Todays Hours
Materials Recovery Center
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All Hours:

  • Monday: Closed
  • Tuesday: Closed
  • Wednesday: 8:00 am - 4:30 pm
  • Thursday: 8:00 am - 4:30 pm
  • Friday: 8:00 am - 4:30 pm
  • Saturday: 8:00 am - 4:30 pm
  • Sunday: Closed

Holidays Closed:

  • New Years Day
  • Martin Luther King Day
  • Presidents Day
  • Memorial Day
  • Juneteenth
  • Independence Day
  • Labor Day
  • Indigenous Peoples Day
  • Veterans Day
  • Thanksgiving and Day After
  • Christmas Eve and Christmas Day

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4587 Ridgeview Rd.
Duluth, MN 55803

Questions?

218-722-3336
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Household Hazardous Waste
Closed Today
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All Hours:

  • Monday: Closed
  • Tuesday: Closed
  • Wednesday: Closed
  • Thursday: 8:00 am - 4:30 pm
  • Friday: 8:00 am - 4:30 pm
  • Saturday: 8:00 am - 4:30 pm
  • Sunday: Closed

Holidays Closed:

  • New Years Day
  • Martin Luther King Day
  • Presidents Day
  • Memorial Day
  • Juneteenth
  • Independence Day
  • Labor Day
  • Indigenous Peoples Day
  • Veterans Day
  • Thanksgiving and Day After
  • Christmas Eve and Christmas Day

Visit Us:

27th Avenue West & the Waterfront
Duluth, MN 55806

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218-722-3336
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Yard Waste Compost Site
Closed for the Season
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All Hours:

  • Monday: Closed
  • Tuesday: Closed
  • Wednesday: 8:00 am - 4:30 pm
  • Thursday: 8:00 am - 4:30 pm
  • Friday: 8:00 am - 4:30 pm
  • Saturday: 8:00 am - 4:30 pm
  • Sunday: Closed

Holidays Closed:

  • Memorial Day
  • Juneteenth
  • Independence Day
  • Labor Day
  • Indigenous Peoples Day

Visit Us:

27th Av. West & The Waterfront
Duluth, MN 55806

Questions?

218-722-3336
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WLSSD Administration Offices
Currently Closed
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All Hours:

  • Monday: 8:00 am - 4:30 pm
  • Tuesday: 8:00 am - 4:30 pm
  • Wednesday: 8:00 am - 4:30 pm
  • Thursday: 8:00 am - 4:30 pm
  • Friday: 8:00 am - 4:30 pm
  • Saturday: Closed
  • Sunday: Closed

Holidays Closed:

  • New Years Day
  • Martin Luther King Day
  • Presidents Day
  • Memorial Day
  • Juneteenth
  • Independence Day
  • Labor Day
  • Indigenous Peoples Day
  • Veterans Day
  • Thanksgiving and Day After
  • Christmas Day

Visit Us:

2626 Courtland Street
Duluth, MN 55806

Questions?

218-722-3336
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Recycling Beyond the Curbside Bin

Treecycling

WLSSD and other local sites provide drop off locations for your real holiday trees.  We recycle the trees as compost. Please visit our Treecycling page for more information.

Plastic Bags

The WLSSD Materials Recovery Center and the rural recycling drop-off sites in the City of Rice Lake and surrounding townships also accept plastic bags for recycling.  Plastic bag recycling containers are also located at area grocery stores in Cloquet, Duluth, Two Harbors and Superior in addition to department stores like Target, Kohl’s, and JCPenney. All bags must be clean and dry.

Accepted:

  • Grocery bags, newspaper bags, dry cleaning bags, stretch/shrink wrap, plastic wrap from paper products (paper towels, etc.), bubble wrap, salt bags with rigid plastic handles removed, retail bags with string ties or rigid handles removed, zipper-type food storage bags WITHOUT rigid plastic closing mechanism.
  • Bags WITHOUT food residue from produce, cereal, bread, frozen food – make sure the plastic film stretches when you press a finger into it.

This plastic film is low-density polyethylene (plastic #4). Learn more at plasticfilmrecycling.org and use your zip code to find other recycling locations.

Not Accepted:

Soil or mulch bags, black plastic bags, plastic food containers or plastic bottles, plastic film that ‘breaks’ when you press a finger into it

Holiday Lights & Electrical Cords

Recycle your unwanted holiday light strings and any electrical cords that no longer work—FREE.  You can bring them to WLSSD’s Materials Recovery Center all year round.

Small Appliances

Recycle your small appliances such as vacuum cleaners, toaster ovens, irons, blenders and more! Valuable materials are recovered when you bring these items to WLSSD’s Materials Recovery Center for recycling. The fee is just $2 each.

Recycle on the Go at Area Gas Stations

Duluth, Hermantown and Proctor area gas stations provide on-site recycling for beverage bottles and cans. Look for the large bottle-shaped bins near the fuel pumps and at store entrances when you stop in for fuel or a snack.

Clothing and other Textiles

Textiles like clothing, towels and more can be recycled! Keep these items out of the landfill by donating to area charitable or thrift stores or look for collection boxes in area parking lots serviced by Disabled American Veterans. Textile recycling is also available at WLSSD’s Materials Recovery Center.