“Dumpster Days” are community waste collection events for items that don’t fit, or aren’t allowed, in curbside waste bins.
Eliot Dumpster Day 2026 Details
Date: Saturday, May 16
Location: Legacy Emanuel Visitor Parking Lot, N Vancouver and N Graham Sts
Items accepted 10am – 2pm (or until dumpsters full)
Donations via cash, CashApp, Venmo or Paypal.
Suggested donations: $10 for a car, $20 per pick-up truck, $40 for full pick-up trucks.
No commercial vehicles, such as box trucks, please.
No one will be turned away for lack of funds.
Accepting “Household” items only:
- Mattresses, box springs, and bed frames
- Furniture (couch, table, chair)
- Small appliances (toaster, vacuum, microwave)
- Treated lumber & wood stumps
- Other oversized items too large curbside garbage container
Free area:
- Usable household items can be placed in a designated Free Area to start their next life in a new home.
Not Accepted:
- Tires
- TVs & other electronics
- Appliances with freon (air conditioners, refrigerators, and freezers)
- Construction materials
- Batteries
- Paint
- Propane tanks
- Pesticides, herbicides, fertilizers, poisons, antifreeze, thinners & solvents, household cleaners and other chemicals
- CFL light bulbs
- Car brakes and linings
- Yard waste
- Other hazardous waste
- No contractors
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