At the beginning of the year there was a change to what is accepted at the Recycling Zone in Eagan, MN located at 3365 Dodd Road (Hwy 149).
The Recycling Zone will no longer be taking plastic bags and wraps or packaging peanuts. The reason? Grocery stores have picked up the slack, and offer bins in the front lobby or around the store at which you can drop them off. The bags do not belong in your recycle bin, as they can get wrapped around recycle sorting equipment.
As far as packaging materials, as long as they are clean most UPS stores and other local shipping stores will take them from people to be reused.
The other big change is, although the Recycling Zone will still take aluminum cans, they will no longer pay you for them.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Hours
Drop-Off Hours for Residents*
Wednesday: 9 a.m.–8 p.m.
Thursday: noon–8 p.m.
Friday: 9 a.m.–5 p.m.
Saturday: 8 a.m.–5 p.m.
* The Recycling Zone is closed on New Year’s Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Eve and Christmas Day.
MATERIAL ACCEPTED
All items are accepted for free unless otherwise specified. A valid driver’s license is required when dropping off items.
If the item you are trying to dispose of isn’t listed below, call The Recycling Zone at 651-905-4520 or visit Dakota County’s Green Guide for other local reuse, recycling and disposal options.
Recycling fee for televisions and monitors
Dakota County will charge a $10 fee to collect and recycle all sizes and types of televisions and monitors from residents at The Recycling Zone.
The materials listed below are accepted from residents only during all drop off hours. For your safety and The Recycling Zone employee safety, place household chemicals in a box when transporting. Product contents should be labeled and in the original package. Never mix or pour household chemicals together.
- Aerosols
- Antifreeze
- Auto batteries
- Batteries (all rechargeable, single-use, and button cell)
- Fire extinguishers
- Fireworks
- Fluorescent light bulbs
- Gasoline
- Home sharps (needles, syringes, lancets)*
- Household cleaners
- Latex/oil paint
- Lawn and garden products
- Mercury thermometers
- Pesticides
- Pool and spa chemicals
- Propane tanks/gas cylinders
- Thermostats
- Used oil/filters
- Weed killer
- Most products labeled dangerous, flammable, poison, combustible or corrosive
*Place sharps into a rigid container such as plastic laundry detergent bottle with the lid taped shut and label the container “Do not recycle: household sharps.”
Electronics accepted
The following electronics are accepted from residents for free unless otherwise noted.
- Answering machines
- Copiers (desktop only)
- Computer equipment (keyboards, mouse, towers, hard drives, modems, etc.)
- DVD players
- Electronic games systems (Wii™, PlayStation™, Xbox®, Nintendo DS™, Leap Frog®, VTech®, etc.)
- Fax machines
- iPods®, MP3 and other portable media players
- Laptops
- Monitors ($10 each starting Aug. 1, 2016)
- Computer terminals/hard drives
- Printers (desktop only)
- Scanners (desktop only)
- Stereo equipment
- Telephones (including cell phones and smart phones)
- Televisions ($10 each starting Aug. 1, 2016)
- VCR players
Small household electronics accepted*
- Blenders (remove glass pitcher)
- Bread makers
- Cameras
- Carpet sweepers
- Clocks
- Coffee makers (remove glass carafe)
- Electric knives
- Electric toothbrushes
- Food sealing equipment
- Fryers
- Hair dryers
- Irons
- Massagers
- Metal tools (drills, screwdrivers, sanders, small saws, etc.)
- Mixers
- Portable fans
- Radios
- Remotes
- Shaving equipment
- Small Heaters
- Toasters
- Toaster ovens
- Vacuum cleaners (remove bags)
* Remove batteries from all items.
Recyclables accepted
The following items are accepted for recycling and should be separated by type. Call 651-905-4520 to arrange for loads larger than would fit in the bed of a pick-up truck.
- Aluminum foil (clean)
- Aluminum cans
- Bicycles
- Tin and steel food cans
- Cardboard
- Cartons (milk, juice boxes, soup, broth, wine)
- Cooking oil
- Boxes (cake mixes, cereal, toothpaste, pasta and other dry goods)
- Eyeglasses
- Glass bottles and jars
- Grills
- Holiday lights and cords (Christmas lights and extension cords)
- Lawn mowers
- Magazines and catalogs
- Newspapers
- Office and school papers
- Plastic
- Bottles and jugs
- Yogurt, pudding and fruit cups
- Margarine, cottage cheese and other plastic tubs
- Produce, deli and take-out containers
- Shampoo, soap and lotion bottles
- Dishwashing liquid bottles and detergent jugs
- Phone books
- Scrap metal
- Snow blowers
Tires
- 15” or smaller: $5 each
- 16-17”: $6 each
- 18-19”: $7 each
- 20-22”: $8
- Tire on rim: add $1 each to price above
Not accepted
- Appliances
- Asbestos-containing materials
- Dehumidifiers
- Empty containers that held hazardous products
- Explosives
- Humidifiers
- Microwaves
- Medical equipment
- Medical waste
- Medicines
- Microwavable food trays
- Packing peanuts
- Plastic bags
- Plastic plant pots
- Styrofoam
- Radioactive materials
- Water heaters
