Recycling Services

St. Louis County provides several rural drop-off collection locations for convenient recycling of paper and food and beverage materials throughout our Solid Waste Management Area. In addition, the County provides processing for the five cities which provide curbside collection.

For recycling information in the areas around Duluth contact the Western Lake Superior Sanitary District at 218-722-3336 or go to http://www.wlssd.com/garbage.php

Floodwood Services and Training provides recycling services for the Floodwood area.  For more information call 746-2230 or visit their web site at http://www.fst2b.org/10.html

Curbside collection of recyclable materials is available in the following cities:

	City of Chisholm	254-7920
	City of Eveleth	744-4215
	City of Hibbing	969-7465
	City of Mt Iron	748-7570
	City of Virginia	748-7515

For more information about recycling in St. Louis County please contact Mary McReynolds at 218-749-0648 or e-mail mcreynoldsm@stlouiscountymn.gov

Recycling information for St. Louis County

General Recycling Information:

Recycling FAQ's

»Is there curbside pick up where I live?  
»What can I recycle?
»Where can I drop-off my recyclables?
»Recycling No-Nos.
»Where do our recyclables go?

Recycling is not only easy but it makes a difference in St. Louis County.
The good news:  Last year folks in St. Louis County recycled 40 tons of aluminum cans saving over 27.36 kilo-watt hours of electricity!
The bad news:  Last year, almost 20 times that weight in recyclable aluminum ended up in the landfill rather than being recycled. 
The good news:  Last year we recycled a total of 4,839 tons of cardboard, paper, and cans and bottles saving 14,517 cubic yards of landfill space.
The bad news:  Last year over two and a half times that much still ended up in the landfill!   Let's all recycle MORE!

Problem Materials that we recycle:

• Antifreeze
• Appliances*
• Automotive batteries 
• Brush and branches
• Computer monitors and televisions* 
• Drained oil filters* 
• Fluorescent tubes and compact bulbs 
• Mattresses*
• Scrap metal 
• Tires*   
• Used motor oil 
• Yard waste 

* indicates that there is a fee or quantity limitations.  Click HERE for a complete list of fees.
Where can you bring problem materials?  

Recycling PowerPoint(c) from Earth Fest 2012

Director, Ted Troolin's PowerPoint presentation at Earth Fest in Mountain Iron, MN on April 21, 2012.