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The following is a list of landfills/transfer stations in the metro area and some of the materials they accept. Residents should call ahead to verify disposal fees, materials accepted, and hours of operation.

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B & E Recycling Station Inc

Lead-acid battery drop-off center

Accepts TVs, computers, and any consumer electronics.

Drop off and pick up options available.


Accepts appliances, electronics, recyclables (cans only) and scrap metal.Limited redemption; ferrous and non-ferrous scrap metal (fees apply); accepts appliances, batteries and fluorescent lamps
16501 Hwy 10 NW
Elk River
p: 763-441-7211

Burnsville Landfill/Waste Management

Treated wood waste disposal facility

Accepts TV's, computers, and any consumer electronics.

Accepts appliances, bulky items, home construction items, electronics, household garbage, scrap metal, tires & treated wood.

Drop off only.

No fee on Sony products. Drive by the scale house. You won't go into the landfill.

No data destruction.

May accept mixed loads of waste including regular trash and bulky non-recyclable items. Call first for items accepted, disposal fees, hours of operation and delivery instructions.


2650 West Cliff Road
Burnsville
p: 952-890-3248

Carver County Environmental Center

Resident Materials Notes

Accepts: TV's, computers, computer peripherals, VCRs, DVD players and fax machines.

Fee: Fees apply for TV's and computers. All other items accepted free of charge.

Data destruction: No

Collection Methods: Drop-off

116 Peavey Circle
Chaska
p: 952-361-1835

Dakota County Eco-Site

Resident Materials Notes

Electronics

Accepts: TV's, computers, computer peripherals, VCRs, DVD players and fax machines.

Fee: Free IconNo fee for residents.

Data destruction: No

Collection Methods: Drop-off

3365 South Hwy 149
Eagan
p: 651-905-4520

Dem-Con Landfill

3601 W. 130th Street
Shakopee
p: 952-445-5755

Elk River Landfill Inc- Waste Management

By appt only.

Landscaping & Tree Waste materials accepted: brush/branches, logs, stumps, Christmas trees, leaves, grass clippings. Debagging required. Tinsel must be removed from Christmas Trees.

Treated wood waste disposal facility

Accepts TVs and computers and any consumer electronics. Drop off option available. No fee on Sony products. Data destruction not available.

Accepts appliances, bulky items, home construction items, household garbage, recyclables, scrap metal, tires & treated wood.

May accept mixed loads of waste including regular trash and bulky non-recyclable items. Call first for items accepted, disposal fees, hours of operation and delivery instructions.

 


22460 Highway 169
Elk River
p: 763-441-2464

Elk River Resource Recovery

Accepts bulky items, household garbage, & tires.


10700 165th Ave NW
Elk River
p: 763-441-3800

Hennepin County - Freeway Transfer Station

Accepts appliances, bulky items (call first), household garbage, recyclables, scrap metal, & tires.


11501 Embassy Road
Burnsville
p: 612-348-3777

Hennepin County Recycling Center and Transfer Station - Bloomington Location

Resident Materials Notes

Electronics

Accepts: TV's, computers, computer peripherals, VCRs, DVD players and fax machines.

Fee: Free IconNo fee for residents.

Data destruction: No

Collection Methods: Drop-off

Notes: Search for Electronics in our A-Z How-To-Get-Rid-Of-It Guide for a complete list of electronics accepted (see Online Services in the right navigation).  Photocopiers are not accepted at drop-off facilities. There is a limit to the amount of electronics that a household can drop off at our facilities per 12 month period:

  • Five each of the same type of electronic per household (for example, 5 TV's, 5 monitors, 5 CPU's, 5 printers, etc.)
1400 W 96th Street
Bloomington
p: 612-348-3777

Hennepin County Recycling Center and Transfer Station - Brooklyn Park Location

Resident Materials Notes

Electronics

Accepts: TV's, computers, computer peripherals, VCRs, DVD players and fax machines.

Fee: Free IconNo fee for residents.

Data destruction: No

Collection Methods: Drop-off

Notes: Search for Electronics in our A-Z How-To-Get-Rid-Of-It Guide for a complete list of electronics accepted (see Online Services in the right navigation).  Photocopiers are not accepted at drop-off facilities. There is a limit to the amount of electronics that a household can drop off at our facilities per 12 month period:

  • Five each of the same type of electronic per household (for example, 5 TV's, 5 monitors, 5 CPU's, 5 printers, etc.)
8100 Jefferson Hwy
Brooklyn Park
p: 612-348-3777

J&J Recycling

Accepts appliances, bulky items, home construction items, electronics, household garbage, recyclables, scrap metal, tires & treated wood.

May accept mixed loads of waste including regular trash and bulky non-recyclable items. Call first for items accepted, disposal fees, hours of operation and delivery instructions.

No refrigeration units accepted.


