Recycling Center Plus

 

Address: 305 Energy Parkway NE, Rochester, MN 55906
Phone: 507-328-7070
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

Olmsted County Recycling Center Plus
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Items 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 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 per ton. Call 507-328-7070 in advance.