Recycling Center Plus

Address: 305 Energy Parkway NE, Rochester, MN 55906
Phone: 507-328-7070
Fax: 507-328-7090
Facility Hours: Tuesday - Saturday, 8 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Department Office Hours: Monday - Friday, 8 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Email: pwservice@olmstedcounty.gov

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

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

(Household Quantities)

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

Large loads of tires (9 or more) can be brought to the Kalmar Landfill for a fee of $435.00 per ton. Call 507-328-7070 in advance.