Riverside Recycling Facility | 910 Riverside Street | Portland, Maine 04103 | (207) 797-6200
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Bulk Waste Curbside Pick-up to begin in May  (4/23/2008)
This year's bulky item pick-up will begin the week of May 5th and end the week of June 6th. Make sure you know what types of items will be accepted for collection! More

Portland Kicks-off Composting Program  (3/6/2008)
This month, the Riverside Recycling Center kicked-off its composting promotion making compost bins and kitchen waste pails available at discounted prices for purchase. More

Program suspended due to budget overrun. The program will resume on July 5, 2008  (1/29/2008)
Due to overwhelming demand, we have expended this year's budget for the household hazardous waste program at Riverside Recycling. Consequently, the program will be suspended after February 2 but will resume again on Saturday, July 5, 2008. If you have any oil paints, chemicals, pesticides or other hazardous items we ask that you hold onto them until then. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause. More

Information about Househould Hazardous Waste disposal  (12/20/2007)
Riverside Recycling accepts hazardous waste from residential sources every Saturday during regular operating hours. More

Single Sort Recycling PSA  (5/24/2007)
Portland has started a new program for Single Sort Recycling. Check out the video of this program. More

The City of Portland has made some changes to its Riverside Recycling Facility Punch Card Program  (8/1/2006)
Effective September 1, 2006 instead of the paper "punch pass" you received in the past, electronic cards will now be issued to eligible residents. More

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Office Hours are:
7:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Monday through Saturday

Directions to Facility
910 Riverside Street
Portland, ME 04103

Riverside Recycling is a regional facility for the processing, recycling and/or disposal of construction and demolition debris, inert material, bulky waste and organic material such as leaf and yard waste. We are open the the general public and are ready to serve the disposal needs of businesses, contractors, municipal operations and individual residents.

The site is operated cooperatively by Department of Public Works, Solid Waste Division and Commercial Paving and Recycling. We seek to maximize the recycling or reuse of the materials we accept as we work to make the greater Portland a sustainable community.

Troy Moon
Solid Waste Manager
City of Portland, ME