Recycling
Curbside Recycling
Weekly curbside pickup offered in the following Meeker County cities:
Glass, metal and plastic recyclables may be combined. Newspapers and boxes/paper should be separated out.
Be sure to include only those items that are acceptable, clean and properly prepared. Unacceptable or unclean items can send a whole load of recyclables to the landfill as garbage.
Responsible Recycling
Weekly curbside pickup offered in the following Meeker County cities:
- Cosmos, call them at 320-877-7345
- Dassel, call them at 320-275-2454
- Eden Valley, call them at 320-453-5251
- Litchfield, call them at 320-693-7201
Glass, metal and plastic recyclables may be combined. Newspapers and boxes/paper should be separated out.
Be sure to include only those items that are acceptable, clean and properly prepared. Unacceptable or unclean items can send a whole load of recyclables to the landfill as garbage.
Responsible Recycling
| Item | Preparation | Acceptable Items |
Unacceptable Items |
|---|---|---|---|
| Glass | Please rinse. Labels may remain. | Brown, Green, Clear Glass Bottles and Jars |
ceramics (coffee mugs), window glass or mirrors, drinking glasses, light bulbs, NO BROKEN GLASS |
| Metal | Please rinse. Labels may remain. |
Aluminum and Tin Cans |
aluminum foil, aerosol cans |
| Plastic | Please rinse. Labels may remain. | Items with #1, #2 and #5 in the recycling triangles are acceptable: Soda Bottles, Milk / Water Jugs, Laundry Containers, Shampoo / conditioner Bottles |
Please check the bottom of the container for acceptable number. No Styrofoam containers |
| Paper Products/Paper Board | Newspaper, ad inserts, magazines, catalogs, mixed residential mail & paperboard (cereal, snack and tissue boxes as well as paper grocery bags) |
paper towels, waxed paper | |
| Cardboard |
Please break down boxes | food contaminated containers (pizza boxes), waxed cardboard |