Reduce waste, reuse and repair

Use these resources to reduce the amount of trash coming from your home.

Recycle and compost the right things

recycling cart filled with clean recycling

Accepted recycling
fruit and veggie peels, paper towels, coffee grounds in kitchen pail for composting

Accepted organics
bagged garbage inside a garbage cart

What's in the trash
bales of aluminum and bales of cardboard at the recycling sorting facility

Recycling facility tour

Reduce, repair and reuse

Garden tool swaps

Buy Nothing groups
person helping a kid fix a circuit board of an electronic item at a Fix-It Clinic

Fix-It Clinics
person deconstructing a residential building

Building material reuse
person mending a piece of clothing

Reuse Minnesota events
milk jugs and plastic to-go container being reused to start seedlings

Choose to Reuse
eat first area in refrigerator for food that needs to be eaten before it goes bad

Reduce wasted food
man holding his customized reusable water bottle

Zero Waste Challenges

Get answers to your questions

two people questioning if an item is recyclable

Solid Waste & Recycling Facebook group

Search our disposal guide
person reading recycling reminder email on their phone

Recycling reminder emails

Test your recycling knowledge

Contact us

Solid Waste & Recycling

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Email Solid Waste & Recycling

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.