Inver Grove Heights, Minnesota
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8098 Blaine Avenue
Dakota County food scrap drop-off at Inver Glen Library. Residents sign up, bring food scraps for free, and receive tips and compostable bags.
Accepts: Food scraps
Services: Food scrap drop-off
Dakota County residents can use it for free after signing up through the county.
2475 53rd St. E.
Year-round yard waste drop-off at a brickyard on 53rd Street East in Inver Grove Heights. It takes brush, yard waste, prunings, logs, sod and soil, and hardscaping.
Accepts: Brush, Yard waste, Prunings, Logs, Sod and soil, Hardscaping
Services: Yard waste drop-off
JR's Advanced Recyclers on Briggs Drive in Inver Grove Heights buys scrap metal, appliances, and electronics with roll-off boxes and recycling programs for local governments and property managers. Serving Minnesota for over 35 years, the commercial yard pays for ferrous and nonferrous loads. Hours are Monday through Friday 8:00 a.m. to 4:15 p.m. and Saturday 8:00 a.m. to 11:45 a.m.
Listed hours: Mon-Fri 8:00 AM - 4:15 PM · Sat 8:00 AM - 11:45 AM · Sun Closed
Accepts: Scrap metal, Ferrous metal, Nonferrous metal, Appliances, Electronics
Services: Scrap metal buying · Appliance recycling · Electronics recycling · Roll-off container service · Government and property manager programs · Commercial recycling
The commercial yard is at 10619 Briggs Drive, Inver Grove Heights, MN 55077.
Yes. The Briggs Drive location purchases scrap metal. The Jefferson Trail site is residential drop-off only with no metal purchase.
2795 117th St E Inver Grove Heights MN 55077 USA
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Listed hours: Mon-Fri 7:00 AM – 4:00 PM · Sat-Sun Closed
The MPCA Solid Waste Sites dataset identifies Inver Grove Heights Recycling Center as agency interest 1610, with recorded permit identifiers SW-358. The associated activity classes are Individual Permit. Retrieved 2026-10-30. Permit-by-rule records remain distinct from individual permits; this dataset does not provide an expiration date or confirm current permit standing.
The dataset records these active site units or classifications for Inver Grove Heights Recycling Center: Leachate Storage; Waste Processing. Retrieved 2026-10-30. Active is the source's unit-status field. These regulatory classifications do not by themselves establish public drop-off access, opening hours or acceptance of a specific load.
Based on the listings above, materials commonly handled in Inver Grove Heights include compost, food scraps, dakota county, yard waste, inver grove heights. Browse the guides below for preparation tips, scrap values, and what's recyclable.
Inver Grove Heights licenses private haulers, and residents sign up directly with a licensed company for weekly trash and recycling pickup. Dakota County residents take household hazardous waste, electronics, scrap metal, and cardboard to The Recycling Zone at 3365 Dodd Road in Eagan. Yard waste goes to Gertens at 2475 53rd St. E. in Inver Grove Heights, and food scraps go to the Inver Glen Library drop-off.
Yes. The city licenses haulers, and every licensed hauler must provide weekly trash and recycling service to residents. Choose a licensed hauler and sign up with it directly. Collection runs 6 a.m. to 6 p.m., Monday through Friday.
Licensed residential haulers include Allied Waste (651-286-4551), Aspen Waste Systems (612-884-8000), Dick's Sanitation (952-469-2239), Inver Grove Sanitation (651-457-1615), Tennis Sanitation (651-459-1887), Nitti Sanitation (651-457-4434), Highland Sanitation & Recycling (651-437-0001), CurbSide Waste (612-810-7007), and Waste Management (612-443-8899).
Paper, cardboard and paperboard, milk, juice, soup, and broth cartons, aluminum, tin, and steel cans, plastic containers #1, #2, and #5, and glass bottles and jars all go in. Place items loose or in a paper bag, empty and dry, with caps on, and flatten boxes. Plastic bags, black plastic, Styrofoam, shredded paper, textiles, batteries, cords and hoses, and propane tanks stay out.
Take them to The Recycling Zone at 3365 Dodd Road in Eagan, open year-round to all Dakota County residents. Household hazardous waste, most electronics, scrap metal, and cardboard are free. Tires, TVs, and computer monitors carry a small fee.
Gertens at 2475 53rd St. E. (651-450-1501) takes brush, yard waste, logs, sod, soil, and hardscaping year-round at its brickyard. You can also schedule yard waste pickup with your hauler or compost at home. Yard waste never goes in the recycling cart.
The Inver Glen Library at 8098 Blaine Avenue has a free food scrap drop-off for Dakota County residents, and participants get free compostable bags. The Mulch Store in Rosemount (16454 Blaine Ave. E., 651-423-4401) also takes food waste.
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