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Recycling Service
About Recycling Collection
updated: Monday, May 20, 2013Recycling is collected weekly on the same day as garbage and yard waste. Recycling must be set out by 7am to ensure collection. If you believe your recycling was missed, please call Eureka Recycling at (651) 222-7678.
There is no additional cost for recycling collection – it is included in your standard garbage collection rate.
The following links provide more information about recycling collection:
- How to Recycle at Home
- Request a Recycling Bin
- Find your Collection Day (pdf)
- Free Retail Drop-Off Locations
- Holiday Lights Recycling
- Get Caught Recycling Award
- Holiday Collection Schedule
- Pizza Box Recycling
- Recycling Reports
- Textile Recycling
- Educational Tags
Contact
Public Works
Municipal Service Center | 7305 Oxford Street | St. Louis Park, MN 55426
P: (952) 924-2562 | F: (952) 924-2560 | info@stlouispark.org
Bins
updated: Monday, May 20, 2013The City provides free green recycling bins for residents to use for setting recyclables for curbside collection. Please do not use plastic bags (except for clothes and linens). Call the City at (952) 924-2562 if you need additional recycling bins.
When you move, leave the recycling bin for the new occupants. Bins are the property of the City of St. Louis Park - not the individual resident.
Educational Tags - Recycling
updated: Friday, February 15, 2013The City requires Eureka Recycling to leave educational tags in your recycling bin for improperly prepared recycling. Improperly prepared recycling includes items such as: non-recyclable items, materials are not sorted correctly (papers vs. containers), or placing materials in plastic bags instead of in the bin or in a paper bag.
Electronic Media Recycling
updated: Friday, April 05, 2013Hennepin County is the first local option to accept such a wide variety of electronic media for recycling. In the first month of the program, 700 pounds of media have been collected for recycling at the drop-off facilities. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency estimates that every month approximately 100,000 pounds of CDs become obsolete in...
Eureka Recycling
updated: Friday, April 19, 2013The City provides residential recycling service through a contract with Eureka Recycling.
Recycling Contact Information:
- Eureka's Recycling Hotline: (651) 222-SORT (7678)
- Email: info@eurekarecycling.org
- Website: www.eurekarecycling.org
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Get Caught Recycling
updated: Wednesday, March 20, 2013The Get Caught Recycling Program began in December 2003 and rewards residents who properly recycle. Each month, the Solid Waste Field Inspector randomly selects 2 addresses that have at least one full recycling bin set out for collection. The winners receive a one-time $50 credit on their utility bill (if in good standing), and a reusable bag...
Holiday Lights Recycling
updated: Tuesday, May 07, 2013This program is promoted statewide in partnership with WCCO, Great River Energy, Ace Hardware stores, and CERTS (Clean Energy Resource Teams). It employs over 200 individuals with disabilities at vocational centers throughout the state of Minnesota. Every part of the strand is dismantled by vocational center clients and properly recycled locally...
Opt Out of Phone Books
updated: Friday, April 19, 2013Tired of phone books piling up on your front doorstep, especially if you don't use them anymore? Opting out is even better than recycling.
A website called Don't Trash the Phonebook allows you to stop phone book deliveries with a just few clicks of a mouse . The website is a joint effort by Yellow Pages Association, Conservation Minnesota, and local phone book publishers Dex One, Super Media and Yellowbook.
Interesting Fact: Telephone directories were banned from disposal in municipal solid waste (MSW) in Minnesota in 1992 (Minn. Stat. § 115A.951).
Dex Yellow Pages
You can change the number of directories you are scheduled to receive or stop delivery all together at DexKnows.com/Green.
Unwanted phone books can be placed in your bin for collection. Contact Eureka Recycling at (651) 222-SORT (7678) for more information on how to recycle phone books.
Pizza Box Recycling
updated: Monday, January 07, 2013Cardboard is a valuable material, and makes up a significant part of the paper recycling stream. However, pizza boxes have not historically been accepted for recycling in Eureka Recycling’s program because there was a concern that the oil and grease left behind in them could affect the paper manufacturing process and the quality of the recycled...
Pumpkin Recycling
updated: Tuesday, May 14, 2013Pumpkin Recycling is FREE and Good for the Environment!
Each year pumpkins are collected curbside for a short period of time starting after Halloween and ending when yard waste collection ends for the season. This year, collection will start on Tuesday, November 1.
Residents are asked to place their pumpkins next to yard waste bags, or branch bundles, on their regular garbage collection day, by 7am. If pumpkins are bagged, please remember to use compostable bags and limit the weight to less than 40 pounds per bag.
All candles, candle wax, paint and decorations must be removed. Pumpkins will be composted along with yard waste at a commercial facility.
Contact Waste Management at (763) 783-5423 or Public Works at (952) 924-2562 for more information.
Additional Resources
St. Louis Park Holiday Collection Schedule
St. Louis Park Solid Waste Collection Information
Pumpkins are too Cool!
