You’re Invited! Materials Recovery Center Open House

You’re invited… to a Materials Recovery Center Open House! Join us this Saturday to celebrate all the ways our community works to keep waste out of the landfill.

Event Details

Saturday, September 16^th
8:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.

WLSSD Materials Recovery Center
4587 Ridgeview Rd, Duluth, MN 55803

Featuring:

* Film plastic recycling education: did you know the MRC is a drop site for the NexTrex film plastic recycling program? Bring your grocery bags, zip-top bags, pallet wrap, bubble wrap, and other clean, stretchy, non-black film plastics and recycle them for free through this specialty program.

* Live plastic recycling demonstrations: Atlas Games’ Replay Workshop will be on site, melting and molding typically unrecyclable plastics into game pieces and trinkets!

* MRC tours: Join a WLSSD Environmental Program Coordinator at 9, 10, and 11 a.m. to learn about the facility’s operations and history.

* Giveaways & raffle: take home free swag to help you reduce plastic film usage in your own life and enter a raffle for a 10-piece Green Pan PFAS-free, nonstick cookware set.

* …And all the MRC’s usual services: bring your bulky waste (furniture, tires, mattresses), appliances, tires, electronics, fluorescent bulbs, scrap metal, and more for disposal to access the Product Reuse Area (aka “Free Store”). Learn what materials the MRC accepts and check disposal costs at: https://wlssd.com/…/using-the-materials-recovery-center/

We all have a role protecting and preserving our land, waters, and public health. Thank you for doing your part to get waste to the right place!