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92% of residents believe that the city is on track with resident’s environmental concerns
--2008 Residential Survey

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2/28 Home Remodeling Fair

4/8 Raingarden Workshops

5/19 Greening the Heartland

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Environment Recycling

Hennepin County Drop-Off Facilities
Residents can find information about year round drop-off facilities that accept recyclables, electronics, appliances, household hazardous wastes and trash. Click here for more information.

Hazardous Household Waste
Don't put batteries, liquid paint, paint thinner, wood preservatives, aerosols, tires, car batteries, used motor oil, household cleaners, anti-freeze, poisons, acids, medical waste, solvents, or flammable or explosive materials in your trash. These can't be included with regular garbage because they pollute groundwater and endanger health. For all hazardous household waste, call Hennepin County at: (612) 348-3777 or click here for more information.

Batteries

Household batteries can be brought to -
Car batteries can be brought to -
- Retail stores that sell car batteries
- Full service gas stations that sell batteries.
- Hennepin County Drop Off Facilities

Electronics -

Effective July 1, 2006 electronic products containing a cathode ray tube (CRT), such as TVs and computer monitors, may not be placed in the garbage.
Electronics may contain lead, cadmium or mercury, which are harmful to human health and the environment. Hennepin County residents must take televisions, computers, cell phones, fax machines, personal digital assistants, TVs, VCRs and copiers to one of the Hennepin County Drop Off Facilities.

Motor oil can be brought to -

Service stations. (Up to five gallons of used motor oil may be poured into a plastic container; put the cap on, and bring it to the cash register. You may wish to call ahead to verify that the station will accept motor oil.)

Paint -

Dry paint can be disposed of with your household refuse. Open the can and let it dry out in a well ventilated area.

Phone Books Piling Up? Opt Out!
Tired of phone books piling up on your front doorstep, especially if you don't use them anymore? Opting out is even better than recycling. Currently, Minnesotans recycle about 20 percent of the 5,000 tons of phone books that are delivered in the state each year.

Simply click here to go to the website and enter your ZIP code to find the participating phone book publishers in your area that are making it possible for you to opt out of receiving phone books. You will need to inform each phone book publisher listed that you would like delivery stopped. The opt-out takes 60 days to process. You may miss the deadline for a few of the phone books this year, but opting out today will ensure you won't receive them next year.

If you have phone books that you need to recycle, contact Hennepin County for information on your recycling options. Most curbside programs take phone books year around.

Recycle Your Cell Phone or Printer Cartridge

Recycling Association of Minnesota has provided the City of St. Louis Park with collection boxes for the following items: cell phones, PDA's, iPods, MP3 players, and printer inkjet cartridges. These collection boxes are located at City Hall, the Recreation Center, and the Westwood Hills Nature Center. For more information, please contact Jim Vaughan at jvaughan@stlouispark.org or (952) 924-2699.

St. Louis Park residents now have the opportunity to recycle more materials than ever before! Residents can now recycle pop and beer boxes, milk cartons and juice boxes, and clean and dry clothes, linens and shoes to the curbside recycling program.

Please sort your recycling into two categories, Bottles & Cans and Paper & Cardboard. Your materials must be sorted into these two sorting categories to make sure they can be recycled. Place recycling materials in city recycling bins. Paper bags may be used to separate your materials inside the bins. Please do not use plastic bags.

Sort 1: Bottles & Cans

Place glass and plastic bottles, steel and aluminum cans, and milk cartons and juice boxes together in a bin. Items such as yogurt tubs, plastic bags, and plastic plant pots cannot be recycled at the curb. For more information, call Eureka Recycling to request a copy of the “Plastic Recycling: Complications and Limitations” fact sheet, or visit www.eurekarecycling.org.

NEW! Recycle your milk cartons and juice boxes! These cartons are made of 70-85% paper which is separated from the metal lining and plastic coating in a pulping process.

It's Easy!
1. Remove caps, rinse clean & flatten (plastic pour spouts are okay)
2. Put these items together in a bin or paper bag. No plastic bags!

Plastic tubs (like yogurt), produce, deli, or take-out containers, plastic toys, dishes or cookware, ceramics or pottery, insert a space styrofoam, window glass or mirrors, aerosol cans, scrap metal, motor oil bottles or bottles used for home needle disposal
Sort 2: Paper & Cardboard
Place newspaper (with inserts), magazines, mail, phonebooks, office paper, corrugated cardboard (flatted to 3ft x 3ft), boxboard, including pop and beer boxes together in a bin. No plastic bags!

Egg cartons, pizza boxes, paper cups or plates, napkins, refrigerated or frozen food boxes, boxes with food or grease, tissue or wrapping paper

Clothes & Linens

St. Louis Park residents can now recycle clean and dry clothes, linens and shoes on any collection day. Torn and worn items are OK. Put items in a sturdy plastic bag. Fasten and clearly mark the bag “Clothes & Linens” and place it next to your other recycling. Clothes & Linens bags do not need to be inside your recycling bin. Clean items only (torn & worn items are OK).