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Recycling

Recycling Services

East Central Sanitation & Recycling is always thinking about the future for our children as well as the global environment. We strive to make the process of recycling recyclable materials easy for the customer. With the introduction of our latest recycling service, Single Sort Recycling there's no need to separate recyclables any more! Simply place all recyclable materials inside the Single Sort Cart. We'll do the rest!

ITEM

ACCEPTABLE

UNACCEPTABLE

Aluminum Cans

Clean & dry cans whole or flattened

Dirty or partially filled cans

Corrugated Cardboard

Flattened out & no bigger than 3’ X 3’ pieces. Must be clean & dry

Cartons with food waste
Example: pizza boxes

Glass Bottles

Clean & dry bottles only. Remove caps & rings

Window glass, ceramics, pyrex dishes, drinking glasses, lightbulbs

Newspaper

Bagged or bundled clean & dry. Can also include: magazines, junk mail, cereal, pop, beer cartons & any similar packaging

Text books, catalogs

Plastic Bottles
with a neck

(look for the #1 or #2 recycle code on bottom of the bottles

Number 1 (PETE)
example: pop bottles
Number 2 (HDPE)
example: milk, detergent, shampoo & water bottles clean & dry with caps removed

Numbers 3 to 7
Example: ice cream and margarine tubs, plastic film & bags, hose or pipe

Tin Food Cans

Clean & dry cans whole or flattened

Cans with food contamination

Recycling Center Locations & Hours

Rush City
52070 Everton Ave
Wed. 8:00 A.M. to 12 Noon
Sat.   8:00 A.M. to 12 Noon
Cambridge
225 Mckinnley St. N.
Wed. 8:00 A.M. to 12 Noon
Sat.   8:00 A.M. to 12 Noon

Recycle Containers

71 Gallon Recycle Cart 98 Gallon Recycle Cart
71 Gallon Recycle Cart 98 Gallon Recycle Cart
 
2 Yard Cardboard Dumpster
 
4 Yard Cardboard Dumpster
 
6 Yard Cardboard Dumpster
Any questions. please contact ECS office at 763.689.2171
Monday - Thursday 8:00 A.M. - 5:00 P.M.
Friday 8:00 A.M. - 4:30 P.M.