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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 | Remove All Caps and Lids |
Brown, Green, Clear Glass Bottles and Jars |
Ceramics (Coffee Mugs), Window Glass or Mirrors, Broken Light Bulbs |
| Metal | Remove Labels and Rinse Clean |
Aluminum and Tin Cans |
Aluminum Foil |
| Plastic | Remove All Caps and Lids and Rinse Clean |
Numbers 1 and 2 only: Soda Bottles, Milk / Water Jugs, Laundry Containers, Shampoo / conditioner Bottles |
Yogurt, Butter, Sour Cream Containers, Pails or Buckets. Please Check the bottom of the container, nothing above number 2 accepted. |
| Newspaper | Newspaper, Glossy Inserts, Flyers, Magazines, Catalogs and Phone Books |
||
| Boxes and Paper |
Remove all plastic wrap and polystyrene from containers |
Cardboard and Gift Boxes, Home Office Paper, Junk Mail, Hard and Soft Cover Books, Food Packaging Boxes, Notebooks, File Folders, Sticky Notes |
Greasy Pizza Boxes or Containers Contaminated with Food |