Salvador Lara empties a trailer with yard debris from a friend’s house on Thursday at the Deschutes Recycling yard debris area of Knott Landfill. The area where the FireFree Cleanup Days will take place is different than the yard debris area, according to a landfill worker.

Residents with piles of grass and weed debris in their yards are in luck.

For the next week, Knott Landfill will accept yard debris free of charge. Beginning today and ending April 27, the landfill will be open from 7 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., accepting yard debris in an effort to prevent fires this summer. No stumps, sod, manure or lumber will be accepted, and businesses aren’t eligible to participate.

The three county transfer stations in Sisters, Redmond and southern Deschutes County will offer the same service free from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. May 3-4.

And Crook County Landfill in Prineville will be open from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. May 10 and accepting yard debris free as well.

FireFree Cleanup Days

• 7 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., today through April 27, Knott Landfill, 61000 S.E. 27th St., Bend.

• 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., May 3-4, Northwest Transfer Station, Fryrear Road, Sisters.

• 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., May 3-4, Southwest Transfer Station, U.S. Highway 97 between Sunriver and La Pine.

• 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., May 3-4, Negus Transfer Station, Maple Avenue, Redmond.

• 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., May 10, Crook County Landfill, 5601 S.W. Houston Lake Road, Prineville.