The City hosts special recycling collection events for residents with assistance from solid waste abatement grant funds. Find upcoming collection events below.
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Save your pumpkin from the trash! Place it in our pumpkin dumpster on Nov. 4 and 5 (8 a.m. to 6 p.m.) to have it composted instead.
After our collection, your pumpkins will be brought to a local commercial compost facility and turned into compost - a valuable landscaping product. Compost improves soil quality, reduces erosion, reduces greenhouse gases, and decreases the need for chemical fertilizers. Find additional event information at www.ighmn.gov/collectionevents.
Email Ally Sutherland or call 651-604-8511
This event is partially funded by the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency and Dakota County.
Have confidential paper that needs to be shredded? Instead of shredding at home, bring your paper to a confidential paper shredding event or a retail location that shreds for you. This will ensure your personal information stays secure and your paper gets recycled.
The City of Inver Grove Heights hosts two FREE confidential paper shredding events every Spring and Fall for Inver Grove Heights residents. Stop by to have your confidential paper shredded and recycled by a secure onsite shredding truck. When available, 2024 event dates will be posted to this webpage and published via the mailed Insights newsletter.
To find local companies that provide shredding services year round, visit the Recycling Guide and search confidential material. Fees vary by business and already shredded paper is not accepted at most locations. Please contact the business to ensure they are currently operating and accepting confidential paper for shredding.
If shredding at home, keep this out of your recycling cart. With new technology, shredded paper causes problems at recycling sorting facilities and often does not get recycled. Instead, put your shredded paper in a paper bag and drop off at The Recycling Zone. Please note The Recycling Zone only accepts shredded paper and does not provide shredding services.
Email Ally Sutherland or call 651-604-8511
This event is partially funded by the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency and Dakota County.
Clean-Up Day is an annual one-stop-shop disposal event hosted for the residents of Inver Grove Heights, West St. Paul, and Sunfish Lake.
The City hosts an Annual Clean-Up Day every September. The most recent event was held September 23, 2023. When available, the 2024 event date will be posted to this webpage and published via the mailed Insights newsletter.
Email Ally Sutherland or call 651-604-8511.
This event is partially funded by the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency and Dakota County.
Community Swap to give residents a place and time to swap usable items with neighbors for something new-to-you.
The City hosts an Outdoor Winter Clothing Swap every October. The most recent event was held October 14, 2023. When available, the 2024 event date will be posted to this webpage and published via the mailed Insights newsletter.
Dakota County and neighboring cities also host community swaps throughout the year. Find details on Dakota County's Community Swaps website.
Find more ways to swap items with your neighbors and reduce waste on the "Reduce & Reuse" tab of our Trash & Recycling webpage.
Contact Ally Sutherland or call 651-604-8511.
This event is partially funded by the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency and Dakota County.