Gresham Sanitary
PO Box 1560 , Gresham, Oregon, United States

Gresham Sanitary Service was founded in 1948 by Carl Lehl and his son Harlen. Harlen continued operating the business until his death in 1999. The company is still family owned and operated, with Mike Miller serving as president and Matt Miller as operations manager.GSS Compressed Natural Gas Truck in motionWhat began as a humble one-truck, two-man operation has grown into a thriving business centered around 7,000 residential and commercial accounts serviced by 25 employees. Utilizing a fleet of late-model Volvo-White trucks, GPS telecommunications, and the latest in telephone, telecommunications, and computer-based equipment, Gresham Sanitary has never lost its original sense of purpose: to promptly and professionally meet the needs of its customers in an honest, fair, cost effective manner. Gresham Sanitary continues to make its services available 6-days a week, 52 weeks a year excepting Christmas and New Years Day. All drivers are CDL licensed, thriving in a work place committed to being drug free.

While originally serving only customers in the city of Gresham, Gresham Sanitary now has clients throughout East Multnomah County and is rapidly adding commercial, industrial, and multi-family customers in Portland and Multnomah County.Gresham Sanitary Service has always been actively involved in the community through the Chamber of Commerce and Rotary as well as a wide variety of committees and programs aimed at meeting the growth educational needs of the citizens and businesses and it is proud to serve.Gresham Sanitary Service has been happily serving Gresham and Portland, Oregon since 1948. What started out as a father and son sanitation service has since erupted into a blooming business covering not only the city of Gresham, but also reaching out across East Multnomah County and other parts of the Portland Metro area. With customer satisfaction in mind, we offer the best eco-friendly services for our customers that are professional and fast, as well as honest and cost effective. To make sure this happens we only operate quality trucks, and utilize the latest technologies available for communication and computer-based equipment to ensure that everything is done quickly and effectively.

Residential & Commercial Services
Looking for Trash Disposal or Commercial Drop Boxes? GSS is 100% committed to being the best eco-friendly sanitation service in the greater Gresham area, Gresham Sanitary Service will give you nothing but top notch quality every time. Whatever the weather, be it raining hard or shining bright, you can rest easy knowing that Gresham Sanitary has you covered. And always remember – Your garbage is our bread and butter!Residential and Commercial services include of course single family dwelling service, but serve a diverse mixture of apartments, multi-family complexes, restaurants, construction & demolition sites.

• Garbage Disposal
• Recycling
• Yard Debris
• Drop Boxes
• Containers
• Compactors
• Roll Carts
• Medical Waste

Residential Garbage Disposal Guidelines

Bag lightweight and dusty materials, including ashes, cat litter, saw dust, packing peanuts and animal waste before putting them in the can or cart. Doing so will prevent them from blowing away when collected.Do not put household chemicals (e.g., paints, pesticides, herbicides) or liquids in the garbage. Call Metro at 503.234.3000 for information on proper disposal.Do not overfill containers. All materials should fit in the roll cart with the lid closed and should fall freely from container when emptied.Use your roll carts first, and cans or bags up to 32-gallons may be used for extra garbage for an additional fee.Contact us to arrange for collection of appliances, bulky items, and for other special services.

Recycling Disposal Portland

Gresham Sanitary Services – residential recycling collection will provide you with one Curby recycling bin for glass only and a blue recycling cart for all other recycling materials.Place your garbage, recyclables and yard debris at curbside by 6:00 am on your collection day. When preparing your garbage, please follow the guidelines on our Container Guidelines and Garbage Disposal Guidelines pages.Please use your Curby bins for your glass recycling. They are a signal to us that you have recyclables to be picked up.We will not collect recyclables that are contaminated with other materials or garbage.The Curby bins belong to Gresham Sanitary Service, so please leave them at your house if you move.

Yes, these items are accepted

• White and colored paper
• Mail (opened)
• Envelopes (windows, labels are OK)
• Fax paper (plain and coated)
• Brochures and flyers
• File folders
• Sticky notes
• Spiral-bound notebooks
• Carbonless forms (NCR paper)
• Computer paper
• Newspapers
• Magazines
• Catalogs and telephone books
• Corrugated cardboard
• Paperboard (tissue boxes, tablet backs)
• Books (softback)
• Paper bags
• Tubes (paper towels, tissue, mailing)

No, these items not accepted

• Foil, plastic, or wax coated paper
• Paper that has food residue
• Paper towels or tissue
• Hardback books
• Photographs or label backing sheets
• Plastic type (Tyvek) envelopes
• Frozen food boxes
• Plastic bags or film