607 Barge Channel Rd
St. Paul
p: 651-227-4457

Malcolm Transfer

Accepts appliances, bulky items, home construction items, electronics (TV's & computers only), scrap metal, tires & treated wood (green treated only).


630 Malcolm Avenue SE
Minneapolis
p: 612-331-4610

Maple Grove Transfer Station/Waste Management

Accepts TVs and computers and any consumer electronics. Drop off only. Data destruction available for no additional fee.


Accepts appliances, bulky items, home construction items, household garbage, scrap metal, tires & treated wood (no railroad ties).


10633 89th Ave. N
Maple Grove
p: 763-425-3736

Minneapolis South Transfer

Minneapolis residents ONLY- must call the City's Solid Waste Office for a voucher and appointment.

Accepts appliances, bulky items, home construction items, electronics(tv's & computers only), household garbage, scrap metal, tires & treated wood (no railroad ties).

 

 


2850 20th Avenue South
Minneapolis
p: 612-673-2917

Onyx/FCR Landfill

Accepts appliances, home construction items & treated wood.


175 County Road 37 NE
Buffalo
p: 320-963-3158

Pine Bend Landfill/BFI

Accepts appliances, bulky items, home construction items, household garbage, recyclables, scrap metal, tires & treated wood.


2495 117th St E
Inver Grove Heights
p: 651-457-2778

Ramsey/Washington Resource Recovery Facility

Accepts bulky items, home construction items, household garbage, & tires.


2801 Maxwell Avenue
Newport
p: 651-768-6600

Recyco Transfer Station

Accepts TVs and computers and any consumer electronics. Drop off only. No data destruction.


Accepts appliances, bulky items, home construction items, electronics, household garbage, recyclables, scrap metal, tires & treated wood.


1691 91st Ave. NE
Blaine
p: 763-784-4772

Saint Paul Transfer Station

Accepts appliances, bulky items, home construction items, electronics, household garbage, recyclables, scrap metal, tires & treated wood (no railroad ties).


195 Minnehaha Avenue
St. Paul
p: 651-228-1324

SKB Rich Valley Landfill

Accepts appliances, bulky items, home construction items, & tires.
2490 117th St E
Inver Grove Heights
p: 651-450-9022

South Metro Resource Recovery

Accepts appliances, bulky items, home construction items, electronics, household garbage, scrap metal, tires & treated wood.
3230 W. 130th St.
Shakopee
p: 952-746-5676

SRC/Forest Lake Sanitation

Services the counties of: Anoka, Washington

Does not accept boxboard. Also accepts appliances, fluorescent lamps, lead-acid batteries; pick-up service available.

Does not accept boxboard. Accepts appliances, fluorescent lamps, lead-acid batteries and only PET & HDPE plastic necked bottles; desk side collection boxes available; drop-off facilities.
Accepts aluminum cans and lead acid batteries

Redemption.

Accepts appliances, bulky items, home construction items, household garbage, recyclables, scrap metal, & tires.

 


6320 E Viking Blvd
Wyoming
p: 651-462-1099

Twin City Refuse & Recycling

Accepts automotive, ferrous, and non-ferrous scrap metal, aluminum cans, paint cans, and lead acid batteries.

Accepts appliances, bulky items, home construction items, electronics, household garbage, recyclables, scrap metal, tires & treated wood.

No redemption; accepts appliances and tires; accepts dried paint cans only.

Landscaping & Tree Waste materials accepted: brush/branches, logs, stumps, Christmas trees, fill.


318 Water St W
St. Paul
p: 651-227-1549

Vasko Disposal Solutions/ Veolia ES Solid Waste

Services the counties of: Anoka, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey, Washington

Accepts boxboard. Appliance recycling pick-up; roll off boxes available; desk side collection boxes and recycling training materials available

Accepts boxboard. Accepts appliances, construction/demo waste, electronics, cell phones, ink jet and toner cartridges, eyeglasses, lead-acid and rechargeable batteries, tires, tree branches and stumps

Lead-acid battery drop-off center.

Accepts ferrous and non-ferrous scrap metal, empty aerosol cans, aluminum cans, paint cans, steel cans, lead acid batteries, silver, and lead

No redemption for cans; free scrap metal drop-off

Landscaping & Tree Waste materials accepted: brush/branches, logs, stumps, Christmas trees, leaves

Accepts TVs and computers and any consumer electronics.

Drop off and pick up options available.

No data destruction.

Check in at the yard office.

Accepts appliances, bulky items, home construction items, household garbage, recyclables, scrap metal, tires & treated wood.


309 Como Ave
St. Paul
p: 651-487-8546

Veit Recycling and Transfer Facility

Accepts appliances, bulky items, home construction items, scrap metal, tires & treated wood.


1025 33rd Avenue SE
Minneapolis
p: 763-428-2242
This information is provided as a public service and is not intended to be an endorsement of any business, organization or service. For additional listings, check your local phone directory.