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@co.olmsted.mn.us

Modified Disposal Process

• Customers must wear masks while inside the building - even when inside their vehicle. 
   
• The facility can accept credit cards, cash, or check for items with a disposal fee.
   
• Customers will not be allowed out of their vehicles while inside the Recycling Center Plus.
   
• Staff will determine the disposal cost using the existing Solid Waste Fee Schedule - except for electronic waste where temporary fees apply (see below).
   
• Limit two customers per lane in the roll-off area.
   
• Customers must be able to throw their items into roll-off containers and designated disposal areas without assistance.

Garbage Fees:

• $5 per 30 gallons
• $10 per 60 gallons
• $15 per 90 gallons
• $20 per 120 gallons
• $30 per cubic yard

Temporary Electronic Waste Disposal Fee

Processing electronic waste is particularly challenging and labor intensive under the current circumstances. We are unable to weigh electronic waste to assess a fee per-pound and must charge a flat fee for various electronic items.

(Not an inclusive list)

Televisions/Monitors:

• Flat Screen Televisions & Computer Monitors 
  • Up to 32" = $10 each
  • 33" - 60" = $20 each
  • 61" and up = $30 each
     
• CRT Televisions & Projection Computer Monitors 
  • Up to 32" = $20 each
  • 33" - 42" = $40 each
  • 43" and up = $60 each

Home Office Equipment = $5 each

• Computers 
• Laptops 
• Printers 
• Home Fax/Copy Machine 

Keyboards, mice, cords etc. included with equipment piece or up to one small box alone for $5

Home Entertainment Equipment = $5 each

• Stereos, DVD Players, Blue Ray Players, VCRs 

Commercial Copiers & Fax Machines

• Small = $10 each
• Large = $20 each

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

Beginning January 20, 2021, 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.

Changes at Olmsted County Recycling Center Plus Effective January 20, 2021:

• Mattresses and box springs (maximum of 4 sets or any combination totaling 8 per day): change from $16.00 each to $22.00 each.
   
• Automotive and light truck tires (maximum of 8 per day): change from $5.00 each to $6.00 each.
   
• Semi and tractor tires will no longer be accepted―contact local tire vendors for disposal/recycling options. They can also be brought to the Kalmar Landfill for $435.00 per ton.