Minnesota
Recycling drop-off
East Bethel recycling drop-off
Hours, sticker price, who can use it, item fees, hazardous waste options, and holiday notes for East Bethel Recycling Center.
Not a household-trash drop-off. This page covers only the specifically listed recycling, compost, hazardous or specialty materials. Check the accepted materials before loading your vehicle.
Last verified from official sources: 2026-11-06
Who can use it
Local residential recycling. Monthly Drop-Off Saturday is expressly residential only, not business service.
Hours
- Ordinary designated recycling containers: 24 hours/day, seven days/week.
- Special-item Drop-Off Saturday: last Saturday each month, 9 a.m.-noon. Actual 2026 flyer lists November 28 and December 26; confirm holiday exceptions before traveling.
- City Hall small-item collection is during weekday business hours at a different address: 2241 221st Avenue NE. It is not a 24/7 service at the recycling center. Facility-local Central Time.
Sticker or permit
Required: No (see notes)
Price: No permit fee stated on the linked page; confirm access requirements.
Where to buy: Contact the facility for access questions.
Per-item fees
| Item | Fee |
|---|---|
| Monthly special items, actual 2026 flyer | Appliances and listed electronics free; fluorescentbulbs first 10 free. Tires $5. T Vs 28 inchesandlarger/consoles $20 each; under 28 inch T Vs/monitors first 3 free. |
| Everyday approved streams | City events page calls everyday listed materials free. No ordinary garbage or HHW allowed. |
Hazardous waste
No garbage or general HHW at monthlyevents or ordinarybins. Oil/antifreeze/automotivebattery designatedstreams are not blanket chemical permission.
Holiday closures
2026 flyer lists Nov 28 and Dec 26 monthlyevents. Confirm any later holidaychanges; 24/7 ordinarybins are separate from staffed intake.
Holiday schedule last verified 2026-11-06 from official sources .
Other notes
- The center is near Viking Boulevard and East Bethel Boulevard, next to Fire Station 1. City Hall at 2241 221st Avenue NE is not the recycling-center entrance.
- Everyday streams include cans, paper/cardboard, glass food/beverage bottles/jars, automotive batteries, designated oil/filter/antifreeze collection, a clothing drop box and clean scrap metal. No plastic or wood items; no electronics/TVs in scrap metal.
- Appliance schedule conflict: the city ordinary-options page lists appliances with 24/7 materials, while the county places them in monthly drop-off and the 2026 flyer advertises event collection. Use the staffed monthly event or call before leaving appliances after hours. No RV/ammonia refrigerators.
- Oil must be uncontaminated with other fluids. Use designated receptacles, never mixed containers. Scrap metal must be free of plastic, glass, wood and rubber.
- Lithium/rechargeable batteries, cell phones, hearing aids, printer cartridges and eyeglasses go to City Hall during business hours. Automotive batteries have a different center stream. Do not mix loose lithium batteries into ordinary bins.
- The actual 2026 flyer confirms monthly dates. Older 2025 Fix-It Clinic text on the webpage is not used as a 2026 event calendar. No general junk, furniture, yard-waste or chemical intake is established.
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Sources
Every fee and hour above was taken from these official pages or PDFs on 2026-11-06. If something conflicts, trust the town.