Todays Hours
Materials Recovery Center
Closed Today
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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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What We Take
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

Questions?

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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What We Take

Work with us

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Thank you for your interest in a career with WLSSD.  WLSSD offers employment in a broad range of professions:

  • Operations and Skilled Trades: wastewater operators, maintenance mechanics, welders, solid waste operators, electricians, HVAC, instrumentation technicians, hazardous waste technicians.
  • Business Administration: finance and purchasing, information technology, administrative services.
  • Technical Services: engineering and engineering technicians, laboratory, planning, environmental programming and public education.

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Our Values

Our employees are committed to public health, a clean and healthy environment, excellence in their work and working in a team-oriented work structure. Our dedicated staff uses leading technology to provide wastewater services to about 110,000 people every day. As the area’s solid waste authority, we are responsible for encouraging waste reduction, recycling, and appropriate disposal of waste within our boundaries.

We offer competitive salary and benefit programs, training and tuition reimbursement.

WLSSD is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer, providing equal employment opportunities to all. We do not discriminate against any applicant or employee. We maintain an alcohol and drug-free workplace. Hiring decision is contingent upon the results of a physical examination that includes drug and alcohol screening.

Learn more about WLSSD with this great overview of our responsibilities, programs, philosophies and approach to our mission. Explore the different communities WLSSD employees call “home” — the region is a beautiful area in which to live, work and play. Take a virtual tour of our facilities.

Wastewater Treatment

2020 Virtual Wastewater Treatment Plant Tour

Solid Waste Services

2020 Solid Waste Facilities Tours (view in order or just pick one!)