Reuse, repair and reduce waste

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

Reduce, repair and reuse

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

Choose to Reuse

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

Fix-It Clinics
person mending a piece of clothing

Reuse Minnesota
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
person deconstructing a residential building

Building material reuse

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

Tour the recycling facility

Get answers to your questions

Disposal guide

Use our disposal guide to find out how to properly dispose of an item.
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.