Recycling
- The City of Crookston will have curbside collection of recyclables on your first scheduled collection day of the month.
- Recyclables must be placed in City of Crookston recycling containers except plastics, which may be placed in bags or boxes. These containers must be placed within 5 feet of the street. Curbside placement times for recycling will coincide with garbage collection regulations.
- Items to be collected are:
- Newspapers and Magazines
- Glass Bottles and Jars
- Aluminum Cans
- Tin Cans
- Plastic Bottles with recycling triangle
- Cardboards
- Procedure to have items collected:
- Newspapers and magazines shall be placed in recycling containers with magazines on top to prevent newspapers from blowing away.
- Glass bottles and jars must be rinsed and have their lids removed.
- Aluminum cans should be rinsed and flattened.
- Tin cans must be rinsed, labels removed, and flattened as much as possible.
- Plastic bottles should be rinsed and crushed as much as possible. Plastic may be placed in boxes or bags for collection.
- Cardboard boxes must be flattened and either tied in a bundle or neatly stacked beneath a blue recycling container.
- Recyclables may not be mixed in the same recycling container. Example: tin cans may not be placed in the same container as aluminum cans.
- Recycling containers are the responsibility of the resident and loss or damage to these containers will result in replacement at the resident's expense. The replacement cost will be $5 per container.
- Residents not using City of Crookston recycling containers will not receive curbside collection services.
- Residents may drop off recyclables at the Transfer Station located on Ingersol Avenue and Foskett Street.
- Persons establishing residence in the City of Crookston may purchase recycling containers at City Hall at a cost of $5 per container.