Disposal guide

This searchable guide tells you how to properly dispose of many common and uncommon household items.

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Chair - metal or recliner

Disposal method: Large recyclable item pick up, Drop-off

What to do:
Donate if usable. If not usable, set this item next to your carts out by 6 a.m. on your recycling day. Please label "for Solid Waste". There is a limit of 2 large items per week.
Learn more about Large item collection
More information:
The crew will write your item on a list and a separate truck will come the next business day to pick it up. You may also bring this item to one of the following
Fun fact:
Bridging is a local non-profit who will take usable furniture and household goods. They give it to local families in need.
Visit Bridging's website
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Yard signs, political signs - plastic film

Disposal method: Drop-off, Garbage

What to do:

Contact the candidate or organization to see if they want their sign back for reuse. If not, bring clean and dry plastic bags to a plastic bag drop-off location.

The metal stakes can be recycled as scrap metal. They are not accepted in your recycling cart. 

If unable to bring to a drop-off facility or set out for pickup, bag and put in your garbage cart.

More information:
Most grocery stores, food co-ops and large retail stores collect plastic bags and plastic wrap for recycling. Examples of acceptable film plastics include:
  • grocery or retail shopping bags
  • dry cleaning bags
  • bread and produce bags
  • packaging wrap from toilet paper and paper towels
  • re-sealable zipper bags (remove hard plastic zipper piece)
  • sealed air bags used for shipping material
  • flexible plastic beverage rings
Contact your local store before bringing bags for recycling.
Fun fact:
Plastic bags cannot be recycled in your blue recycling cart. They get caught in equipment and are not able to be sorted for recycling. Recycling facilities shut down for at least 2 hours every day to remove plastic bags from the equipment.
Recycling facilities only accept plastic and metal bottles and containers from food, beverages, bathroom and laundry products. The recycling facility is not designed to sort other types of plastic or metal items.
See Accepted recycling
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Recliner

Disposal method: Large recyclable item pick up, Drop-off

What to do:
Donate if usable. If not usable, set this item next to your carts by 6 a.m. on your recycling day. Please label "for Solid Waste". You must separate the crossbar from the poles and remove any concrete. Poles less than 6 feet in length will be picked up on your recycling week. Limit of 2 large items per week.
Learn more about Large item collection
More information:
The crew will write your item on a list and a separate truck will come the next business day to pick it up. You may also bring this item to one of the following
Fun fact:
Bridging is a local non-profit who will take usable furniture and household goods. They give it to local families in need.
Visit Bridging's website
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Plastic - large item

Disposal method: Garbage

What to do:
Donate if usable. If not usable, put in or next to your garbage cart.
More information:
Recycling facilities only accept plastic bottles and containers #1 (PET), #2 (HDPE), and #5 (PP) from food, beverages, bathroom and laundry products.
Other plastic items that are too big or too small are not able to be sorted correctly. They also do not take plastics that are black in color.
See Accepted recycling
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Fencing - wood or plastic

Disposal method: Drop-off

What to do:
Item not accepted for pickup by Solid Waste & Recycling. Bring to one of the following
South Transfer Station with a voucher
private transfer station or landfill
More information:
Solid Waste & Recycling customers get 6 clean up vouchers each year. With a voucher, you can bring extra garbage, large items and building materials to the South Transfer Station. You must request a voucher before going to the transfer station.
Learn more about our Voucher program
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Solid Waste & Recycling

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Phone

612-673-2917

Address

Eastside Maintenance Facility
2635 University Ave NE
Minneapolis, MN 55418

Office hours

8 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Monday – Friday

This building is closed to the public.