Disposal guide

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

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Brush and prunings

Mattress and box spring

Paper plates and take out containers – plastic lined

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Vacuum or carpet cleaner

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

What to do:
Donate if usable. If not usable, we'll pick this up on your garbage day. Limit of 2 large items per week. Put large items next to your carts by 6 a.m. on your garbage day. Please label the item "for Solid Waste".
Learn more about Large item collection
More information:
Item will be picked up by the garbage truck. You may also bring this item to the South Transfer Station with a voucher.
Learn more about our Voucher program
Fun fact:
You could also bring to a Fix-It Clinic where volunteers will help teach you how to fix it.
See upcoming Fix-It Clinics
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Door - metal (with or without glass)

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
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Paper

Disposal method: Recycle

What to do:

Put in your recycling cart.

More information:
You do not need to remove staples, or windows from envelopes. These will be removed in the paper recycling process.
See Accepted recycling
Fun fact:

Each time paper is recycled the fibers break and get shorter. Paper can be recycled up to 7 times before the fibers are too small to make new paper.

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Paper towel tube

Disposal method: Recycle

What to do:

Put in your recycling cart.

More information:

Reuse ideas for paper towel tubes include

  • arts and crafts
  • make fire starters (using melted crayons or ends of candles, shredded paper, and/or dryer lint)
  • seed starters
See Accepted recycling
Fun fact:

Each time paper is recycled the fibers break and get shorter. Paper can be recycled up to 7 times before the fibers are too small to make new paper.

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3-ring binder

Disposal method: Garbage

What to do:

Donate to a school, or non-profit if useable. If not usable, bag and put in the garbage.

More information:

You can cut open the plastic layer, remove and recycle the piece of cardboard inside the binder. The plastic layer is garbage. The metal components could be recycled as scrap metal, but cannot go in your recycling cart. 

Fun fact:
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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If you cannot find an item

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Resources

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Drop-off facilities

Hennepin County has two drop-off facilities where you can bring recycling, electronics and appliances.

Green Disposal Guide

Hennepin County's guide to recycling, reusing or disposing of items.

Contact us

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.