Recycling

View the No-Sort Recycling Guide for a list of accepted and unaccepted items. New items have been added such as phone books, office paper, pizza boxes, cartons, and more.

No-Sort Recycling Guide (English)

Other languages:

• Arabic
• Kurdish
• Somali
• Spanish

Materials:

• No Glass. City of Moorhead residents not put glass into blue recycling totes for curbside collection. 
  •  Glass can still be taken to glass-only dumpsters at the drop site recycling locations:
    • Woodlawn Point at 418 Elm Street
    • Public Works Shop at 700 15 Ave N
    • Resource Recovery Center at 3322 15 Ave N 
  • Glass can also be placed in the regular gray garbage tote.
• No plastic bags, please! Plastic bags cannot be recycled through the City’s recycling program. Recycle plastics bags at businesses such as Hornbacher's, Wal-Mart, and Target.
• For more information about what/where types of plastic film can be recycled:
  View the List of Acceptable Items

Container Recognition

The recycling container can be identified as either a blue 300-gallon container or a blue dumpster located near the existing garbage dumpster. See below for a list of accepted recyclables.

Accepted and Unaccepted Materials

View the No-Sort Recycling Guide for a list of accepted and unaccepted items. New items have been added such as phone books, office paper, pizza boxes, cartons, and more.

• No Glass. City of Moorhead residents should stop putting glass into blue recycling bins or dumpsters for recycling collection. 
  •  Glass can still be taken to glass-only dumpsters at the drop site recycling locations.  
    • Woodlawn Point at 418 Elm Street
    • Public Works Shop at 700 15 Ave N
    • Resource Recovery Center at 3322 15 Ave N
  • Glass can also be placed with regular garbage.   
• No plastic bags, please!
  • Plastic bags cannot be recycled through the City’s recycling program. Please recycle plastics bags at businesses such as Hornbacher's, Wal-Mart, and Target.

Recycling Fee:

On your Moorhead Public Service bill, each resident will be charged a fee per month. This fee will be charged to your account even if you do not recycle.

Recycling Fee

Always use the recycling guide when using drop-off sites:

Recycling Guide

Recycling drop off bins are available at several locations in Moorhead:

• Woodlawn Point:
  418 Elm St S
• Public Works Facility:
  700 15 Ave N
• Ken's Sanitation (Cardboard only) West side of facility:
  2010 28th Ave S
• Resource Recovery Center:
  3322 15 Ave N

Recycling Location Map

Contact Public Works at 218.299.5422 with any questions about recycling.

Recycling Collection Schedule and Details:

Your recycling is picked up every other week on the same day your garbage is collected. Each day is split geographically into A and B weeks.

• Find your recycling day (Monday through Friday) and week (A or B) on the Recycling Map.  The calendar will help you find your recycling dates.

Place your recycling tote on the curb before 5 am, 6 feet from any obstacles including garbage totes mailboxes, snowbanks, and vehicles.

Place items in the tote loosely and make sure all your items can fit into one container. If you have extra items, either wait until your next collection day or you can bring the materials to one of our 4 drop-off locations.