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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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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

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218-722-3336
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What We Take
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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What We Take
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

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218-722-3336
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What We Take

Burning Garbage

Illegal, Unsightly, Unsanitary

Burning garbage, even paper, can release hazardous pollutants like heavy metals and dioxin. Burn barrels smolder at lower temperatures and don’t include pollution control devices. Each burn barrel can release more dioxin than a full-scale municipal incinerator. Reports show that backyard garbage burning is now the largest source of dioxins in the US, larger than all other industrial sources combined. Dioxins get into the food chain and remain in our bodies, where they can cause serious health problems, including cancer.

Burning can be dangerous to property, too. Each year, debris burning causes 40% of the wildfires in Minnesota.

Alternatives to Burning

Don’t burn garbage – not even at the cabin or in the campfire!

Resources to Prevent Burning in Your Community

Clearing the Air: Tools for Reducing Residential Garbage Burning

Using Bernie the Burn Barrel Materials

Bernie the Burn Barrel Posters

Bernie the Burn Barrel Brochure

Bernie the Burn Barrel Video

“Bernie the Burn Barrel” and associated materials were developed by the Western Lake Superior Sanitary District in Duluth, MN with a grant funded by the U.S. EPA’s Great Lakes National Program Office (GLNPO).

Contact WLSSD at (218) 722-3336 if you are interested in receiving hard copies of these materials or reprinting these materials for use in your city or jurisdiction.

All materials are also available on the new “Clearing the Air” Burn Barrel Outreach Media Kit CD. Contact WLSSD to receive a free copy.

Helpful Web Links

Minnesota Pollution Control Agency Garbage Burning site

Minnesota Department of Health Dioxin site