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Recycling 101
Recycling in Anoka County
(Integrated Waste Management Department)
Improve your recycling efforts
See our new Recycling Guide. This guide listed for you the items that can and cannot be recycled in your curbside recycling program.
Rethink Recycling
It matters more than you think.
Recycling one aluminum can save the energy equivalent of 6 ounces of gasoline.
Recycling one plastic bottle saves enough energy to light a 60-watt bulb for 6 hours.
Recycle your holiday lights
As you put away decorations from the holiday season, you may have found that some of your strings of holiday lights (and extension cords) no longer work. You can now recycle those lights through the Recycling Association of Minnesota's Recycle Your Holidays™ program. The program offers collection sites in Anoka County at Andover Recycling Center and Coon Rapids Recycling Center.
Strings of holiday lights are disassembled and parts such as the copper wires and light bulbs are recycled.
Interested in a compost bin?
Go to our Compost Bin page to find out where bins are available.
Special Topics
Our recycling and disposal directory has basic information about how and where to
take items. The following
items have more detailed information:
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Cleaning up? Cleaning out? Use our specialized lists to take care of
items you might find in your:
Got an item that's too good to throw away? Use our directories
to see where you can:
Anoka County Integrated Waste Management
Government Center
2100 3rd Avenue, STE 340
Anoka, MN 55303-5032
Phone: (763) 323-5730 | Fax: (763) 323-5731 | E-mail:
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