Waste Collection Event
- Date: Saturday, September 26th, 2026
- Time: 10:00am – 3:00pm
- $20 Donation per vehicle
North Delaware Ave. between North Saratoga Street and North Dekum Street
How It Works
- Enter from Saratoga only — even on foot or bicycle.
- Drive up: head to the Collection Check-In on North Saratoga Street just before North Delaware Avenue, at Arbor Lodge Park.
- Make your donation: $20 per vehicle, paid by cash, PayPal, or Venmo. Additional donations are appreciated.
- Let us do the work: stay in your vehicle — a crew of volunteers unloads your items and places them in the right bins.
- Everything else: anything that can’t be recycled or repurposed goes into one of the garbage dumpsters on site.
On-site partners help keep items out of the landfill:
- Metal recycling
- Household goods donated to Community Warehouse to support our homeless neighbors
- Electronics recycling by City Recycle
- Styrofoam recycling by Green Century (10:00am – 2:00pm)
About the Event
This is a collaboration between four Neighborhood Associations: Arbor Lodge, Kenton, Overlook and Piedmont, and is made possible by a grant from Metro, along with our Sponsors and Neighbors like you!
Your donations help raise the money needed to run this event again next year. Any extra money raised is split between the neighborhoods to support other community-centered events in those neighborhoods.
What To Bring
- Metal
- Electronics (no mini fridges) — recycled by City Recycle
- Microwaves ($5 each)
- Styrofoam PS 6 (no peanuts or film)
- Clear #1 plastic clam shells
- Clear plastic bags (bread bags, zip lock bags)
- Household items and Furniture, including clean mattresses (see the Community Warehouse guidelines for what they take)
- Household junk that can’t be fixed, repurposed, or recycled
What Not To Bring
- Nothing with Freon (refrigerators, A/C’s, etc.)
- Construction/remodeling waste materials
- Painted items
- Yard debris, dirt
- Commercial or hazardous waste
- Batteries
- Styrofoam peanuts or film