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Recycling Information

Bringing you a cleaner community. 

Suburban Waste is Your Trusted Recycling Partner.

Recycling gives materials a second life while helping conserve valuable natural resources. To ensure recycling works as intended and to protect the system that makes it work, it’s more important than ever to place only clean, accepted materials in your recycling bin.

Three Simple Rules for Effective Recycling

Following these guidelines helps ensure your recyclables are successfully processed and kept out of the landfill:

  1. Recycle bottles, cans, paper, and cardboard
  2. Keep food and liquids out of your recycling
  3. No loose plastic bags or bagged recyclables

We partner exclusively with recycling facilities that meet strict federal, state, and local standards, so you can feel confident your recyclables are handled responsibly and sustainably.

It’s all part of our commitment to responsible service, making recycling simple for our customers while supporting cleaner communities.

Recycling Service Availability

Suburban Waste Services provides residential recycling in the following communities:
Carver, Chanhassen, Chaska, Cologne, Eden Prairie, Excelsior, Prior Lake, Savage, Shakopee, Victoria, and Waconia.
 
Recycling service in the cities listed below is provided through a city-contracted vendor:
Edina, Golden Valley, Minnetonka, Minnetrista, Mound, Orono, Plymouth, Shorewood, and Spring Park.
 
For details on recycling services in city-contracted areas, please visit your city’s official website.

Recycling Made Simple

At Suburban Waste Services, we make recycling easy and convenient for our customers. All accepted recyclables are placed in a single, clearly marked recycling cart, collected bi-weekly on your scheduled service day. Your recycling cart is separate from your trash cart and designated exclusively for recyclables.
 
To ensure reliable pickup, please place your cart curbside by 7:00 a.m. on collection day.

Accepted Recyclables

  • Brown grocery bags
  • Beer & Soda cases
  • Cake & snack boxes
  • Cardboard (non-waxed) Must be flattened and no larger than 3-foot x 3-foot pieces.
  • Catalogs
  • Cereal boxes
  • Magazines
  • Office / School Paper (all colors)
  • Junk mail
  • Newspaper & Inserts
  • Telephone books and other softcover books
  • Broth Boxes
  • Drink Boxes
  • Juice Cartons
  • Milk Cartons
  • Berry containers
  • Juice containers
  • Milk jugs
  • Plastic Containers #1, #2, & #5
  • Water bottles
  • Yogurt tubs, butter tubs, etc.
  • Aluminum Cans
  • Steel Food Cans
  • Beer Bottles
  • Glass Containers that contained food or beverage product
  • All colored Glass (brown, green, and clear)
  • Auto glass
  • Empty aerosol cans
  • Ceramics
  • Christmas Lights
  • Clothes
  • Coat hangers
  • Compostable plastics (#7 PLA)
  • Diapers
  • Dishware
  • Drinking Glasses
  • Electronic waste (e.g., batteries, phones)
  • Extension cords
  • Food Waste / Organic material
  • Garden hoses
  • Glass bakeware / cookware (such as Pyrex)
  • Hazardous chemical containers
  • Light bulbs
  • Medical waste
  • Microwave trays
  • Mirror glass
  • Motor oil
  • Needles
  • Packing peanuts
  • Paper products with food residue
  • Plastic bags and film
  • Plastic tarps
  • Plastic food wraps
  • Porcelain
  • Shredded paper
  • Styrofoam
  • Syringes
  • Waxed cardboard and paper
  • Window glass
  • Wrapping Paper – glossy/metallic 

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Testimonials and Reviews

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Brian Louhi
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Trash pickup was done everyday that it was scheduled with no issues. Trash can was always placed back where it was placed.
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Kathy Ellefson
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We have been with Suburban Waste since Randy’s was sold and have had only positive experiences! The pricing is great and we never have missed pick ups. The yard waste program has been great too. I like that they communicate well when there are any upcoming changes.
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Michelle Jeremy Todd
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We value family run, local businesses like Suburban Waste Services. They definitely took notice of another service unofficial motto: neither snow nor rain nor heat...as they consistently provide service to our home and our neighbors. Keep up the good work.
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Erin Keeley
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With Suburban I feel like a part of a family. If they see me running out with my bin after they have already gone by they go around the block and come back!! No other company would do that.
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Brenna Brosch
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Awesome local service without tricky contracts and hidden service fees. If you have any questions you can speak to a real person who is happy to help.
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Leslie Koehnen
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Ive only been with them a month so far and I love them so far. Prices are fair, and they even put your can back in your driveway rather than leaving it in the middle of the road. When they dropped off our can for our new service and they put the can up by our house by our other can. These little things go a long way in my eyes. Especially when I switched from curbside waste. Curbside is terrible. If you have the option to switch to suburban, you should do it!
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Andre Prowizor
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Suburban Waste Services is a fantastic family run business. They are reliable and reasonably priced. Go with a hometown hauler!
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Joseph Tran
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Excellent Services. for over 4 years Never have to call for any missed pickup. Garbage and Yard waste pickup. Really like the Practice of the Yard waste pickup where the Can is turned side way after it has been Empty

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