Dodge County Minnesota
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Environmental Services: Recycling/Composting
 
  • RECYCLING
  • COMPOSTING

 

RECYCLING IS MANDATORY…

THE FOLLOWING MATERIALS CANNOT be thrown in with trash:
Newspaper, Junk Mail & Folding Cartons
  • Bundle in paper sacks, do not tie, NO PLASTIC BAGS, please!
  • Include inserts from newspaper & all types of envelopes
  • Folding cartons are cereal or cracker-type boxes, etc.
  • NO waxy coating boxes (i.e. frozen & microwave food, milk cartons)
  • NO tissue paper, napkins, towels
Corrugated Cardboard
  • Layered with a wavy center
  • Flatten & bundle together
Magazines
  • Bundle in paper sacks, do not tie & NO PLASTIC Bags, please!
  • Include other glossy paper
Office Paper
  • Notebook, copy & computer paper, letterhead, envelopes, etc.
  • Bundle in paper sacks - NO PLASTIC BAGS, please!
  • Bright colored paper accepted
Aluminum Cans
  • Empty & rinse
Tin/Steel Cans
  • Rinse and remove loose lids
  • Remove labels
Glass Bottles & Jars
  • NO LIDS....Please!
  • Rinse clean
  • No ceramic dishes or mugs, window glass or plexiglas, light bulbs, glassware or Pyrex
Plastic Bottles
  • NARROW NECK Bottles only
  • NO LIDS...Please!!
  • Rinse clean & crush to save space

Electronic Waste cannot go in the trash.

E-waste Fee:

  • $15 for TV/Monitor 19” or smaller
  • $20 for TV/Monitor 20” or bigger
  • $5 for all other e-waste

If the item is broken down or taken apart an additional $25 special handling fee will be charged. Fees are subject to change.

For further information call 507-634-7875.

The RECYCLING CENTER
Located next to the Transfer Station at 62236 240th Ave on CO Rd 21 between Kasson and Mantorville.

Hours at the Recycling Center:
Open Monday 8 am to 6 pm
Tuesday - Friday 8 am to 3 pm
Saturday 8 am to Noon
Phone 634-7875

CURBSIDE RECYCLING SERVICE is provided by licensed haulers and they are required by the County to provide this service. Most haulers provide this service free! It’s easy, just call your hauler and ask for it!

RURAL DROP-OFF RECYCLING DEPOTS are available for people that do not have curbside recycling service. The Depots are available at the following locations around the County:

Township Location
Berne next to the church building
Claremont next to the Fire Hall
Dodge Center North of the City Maintenance Shop
Hayfield next to the Co Shed, N of Hwy 30 on Center St
Kasson/Mantorville Gate C at the Recycling Center
West Concord behind the liquor store
Ellington, Old Concord, Westfield and Vernon Township Halls  

All Household Hazardous Waste collection has been suspended for 2009 in Dodge County. See schedule on HHW web page:

  click here for link to HHW web page

Minnesota Materials Exchange

http://www.mnexchange.org

The Minnesota Materials Exchange program is a free service that links organizations that have reusable goods they no longer need to those who can use them. By providing a business reuse network, the Materials Exchange program helps prevent usable materials from becoming waste.

Other helpful links: http://www.ourearth.org/

COMPOSTING

Environmental Services
22 6th Street East, Dept. 391 Mantorville, MN 55955-2230

Environmental Services Phone:

                                 507-635-6273

Planning Phone: 507-635-6272

Fax: 507-635-6193
Email:
dodge.landuse@co.dodge.mn.us
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