequency with multifamily minimums; maintain source-separated glass; keep regional labels visible; and correct recurring overflow or contamination through service changes rather than relying only on resident notices.

Hillsboro currently identifies multiple franchised collection companies, so managers should verify service by property address rather than assume one citywide provider.

Organics caution: Do not describe residential multifamily compost as universally provided. Separate food-scrap requirements apply to covered food businesses, while residential/multifamily compost availability depends on the service configuration.

Key links: Hillsboro – Garbage & Recycling · Hillsboro – Business Food Scraps
Tigard Yes – state requirements and locally regulated franchise service Tigard uses franchised collection service, with Pride Disposal and Waste Management serving designated service areas.

Property-manager priorities: Confirm which franchise area serves the property; coordinate garbage, recycling, glass, bulky-item, temporary-container, and missed-pickup issues directly with the assigned hauler; maintain appropriate regional signage where applicable; and retain move-in/annual recycling education records for qualifying properties.

Property managers should also verify whether a particular multifamily property is subject to applicable Metro regional multifamily standards and upcoming bulky-waste procedures.

Key links: Tigard – Solid Waste & Recycling · Tigard Code – Solid Waste Management
Tualatin Yes – multifamily service through the city-franchised system Tualatin garbage and recycling service is provided through Republic Services.

Property-manager priorities: Confirm that garbage, recycling, and glass service meets applicable multifamily minimums; compare actual capacity against occupancy and recurring overflow; maintain clear labels and collection-area access; and contact Republic Services when service level, billing, container, or collection-frequency changes are required.

Organics caution: Do not represent ordinary apartment households as automatically participating in every residential organics program. Verify current eligibility and distinguish residential multifamily service from obligations applying to covered food businesses located on-site.

Key links: Tualatin – Multifamily Trash & Recycling · Tualatin – Trash & Recycling · Tualatin – Residential Organics
Cornelius Yes – locally regulated collection service; verify assigned service area Cornelius participates in the Washington County Cooperative Recycling Program and uses locally regulated collection service.

Property-manager priorities: Confirm the assigned collection provider by address; review garbage, recycling, and separate-glass capacity; request additional service when recurring overflow shows current capacity is inadequate; use current County/state material guidance; and retain move-in and annual recycling notices where ORS 90.318 applies.

Food scraps: Commercial food-scrap requirements should be evaluated separately for qualifying food businesses and should not automatically be characterized as a household apartment requirement.

Key links: Cornelius – Garbage & Recycling · Cornelius Code – Ch. 8.05 Solid Waste
Durham Yes – explicit multifamily minimums and regional receptacle requirements Durham expressly states that the garbage company serving an apartment or multifamily community must provide service meeting applicable minimum volumes for garbage, mixed recycling, and source-separated glass.

Durham's adopted solid-waste provisions include the 20 gallons garbage + 20 gallons recycling + 1 gallon glass per unit per week framework and multifamily labeling/color requirements.

Property-manager priorities: Audit service volume against unit count; verify weekly collection frequency where required; inspect labels and container colors; maintain clear enclosure access; review bulky-waste instructions; and retain annual information received from the franchisee regarding rates, recycling guidance, resources, and contact information.

Key links: Durham – Garbage & Recycling Information
King City Local collection requirements – verify current adoption/implementation of regional multifamily standards King City participates in the Washington County Cooperative Recycling Program. The City's current public information describes the Multifamily Regional Service Standard with an “once adopted” qualification.

Property-manager priorities: Confirm with King City and the assigned hauler whether the regional multifamily service standard has been formally adopted and is effective for the property before representing a particular Metro-derived requirement as a current City mandate.

Regardless, managers should verify current garbage/recycling/glass service, resident information, contamination controls, collection-area conditions, and applicable state landlord duties.

Key links: King City – Garbage & Recycling · Washington County – Multifamily Standards
Sherwood Yes – state law, local collection system, and applicable regional standards Sherwood regulates solid-waste and recycling service locally and currently directs customers to its garbage/recycling program and service provider information.

Property-manager priorities: Confirm current provider and service levels; maintain adequate shared garbage and recycling capacity; keep source-separated glass available where required; maintain regional labels where applicable; establish a written bulk-item procedure; and keep enclosures clean, accessible, and appropriately screened.

For new construction or redevelopment, also review applicable land-use and development standards for solid-waste and recycling storage areas; those design requirements are separate from ongoing collection-service duties.

Key links: Sherwood – Garbage & Recycling · Sherwood – Utility Contacts
Forest Grove Locally regulated service – verify current multifamily standards with City/provider Forest Grove participates in the Washington County Cooperative Recycling Program and maintains local garbage/recycling requirements and utility information.

Property-manager priorities: Confirm the property's current collection provider, container inventory, recycling and glass access, service frequency, applicable minimum-volume standards, and Metro status. Provide tenant education required by applicable state law and maintain records showing how recycling access and service are provided.

Development distinction: Requirements governing enclosure placement, screening, or new-project design should be evaluated separately from operating requirements for an existing multifamily community.

