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Disposal Options - Garbage and Recycling

1. Hire a Licensed Waste Hauler

Types of Waste Collected:

Municipal Solid Waste (Garbage) = MSW
Recycling = RECY
Construction & Demolition Debris = C & D
Industrial Solid Waste = ISW
Infectious Waste = IW
Bulky Materials = BULKY

Ace Solid Waste, Inc.
507-433-8131
Services: MSW, RECY, C & D, ISW

Aspen Waste Systems of Minnesota, Inc.
612-884-8000
Services: MSW, RECY, C & D, ISW, BULKY

Harter's Quick Clean-Up, Inc.
608-782-2082
Services: MSW, RECY, C & D, ISW, BULKY

Hometown Haulers, LLC
507-633-6000
Services: MSW, RECY

LRS of Minnesota, LLC
507-281-5850
Services: MSW, RECY, C & D, ISW

Veit Disposal
​507-281-3867
Services: MSW, RECY, C & D, ISW, BULKY

Walters Recycling & Refuse, Inc
763-780-8464
Services: MSW, RECY

Waste Management
877-480-4439
Services: MSW, RECY, C & D, ISW

Watson Roll-Off, LLC
507-280-0447
Services: MSW, RECY, C & D, ISW, IW, BULKY

Wm Hanson Waste Removal & Recycling
507-259-7124
Services: MSW, RECY, C & D, ISW, BULKY

Waste haulers must be licensed to operate in Olmsted County. If you currently hire a hauler to pick up and haul wastes from your property within the boundaries of Olmsted County and they are not listed above, please call 507 328-7070 immediately.

Garbage haulers in Olmsted County offer collection services with volume-based fees (meaning the more you throw away, the more you pay). You can reduce your waste and save resources by reusing and recycling. All haulers are required to offer recycling collection services to their customers.

All garbage haulers are also required to collect an Environmental Service Charge from their customers to help fund Olmsted County environmental education and waste abatement activities. 

Environmental Service Charge Letters to new RESIDENTIAL customers, May 1, 2013
Environmental Service Charge Letters to new COMMERCIAL customers, May 1, 2013

 

2. Self-Haul to the Recycling Center Plus

The following recyclable materials are accepted free of charge but must be pre-sorted:

  • Aluminum cans
  • Clear glass bottles and jars (no window glass, dishware, or ceramics)
  • Colored glass bottles and jars: green, brown, and other colors (no window glass, dishware, or ceramics)
  • Corrugated cardboard (clean only) - remove packaging materials
  • White office paper
  • Newspaper and colored paper
  • Plastics #1 and #2 (with a neck), and clean plastic #5 dairy containers 
  • Tin/steel food cans
  • Clean scrap iron, aluminum, copper, brass and stainless steel

Styrofoam is not accepted in the recycling area at the facility; it is garbage. 

Items commonly accepted for a fee at the Recycling Center Plus include, but are not limited to:

(Household Quantities)

  • Garbage
  • Appliances (recycled)
  • Bikes
  • Brush/tree waste (incidental quantities)
  • Carpeting
  • Computer systems (recycled)
  • Construction and demolition materials (residential quantities)
  • Drywall 
  • Furniture
  • Grills
  • Lawn mowers (empty of fluids)
  • Mattresses
  • TVs (recycled)
  • Tires (automotive) 8 or fewer per day

Registered Junk Haulers 

Do you need help disposing of bulky items like appliances, furniture, exercise equipment, and more? See the list of registered junk haulers providing junk removal and disposal services in Olmsted County.

Roll-Off Container Guides

Construction and Demolition Roll-Off Container Guide
Garbage Roll-Off Container Guide
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