River View Sanitation and RVS Shredding
- 25 employees
- 20 trucks
Locations of Operation
- Main office, shop, recycling transfer located in New Ulm across from Starkeller at 16188 County Road 29
- Shop located in Sleepy Eye off of Hwy 14 West end of town
Types of Services
Service Area Includes 10 Counties & 38 Communities
- Butterfield, MN
- Cambria, MN
- Cobden, MN
- Comfrey, MN
- Courtland, MN
- Essig, MN
- Evan, MN
- Fairmont, MN
- Gibbon, MN
- Godahl, MN
- Hanska, MN
- Hector, MN
- Lafayette, MN
- Lake Crystal, MN
- Mankato, MN
- Morgan, MN
- New Ulm, MN
- Nicollet, MN
- North Mankato, MN
- Searles, MN
- Sleepy Eye, MN
- Springfield, MN
- St. George, MN
- St. James, MN
- Winthrop, MN
- and more…
History of River View Sanitation
1972
Braun and Borth Sanitation was started by Mike and Norman Braun as Braun Sanitation, primarily servicing the Sleepy Eye Area.
1980
Brian Borth bought Norman's shares to form Braun and Borth Sanitation, Inc. For the first several years the company was run by Mike and Brian with the help of one part-time employee.
1991
Braun and Borth Sanitation was awarded the Brown County curbside recycling contract for recycling services in western Brown County, which includes Sleepy Eye, Springfield, Cobden and Evan. This required the company to have a recycling sorting center with necessary equipment and the addition of employees. During the first 18 months of recycling operations, Braun and Borth processed 1,487,154 pounds of marketable recycling.
1992
Braun and Borth was awarded the contract for sanitation and compost service for residential and commercial services in the City of Springfield. This same year, the recycling contract was expanded to include Comfrey.
2006
Kevin and Kathy Finstad started River View Sanitation Inc., primarily serving the New Ulm Area. River View Sanitation was awarded the Brown County curbside recycling contract for recycling services in eastern Brown County. They also started offering document shredding services.
2015
When Mike and Brian were ready for retirement, they sold Braun and Borth Sanitation to Brent and Rachel Kucera January 1, 2015.
Braun and Borth Sanitation was awarded the contract for sanitation service in Comfrey.
2017
After 11 years in business, when Kevin was ready for retirement, he too sold to Brent and Rachel Kucera January 1, 2017.
2018
As of January 1, 2018 Braun and Borth Sanitation and River View Sanitation merged together as one company to service the local area.