Garbage & Recycling
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Please contact the Utility Billing Department to find out who your garbage/recycling hauler is at 763-421-8100 or email@ci.champlin.mn.us
Annual Event
In May each year the City's Environmental Resources Commission sponsors a Spring Cleanup Event. The event includes a Materials Drop-Off Day, during which Scrap Metal, Tires, bicycles and Small Engines may be disposed of. They also sponsor the Curbside Collection of used appliances.
Garbage Collection
The City has an organized refuse collection system consisting of five refuse collection companies assigned to a specific area within the City. The collection service is provided to all single family and multiple dwellings of four units or less. The Finance Department bills the residents for collection services in conjunction with the billing for water and sewer services. The City pays Hennepin County for the tipping charges and the refuse collection haulers for collection of refuse and recycling materials.
Garbage Billing (the month following service)
Minimum rate due and payable for sanitation service for each living unit per month. The following rates include recycling, Hennepin County Service Fee, and State Solid Waste Management Fee:
2010 Rates (Rates are amended annually at the first of the year)
90 gal - $22.51
30-gal - $15.00
Recycling
A bin is provided to all homeowners. If you bin becomes damaged or lost please contact the City Hall Receptionist for a replacement at 763/421-8100.
The City has a two sort recycling program. Please separate your items according to the list below.
CONTAINERS: Put all of your aluminum and tin cans, glass bottles, and plastic bottles with a neck together in your recycling bin. (Do not bag these items.)
PAPER PRODUCTS: Put all of your paper (junk mail, newspapers, phone books, magazines, etc.) in a paper shopping bag (you can use more than one if you need to) and place it ON TOP OF or NEXT TO your recycling bin.
Flatten and bundle your corrugated cardboard and place it NEXT TO your bin
Flyer on the Two Sort Recycling Program - How to Recycle
Hennepin County Recycling Center
The Hennepin County Recycling Center, located in Brooklyn Park accepts a variety of household hazardous wastes, computers and oversized items. Link to their website for directions, hours and materials accepted.
Link to the Hennepin County website and search under "Environment, Property & Transportation" then "Environment" for information on the Brooklyn Park Drop-Off site. The phone number for the site is 612-348-3777
Yard Waste Disposal
There are two options for residents to dispose of yard waste.
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