Recycling

• All white and colored writing paper, computer paper, phone books, magazines, and newspapers including inserts, junk mail
• Corrugated cardboard, including cereal, chip and cracker boxes
• DO NOT bundle newspapers in anything other than brown paper bags, NO PLASTIC BAGS
• Tin and aluminum cans: food and pet food cans (labels can be left on), soda and beer cans, clean aluminum foil and foil pans
• Glass: clear, green, brown or blue food and beverage containers
• Wine, beer, other alcohol, soda and salad dressing bottles
• Plastic: #1-#7 plastics except garden planters. Two liter bottles, plastic milk jugs and bleach bottles

• No garbage or electronics
• No hazardous waste (paint cans, aerosol cans, syringes)
• No scrap metal including wire hangers
• No hot or cold ashes
• No concrete, rocks, gravel or wood
• No snack food bags (like chips or popcorn bags)
• No fast food containers
• No styrofoam, foam cups, foam containers or styrofoam peanuts
• No bubblewrap
• No plastic toys or furniture
• No plastic bags (plastic wrap, dry cleaning bags, softer salt bags)
• No string, twine or cotton balls
• No paper towels, napkins or tissues
• No baby diapers
• No garden product containers such as pesticide containers
• No coffee filters or tea bags
• No waxed paper or waxed anything such as milk containers, drinking boxes, frozen food boxes
• No gum or candy wrappers
• No bathroom waste paper
• No photos, slides or transparencies

2019 Upcoming Events Sponsored by Brown County Solid Waste & Recycling

• May 8^th – Fluorescent Bulb Collection
  • Springfield – Springfield Market,  101 W Central St. – 11 am to 2 pm
• May 9^th – Fluorescent Bulb Collection
  • New Ulm – New Ulm Steel & Recycling, 218 19th St. S – 2 pm to 4:30 pm
• June 6^th – Free Household Hazardous Waste
  • New Ulm – Brown County Fairgrounds, 1201 N State St –  2 pm to 6 pm
• June 20^th – Free Household Hazardous Waste
  • Springfield – Brown County Highway Garage, 507 Burns Ave S – 11 am to 1 pm
  • Sleepy Eye – Brown County REA Building, 24386 State Hwy 4 –  3 pm to 6 pm
• Sept. 4^th – Fluorescent Bulb Collection
  • Springfield – Springfield Market,  101 W Central St. – 11 am to 2 pm
• Sept. 5^th – Fluorescent Bulb Collection
  • New Ulm – New Ulm Steel & Recycling, 218 19th St. S – 2 pm to 4:30 pm
• Sept. 19^th – Free Household Hazardous Waste
  • New Ulm – Brown County Fairgrounds, 1201 N State St -2 pm to 6 pm

***There are fees associated with the fluorescent bulb collections and e-waste events.

***Business waste will NOT be accepted at the household hazardous waste collection events.