Recycling Announcements

Announcements

• Citywide Drop-off Events June 22 and September 14, 2024:  Find details at: https://www.stpaul.gov/departments/public-works/recycling-and-waste-reduction/litter-clean-programs/citywide-drop-events
• Mattress Recycling: residents and property managers can now request a curbside pick-up of mattresses, box springs, or metal bed frames at no additional cost. Find details at www.stpaul.gov/mattressrecycling. 
• Saint Paul residents can now recycle their electronics for free! Safely dispose laptops, printers, cell phones, and more by taking them to the Repowered collection site. Find details on the Ramsey County Electronics Recycling Page.
• For the most up to date alerts on collection service, check Eureka's ReCollect site.
• Have extra material to recycle? The Recycling Drop Off Center, 309 Como Ave. is open 8 a.m. - 5 p.m. Monday - Friday and 8 a.m. - Noon Saturday.  Flatten large cardboard.

Beginning May 1, Saint Paul residents should contact the City's recycling team for any customer service needs related to collection, cart service, or general recycling program questions.

• Eureka will continue to collect your recycling
• Your recycling collection day will not change
• No action needed to continue recycling services 

If you have questions about your recycling service, including missed collection, broken or missing carts, information about what to recycle, etc.:

• Use the online form
• Call the City's recycling team at 651-266-6199
• Email the City's recycling team at recyclingprogram@ci.stpaul.mn.us

• There is a NEW 24/7 food scraps (organics) drop-off site located in the Union Park neighborhood!  Hosted by Lex-Ham Community Council.

  Food Scraps Drop-off Site

• Are you a food service business owner in Saint Paul? Changes are coming to the requirements for to-go packaging.

  Green To-go Packaging Details

• Eureka Recycling is offering virtual tours! Join them to learn about the recycling process and zero-waste efforts going on throughout the City.

  Recycling Tour Sign-up

New Recycling Studies and Reports

• The Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries recently released their 2021 Economic Impact Study for the United States Recycling Industry. This highlights the impacts that recycling has on jobs, manufacturing, taxes, agriculture, and transportation. 

  2021 Economic Impact Study, U.S.-Based Recycling Industry

• In 2020, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released their Recycling Economic Information Report (REI) which aims to increase the understanding of the economic implications of material reuse and recycling.

  Recycling Economic Information Report

• The recycling industry has truly recovered from China's 2018 National Sword! Read the article from the Solid Waste Association of North America (SWANA) for details.

  Recycling Markets Have Strongly Recovered Since National Sword

COVID-19 Protocols 

The COVID-19 pandemic, has many Saint Paul residents taking the time to do extra cleaning, both indoors and out. Here are a few helpful recycling and disposal tips and resources:

• City recycling and garbage services are running on their normal schedules. Make sure all materials fit into your garbage or recycling carts.
• Depending on the size of the garbage cart, residents in 1-4 unit properties can have two or three free bulky items collected at no additional cost. If you have large, bulky items to dispose of, please call your garbage hauler to schedule pick up. Learn more at stpaul.gov/bulky.
• Residents can drop off acceptable recyclable materials, including large, flattened cardboard at Saint Paul’s recycling Drop-Off Center. Find location and hours on the Recycling Drop-off Page.
  • Residents can pay to drop of large items at area transfer stations. For a list of locations and hours visit ramseycounty.us/content/garbage.
• Learn how to properly recycle or dispose of many items with Ramsey County’s “A to Z Disposal Guide” at RamseyRecycles.com/AtoZ.
• Household organics and food scraps will continue to be composted by Ramsey County. To find drop-off locations and hours, visit the Organics Recycling Page.
• Properly dispose of all Household Hazardous Waste by dropping items off at Ramsey County’s free hazardous waste sites. Learn more at RamseyRecycles.com/HHW.
• Residents in 1-4 unit properties can put yard waste in a compostable bag to be collected by your garbage hauler for $3 per bag, plus tax (please call your garbage hauler). Find your garbage hauler contact information at stpaul.gov/garbage.
• Yard waste can also be dropped off at Ramsey County’s yard waste sites. For more information, visit the Ramsey County Yard Waste Page.
• Donations of gently used but good items have temporarily been suspended at many collection sites. Please check with the organization before planning to drop any items off. For more information, visit the Ramsey County Reuse and Donation Page.
• For options to get rid of your excess clutter, view the new Fall Disposal Guide. Additionally, check out the Saint Paul Bulky Item Collection Program or search the Ramsey County A to Z Disposal Guide for alternative options. 
• Reuse, Recycling & Disposal Guide