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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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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
Opening Soon
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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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Using the Yard Waste Compost Site

The Yard Waste Compost Site is open for the season on April 17, 2024!  We’ll be open Wednesdays – Saturdays, 8 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.

The Yard Waste Compost Site is open seasonally, typically the third week in April through the Saturday prior to Thanksgiving. Please return to this site for spring opening and fall closure announcements. Drop off your grass clippings, leaves, garden debris, brush, logs, and small quantities of sod and dirt. There is also a bin to drop off residential food waste. The site is located on Courtland Street, off Interstate 35 at 27th Avenue West and the waterfront in Duluth.

It’s easy! Just stop at the attendant’s station so staff can examine your load of yard debris and provide a receipt for fees collected.  The Yard Waste Compost Site can accommodate dump trailers on a limited basis.

Minnesota law (MN Statute 115A.931) prohibits yard waste in the garbage since 1990. WLSSD’s Yard Waste Compost Site provides a cost-effective way for residents to manage this waste. Several local garbage haulers provide seasonal curbside collection of grass and leaves. Residents can also compost yard trimmings on their own.

Drop-off prices

  • Brush (any material over 1/4 inch in diameter) & logs (maximum length 4 feet) $10/yard
  • Dirt and Sod (3 yard limit, no businesses) $10/yard
  • Leaves, grass clippings, house & garden plants FREE

Garden Green® compost prices (our fresh batch of compost will be ready in April 2024!)

  • Garden Green® compost, cubic foot bag (~40 lb) $6/bag
  • Garden Green® compost, bulk, self-loaded $22/yard
    • self-loaded minimum is 1/4 yard
    • customers may load their own containers; i.e. (10) 5-gallon pails = 1/4 yard
  • Garden Green® compost, bulk, WLSSD-loaded** $30/yard
    • **WLSSD loading is done with a wheel loader, 1/2 yd minimum required

WLSSD accepts cash, check, Visa, Mastercard, and Discover.

Large-scale Compost Operation

Make your own compost

Got Invasives? Tips for management and disposal

Treecycling: We’ll recycle your real holiday tree as compost

Pesticide-free Lawn Care