Disposal guide

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

• South Transfer Station with a voucher
• Hennepin County Drop-off facility
• scrap metal recycler

Post on a neighborhood social media platform to see if anyone in your neighborhood is interested.

Disposal method: Hazardous waste

You can also call your local hardware store to see if they accept bulbs from residents. Make sure to ask if there's a limit and a fee for drop-off. 

It is illegal to throw CFLs in the garbage due to the presence of a small amount of mercury. Beginning January 1, 2026, stores were no longer able to sell CFL bulbs in Minnesota.

Disposal method: Hazardous waste, Other

There are several options to manage household sharps (including used EpiPens)

• Check with your healthcare provider to see if they collect sharps for disposal.
• Destroy sharps at your house
• Use a mail back program
• Bring to a Hennepin County Drop-off Facility (household sharps only)

Learn more about sharps disposal options

Unused EpiPens should be managed the same as unused medications.

Make sure to store properly store sharps at your home.

• Store in a hard plastic container with a screw on lid
• Label the container "household sharps, do not recycle"
• Put needles in the container point first
• Only fill the container half way
• Keep lid screwed on and out of the reach of children

Disposal method: Garbage

Bag and put in your garbage cart.

Baby, makeup remover and flushable wipes are not recyclable or compostable. They likely contain chemicals and strengthening additives that make them not break down. Do not put these wipes in your recycling, organics recycling or down your toilet. 

Disposal method: Organics, Garbage

Any edible pieces, trimmings or bones may be bagged and put in your organics recycling cart. If you do not have organics, double-bag and put in your garbage cart.

You cannot put a dead deer or other animal in your garbage or organics cart. Compost facilities cannot take dead animals without approval from the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA). 

Certain landfills will accept deer carcasses from residents. 

See Hennepin County's Green Disposal Guide for more information