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Main line: 320-763-9340
Toll Free: 800-972-6318 (only works within Pope/Douglas counties)
Fax: 320-763-9342
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Office Hours
Monday-Friday 8-12 and 1-4:30
Closed Saturday and Sunday
Recycling Center Hours
Monday/Tuesday 8-4
Wednesday Closed
Thursday/Friday 8-4
Saturday – Open Every 2nd Saturday 8-2
Sunday Closed
Hazardous Waste Hours
Monday/Tuesday 8-4
Wednesday Closed
Thursday/Friday 8-4
Saturday – Open Every 2nd Saturday 8-2
Sunday Closed
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Pope/Douglas Solid Waste Management - Recycle Center
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Pope/Douglas Solid Waste is a partnership created by Pope and Douglas Counties.
The concrete pours have begun for the new Environmental Center! ![]()
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The areas they are working on is for the 'sawtooth' loading docks as shown. ![]()
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These loading docks will eventually house compactors, roll-offs or semi-trailers for single sort recycling, corrugated cardboard, mattresses, bulky items, scrap metal recycling, tires, electronics, appliances and more. ![]()
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Working hard to make it easier to #putwasteinitsplace
Consider donating jackets to help others.Winter Wear Collection starts Oct. 2nd. 🧤🧣❄️ Do you have some warm winter wear that you could donate? Find the details here: ![]()
uwdp.org/what-we-do/united-way-programs/coat-room.html
Pope/Douglas Solid Waste is a proud supporter of this annual event. Making the connections to land use, including proper management of wastes, to protect water quality.
The Household Hazardous Waste program, part of the Environmental Center, continues to be a vital resource to keep hazardous items out of the regular garbage. The current facility and layout is also very well-used! Additional services are planned for the new Environmental Center (opening late 2024). #putwasteinitsplace
Beware of the countertop plug-in units that claim to compost your food scraps. Depending on what you want to compost, the better option is to drop off food scraps and compostable items at one of the 9 organics drop sites in Pope/Douglas Counties or try out backyard composting (no meat/bones in backyard composting as the process doesn't naturally heat up to kill pathogens). Check out resources on participating in organics drop sites or backyard composting. #putwasteinitsplace #glacialridgecompost popedouglasrecycle.com/waste-type/organics-recycling-drop-sites/
Electric Kitchen “Composter” Confusion | BioCycle
www.biocycle.net
Molding and plant growth trials, along with product characteristic analyses, were done with output from two different kitchen food waste dehydrator units and compared to “real” compost.