Household Hazardous Waste Mobile Unit

Every year during the summer months, the Household Hazardous Waste truck travels to cities to collect unused hazardous products that may be lying around your home - items that you cannot throw out in the garbage. 

2011 Mobile Unit Schedule

Date City Location Time
Wed. April 20 St. Stephen - Ag Pesticide Only City/Fire Hall 9:00am - 1:00pm
Sat. April 30 Rockville Capital Granite 8:00am - 12:00pm
Sat. May 7 Kimball A.M. Maus and Sons 9:00am - 12:00pm
Wed. May 18 Richmond Hockey Center 9:00am - 1:00pm
Wed. May 25 Melrose Fire & Ambulance Hall 9:00am - 1:00pm
Wed. June 15 Avon Avon Elementary 9:00am - 1:00pm
Sat. June 18 Sauk Centre Bueckers Env. Services 9:00am - 1:00pm
Wed. June 22 Brooten Elementary School 9:00am - 1:00pm
Sat. Aug. 6St. Martin Catholic Church 9:00am - 1:00pm
Wed. Aug. 10St. Joseph Public Works 9:00am - 1:00pm
Sat. Aug. 13 Albany City Hall 9:00am - 1:00pm
Tues. Aug. 16Padua
St. Rosa		Entertainment Center
St. Rosa of Lima		9:00am - 11:00am
1:00pm - 3:00pm
Thurs. Aug. 18St. WendelSt. Wendel Twp Hall9:00am - 11:00am
Tues. Aug. 23St. Nicholas
Elrosa		Church of St. Nicholas
Elementary School		9:00am - 11:00am
1:00pm - 3:00pm
Thurs. Aug. 25Lynden TownshipLynden Twp Hall1:00pm - 3:00pm
Sat. Aug. 27 Holdingford St. Mary's Church 9:00am - 1:00pm
Wed. Aug. 31New MunichImmaculate Conc. Church9:00am - 1:00pm
Sat. Sept. 10 Cold Spring Rocori High School 7:30am - 11:00am
Wed. Sept. 14 Belgrade - Ag Pesticide Only Walker/Martin Street 9:00am - 1:00pm

Products accepted include:

 

 Adhesives  Aerosols  Automotive Chemicals
 Cleaners  Fuels  Fluorescent Bulbs
 Garden Chemicals  Mercury  Mothballs
 Paints  Poison  Pool Chemicals
 Roofing Tar  Sealers  Solvents

 

 

 Products NOT accepted include:

 

 Appliances Antifreeze* Business Waste
 Electronics Explosives Furniture
 Household Garbage Medical Waste Pharmaceutical Waste
 Tires Unknowns Used Motor Oil*

 

 

*For disposal of motor oil and antifreeze, residents are encouraged to use the public used oil facilities located throughout Stearns County.

 

 Belgrade - US Hwy. 71 South Kimball - 100 Maus Drive
 Cold Spring - 304 2nd Avenue NE Melrose - 1220 East Main Street
 East St. Cloud - 625 Lincoln Avenue SE Paynesville - 28780 Koronis Drive
 Holdingford - 120 Washington Street Sauk Centre - I-94 and US Hwy 71
 St. Joseph - 8805 Ridgewood Court

 

 

If you have questions about the Mobile Unit, contact Ross Detert, Stearns County Environmental Services, at 320.656.3613 or 800.450.0852; or via e-mail.

 

The Tri-County Household Hazardous Waste Facility also accepts products year-round from residents in Stearns, Benton and Sherburne Counties. Its hours are: Tuesday 9 - 5 p.m., Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, 9 - 4 p.m. and the third Saturday of each month 8 a.m. - noon (closed on Mondays). The facility is located at 3601 5th Street South in Waite Park.

For more information about the Household Hazardous Waste Facility, call 320.255.6140 or 800.450.6140.