Key link: Forest Grove – Garbage & Recycling
Banks Verify locally – do not automatically apply Metro multifamily standards Banks should be treated separately from the Metro-centered requirements described elsewhere on this page. Do not characterize Metro receptacle, color, or bulky-waste deadlines as Banks requirements unless current City authority establishes their applicability.

Property-manager priorities: Verify the current City franchise/service provider; confirm whether multifamily recycling service has been implemented for purposes of ORS 90.318; document current garbage and recycling service; provide any required resident education; and verify current glass/service rules directly with the City or hauler.

Compliance wording: Use “verify locally” rather than describing every 5+ unit Banks property as automatically subject to the same Metro-area multifamily requirements.

Key links: City of Banks – Official Site · ORS 90.318
North Plains Local franchise requirements – verify Metro boundary and current implementation North Plains participates in the Washington County Cooperative Recycling Program but is an incorporated city. Washington County's unincorporated-area rate and certificate rules should not automatically be described as governing a property inside North Plains.

Property-manager priorities: Confirm the assigned hauler; verify whether the specific property lies inside the Metro regional service district; determine whether regional multifamily standards have been locally implemented; audit recycling and glass capacity; and maintain resident education records where state law applies.

Boundary check: Use an address-level Metro boundary lookup rather than relying only on the city name.

Key links: City of North Plains – Official Site · MetroMap – Verify Regional Boundary
Gaston Verify locally – Oregon framework and local collection service; Metro standards should not be assumed Gaston's current City information directs garbage and recycling customers to Waste Management (WM) for collection questions.

Property-manager priorities: Confirm commercial/multifamily account terms directly with WM and the City rather than relying on single-family curbside instructions; determine whether ORS 90.318 applies to the property; verify recycling and glass service; maintain resident information records; and establish written procedures for overflow, bulky items, contamination, and prohibited materials.

Do not attribute Metro's receptacle-color or regional bulky-waste requirements to a Gaston property unless current legal authority makes those provisions applicable.

Key links: Gaston – Garbage & Recycling FAQ · ORS 90.318
Unincorporated Washington County Yes – County-regulated collection and multifamily minimum service standards Washington County directly regulates garbage and recycling collection rates and certificated collection service in unincorporated Washington County.

The County publishes minimum multifamily service of 20 gallons garbage + 20 gallons mixed recycling + 1 gallon source-separated glass per unit per week. The County explains that the garbage/recycling company is responsible for ensuring service meets applicable minimum standards.

Property-manager priorities: Calculate required minimum volume from unit count; compare the result with actual subscribed service; inspect container locations and labels; increase service when chronic overflow demonstrates additional capacity is necessary; maintain separate-glass access; and retain annual multifamily information supplied by the certificated hauler.

Rates: County commercial/multifamily rates apply to unincorporated Washington County—not automatically to incorporated cities. Managers inside a city should use that city's rates and collection rules.

County property-manager assistance: Washington County offers technical assistance, signs, posters, resident education materials, and guidance for multifamily communities.

Key links: County – Multifamily Recycling Standards · County – Multifamily Property Managers · County – Current Administrative Rules · County – Commercial & Multifamily Rates · County – Find Collection Service

Beaverton & Washington County Fines, Enforcement & Risk Snapshot

  • Beaverton Classification: A franchise-customer violation of Beaverton Code Chapter 4.08 or a rule adopted under it is a Class 1 Civil Infraction.
  • Continuing Violations: Beaverton Code 4.08.210 provides that each applicable violation is separate and that each day a violation is committed or permitted to continue may constitute a separate civil infraction.
  • Penalty Scope: Do not characterize a Beaverton civil-infraction penalty as a universal Washington County or Oregon penalty. Enforcement authority and penalty schedules vary by jurisdiction and legal source.
  • County Jurisdiction: Washington County Solid Waste & Recycling directly regulates collection service in unincorporated Washington County. Properties inside incorporated cities should confirm city rules, franchise requirements, and enforcement contacts.
  • Hauler vs. Property Duties: Some minimum-volume provisions are framed as hauler obligations. Property managers nevertheless should cooperate with required service adjustments and address access, resident education, overflow, contamination, nuisance, and enclosure problems within their control.
  • Separate State Duties: ORS 90.318 imposes landlord duties for qualifying properties concerning recycling locations, service, annual notice, and notice to new tenants when entering into the rental agreement.
  • Risk Management Tip: Keep current hauler contracts, invoices, service levels, container inventories, inspection photos, resident notices, contamination records, complaints, and documentation of corrective action.