Recycle Your Cell Phone or Printer Cartridge
updated: Wednesday, April 17, 2013Recycling Association of Minnesota has provided the City of St. Louis Park with collection boxes to recycle 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, Westwood Hills Nature Center and the Municipal Service Center. For more information...
Recycling Recovery Rate Study
updated: Tuesday, April 30, 2013In May 2009, recycling and waste sorts were conducted in two suburban communities in Hennepin County – St. Louis Park and Minnetonka. Each sort was one week long, with the primary objective of determining the recycling recovery rate of materials in curbside recycling programs and assessing the potential to increase it.
The recycling recovery rate is the ratio of the amount of material recycled by the resident to the total recyclable material in both the waste cart and the recycling bin. The findings could then be used to target materials for future recycling education efforts.
St. Louis Park Conclusions
- Of the recyclables set out by residents, 64.8% were paper, 32.4% were containers, and 2.7% were combined trash/organics. Household batteries, consumer electronics and HHW/problem materials accounted for less than 0.1% as did clothes/linens.
- The most predominant materials in the curbside recyclables were newspapers/inserts (29.3%) and glass bottles/jars (23.5%).
- Of the waste cart contents, 10.3% were recyclable papers and 4.6% were containers.
- Of the recyclables remaining in the waste carts, those that were found in the largest amounts included:
- Newspapers/Inserts – 2.4%
- Glass Bottles/Jars – 2.1%
- Office Paper/Mail – 1.8%.
- Comparing the recyclables from the curbside program with the recyclables found in the waste carts, five categories have a recycling recovery rate of 75% or greater including:
- Newspapers/Inserts – 89.8%
- Glass Bottles/Jars – 89.1%
- Phone Books – 79.6%
- Corrugated Cardboard – 79.2%
- Magazines/Catalogs – 78.5%
- Organics (food waste, non‐recyclable paper, and yard waste) accounted for 42% of the contents of the waste carts.
Additional information can be found in the Hennepin County Suburban Recycling Recovery Rate Study.
Recycling Resources
updated: Friday, March 29, 2013Arc Greater Twin Cities
Container Recycling Institute
Eureka Recycling
Hennepin County A to Z Disposal Guide
Preserve Gimme 5 Program
Recycle Caps with Aveda
Recycle More Minnesota
RethinkRecycling
Run the Planet
Twin Cities Free Market
Recyclopedia
updated: Tuesday, May 21, 2013If you'd like some pointers on how to properly dispose of an item, take a look at St. Louis Park's Recyclopedia. The booklet provides information on how to recycle, donate and properly dispose of a wide range of materials. Call Public Works at (952) 924-2562 or e-mail pworks@stlouispark.org with questions.
Retail Drop-Off Locations
updated: Wednesday, May 01, 2013Best Buy Kiosks and Stores: Every U.S. Best Buy store has free kiosks, just inside the door, for you to drop off ink and toner cartridges, rechargeable batteries, and cables. In-store, nearly everything electronic is accepted, including tube TVs and monitors up to 32", flat-panel TVs and monitors up to 60", peripherals, DVD players...
Sorting
updated: Friday, February 15, 2013St. Louis Park residents now have the opportunity to recycle more plastics! On Monday November 12, Eureka began collecting additional plastics such as yogurt, pudding and fruit cups, produce and deli containers, and clear packaging from toys and electronics. Check out the new 2012-2013 Recycling Guide that was recently mailed to residents...
Textile Recycling
updated: Wednesday, January 30, 2013St. Louis Park is one of the few communities in the country that collects clothing, linens, and shoes with curbside recycling. This has made it possible for residents to help reduce the amount of clothes and linens that are sent to the landfill or incinerator. According to the most recent numbers from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (2009),...
Walkup Service for Recycling
updated: Friday, April 19, 2013Walkup service is where the driver collects your recycling at a location on your property other than at the curb or alley. The fee for recycling walk-up service is $3 per month and will be billed directly to the customer by Eureka Recycling on an annual basis. Residents can sign up for this extra service by calling Eureka Recycling at...
Wheel Kits
updated: Wednesday, May 01, 2013Free Recycling Bin Wheel Kits are Available!
Wheel kits are available to residents on the city’s residential recycling program.
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What are Wheel Kits?
Wheel kits make it easier for residents to move their bins from the house to the curb. A wheel kit consists of 2 wheels, an axle, rope handle, related hardware, and instructions. Existing recycling bins will require holes to be drilled to install the axel/wheels.
How do I get a Wheel Kit?
Call Public Works at (952) 924-2562 to order a free wheel kit. City staff will drop off wheel kits and instructions at your residence on your collection day. Residents will be responsible for doing the installation.
What if my Wheel Kit Breaks?
Call Public Works at (952) 924-2562 to order a free replacement wheel kit. City staff will drop off the replacement kit at your residence on your collection day. Residents will be responsible for doing the re-installation.
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Contact
Public Works
Municipal Service Center | 7305 Oxford Street | St. Louis Park, MN 55426
P: (952) 924-2562 | F: (952) 924-2560 | info@stlouispark.org
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