Beaverton & Washington County Multifamily Recycling Compliance Checklist

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Task Action / Requirement Helpful Links
☑ Confirm Jurisdiction, Metro Boundary & Unit Count Confirm whether the community is inside Beaverton, another incorporated city, or unincorporated Washington County. Verify Metro boundary status by address rather than city name alone. For landlords with 5+ dwelling units on a single premises, review ORS 90.318 together with the applicable local multifamily recycling program. MetroMap · ORS 90.318 · County Service Area
☑ Confirm the Assigned Franchised or Certificated Hauler Verify the collection company legally assigned to or authorized for the property and confirm the exact services on the account. A valet-trash or doorstep-recycling provider should be coordinated with—not substituted for—the required downstream collection system. Washington County – Find Collection Service · Beaverton – Property Managers
☑ Audit Garbage, Recycling & Glass Capacity Where the applicable multifamily standard uses the 20/20/1 framework, ensure subscribed collection service satisfies the applicable minimum of 20 gallons garbage + 20 gallons mixed recycling + 1 gallon source-separated glass per unit per week. Treat these figures as minimum service standards—not proof that actual capacity is sufficient for every property. Increase container capacity or pickup frequency when recurring overflow shows additional service is reasonably necessary. County – Multifamily Standards · County – Administrative Rules
☑ Keep Glass Separate Confirm that recyclable glass bottles and jars have the required source-separated collection option where applicable. Do not place container glass in mixed recycling when local instructions require separate glass collection. Keep glass instructions visible and distinguish bottles/jars from ceramics, windows, mirrors, drinking glasses, and other non-container glass. Washington County – Recycling Guide · Beaverton – What Goes In
☑ Align Containers, Labels & Color-Coding Keep garbage, mixed-recycling, and glass receptacles readily identifiable and maintain required regional labels where applicable. For Metro-area properties, confirm current local implementation of receptacle-color standards, transition deadlines, and exemptions for compactors, drop boxes, or other excluded equipment. County – Labels & Standards · Metro – Multifamily Collection Standards
☑ Provide New-Tenant & Annual Education Where ORS 90.318 applies, give new tenants recycling information when entering into the rental agreement. At least once each year, notify tenants of the recycling opportunity and provide the information required by applicable law. Keep dated copies, electronic-delivery records, or other proof showing when notices were supplied. Oregon ORS 90.318 · County – Property Manager Tools
☑ Use the Current Recycling Acceptance List Align resident-facing instructions with Oregon's current recycling acceptance lists and the property's actual local-hauler instructions. Remove obsolete posters and lease-package materials when accepted materials or preparation instructions change. Oregon DEQ – Material Lists · Oregon DEQ – Recycling Modernization
☑ Prepare a Written Bulky-Item Procedure For properties subject to Metro's regional multifamily bulky-waste requirements, confirm the locally implemented request channel, scheduling rules, approved staging area, prohibited materials, resident instructions, and charges. Do not allow mattresses, furniture, televisions, chemicals, or other prohibited materials to accumulate at doorways or ordinary recycling enclosures. Metro – Multifamily Bulky Waste · County – Property Manager Assistance
☑ Separate Resident Waste From Property-Generated Business Waste Waste generated by property management, maintenance operations, contractors, landscaping, pest control, offices, or other business activities may be subject to different recycling, hazardous-waste, or commercial collection requirements than ordinary resident-generated household waste. Do not treat all material at a multifamily property as legally identical. Washington County – Recycle at Work · Metro – Business Hazardous Waste
☑ Keep Areas Clean, Safe & Accessible Inspect collection areas routinely for overflow, contamination, illegal dumping, blocked access, leakage, pests, damaged containers, missing labels, and nuisance conditions. Correct recurring problems by adjusting capacity, frequency, enclosure procedures, resident education, or access controls as appropriate. Beaverton – Code Compliance · County – Code Enforcement
☑ Review Service After Occupancy or Use Changes Recalculate service needs after meaningful changes in occupancy, unit count, tenant mix, collection frequency, container configuration, commercial tenants, food-service operations, or local recycling rules. A service configuration that was adequate at lease-up may become inadequate as occupancy or material generation changes. County – Multifamily Standards · County – Property Manager Resources
☑ Document Service, Notices & Corrective Action Maintain a compliance file containing service agreements, invoices, container counts and sizes, pickup frequency, route records, photographs, resident notices, lease-package materials, contamination communications, complaints, hauler correspondence, and corrective-action records. County – Property Manager Resources · National Doorstep – Proof of Pickup®

National Doorstep Operational & Compliance Boundary

National Doorstep Pickup operates upstream from the required downstream garbage and recycling hauler. Doorstep personnel move eligible resident-setout materials from apartment doors to property-designated collection locations on private property under ownership or authorized property-management approval.

National Doorstep's service does not replace the property's required franchised, certificated, municipal, or otherwise authorized downstream collection provider; required shared-container capacity; landlord notice duties; hazardous-waste obligations; recycling processing; or jurisdiction-specific approvals.

Property management should confirm that the doorstep operating plan is compatible with the property's actual hauler agreement, local fire/life-safety requirements, enclosure rules, lease provisions, resident instructions, and municipal or county collection requirements.

Want to reduce recycling-compliance risk without adding more work to your on-site team? Request a Free Compliance Audit for your Beaverton or Washington County property . We'll review jurisdiction, unit count, downstream hauler service, shared-container capacity, recycling and glass access, resident communication, doorstep operating rules, and documentation—then design a resident-friendly valet trash & recycling program that supports, rather than replaces, the property's required local collection system.

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National doorstep pickup

EVERY DOOR. EVERY NIGHT.®️