Solid Waste Services - Mille Lacs County Zoning & Environmental Services

Each year the County hosts collections for Household Hazardous Waste (HHW) and appliances. The 2009 collection dates will be:

Thursday, June 4, 2009 from 3-7 pm Mille Lacs County North Maintenance Facility, Highway 27, Wahkon

There is no charge for dropping off household hazardous waste. Household hazardous waste includes latex and oil-based paint, stains, varnish, shellac, used oil, oil filters, pesticides, herbicides, items containing mercury, and other similar items. Regular and compact fluorescent light bulbs and ballasts will also be accepted.

The HHW and recycling activities are funded through SCORE funds received from the State of Minnesota, and from a per parcel solid waste fee levied against Mille Lacs County properties. The per parcel fee in 2009 is $8.00.

The County licenses all haulers that collect solid waste (household garbage and construction/demolition debris). For 2008, the following haulers have been licensed:

Hauler Name	Address	Phone Number	Type of Service
Ace Solid Waste	6601 McKinley St NW Ramsey, MN 55303	763/427-3110	Residential Commercial Roll-off
BFI Waste Systems	700 40th Avenue Sauk Rapids, MN 56379	320/252-9608	Residential Commercial Roll-off
East Central Sanitation	PO Box 671 Cambridge, MN 55008	763/689-2171	Residential Commercial Roll-off
E-Z Disposal	15221 130th Avenue Milaca, MN 56353	320/983-3679	Residential Commercial Roll-off
Garrison Disposal	PO Box 308 Aitkin, MN 56431	218/927-6435	Residential Commercial Roll-off
Jim’s Mille Lacs Disposal	205 2nd Avenue NE Milaca, MN 56353	320/983-6474	Residential Commercial Roll-off
Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe	43408 Oodena Drive Onamia, MN 56359	320/532-7430	Residential
Monson’s Roll-off Service	1076 230th Avenue Ogilvie, MN 56358	320/272-4366	Roll-off
Nitti Roll-off	23245 Drake Street St. Francis, MN 55070	763/755-0303	Roll-off
Quality Disposal Systems	211 East George Ogilvie, MN 56358	320/272-4692	Residential
Veit Container Corporation	14000 Veit Place Rogers, MN 55374	763/428-2242	Roll-off

You may also choose to self-haul your garbage to the East Central Solid Waste Commission’s sanitary landfill located at State Highway 23 and Kanabec County Road 60. From Milaca, go east to Ogilvie on State Highway 23, the landfill will be on your left approximately five miles east of Ogilvie. The hours of the landfill are:

Monday to Friday - 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Saturdays - 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon
Sundays - Closed

For information on the landfill’s services, please follow this link: www.ecswc.cog.mn.us or call 320/679-4930.

Open burning of garbage has been illegal in the State of Minnesota since 1969. For information on the health effects of open burning, check the information on the MPCA’s website: www.pca.state.mn.us/oea/reduce/burnbarrel.cfm. Buying smart, reducing, reusing, and recycling items will reduce the amount of garbage that you generate.

When the County is not providing its household hazardous waste collections, Mille Lacs County residents have the option of taking their HHW to Chisago County’s hazardous waste facility at 39649 Grand Ave in North Branch. There will be a minimum charge of $70 to dispose of HHW at this facility (this is a pass-through cost, so they will calculate a total charge based on what is being disposed of). Drop-off is by appointment only, so please call 651/237-0912, and check the website for items that will be accepted www.co.chisago.mn.us/Category.aspx?Id=ce9c115d-3aa9-4741-993a-7dc68b916dcf.

Mille Lacs County currently has a contract with Jim’s Mille Lacs Disposal for the provision of recycling services for County residents. The hours and locations for recycling are:

Milaca – Wednesdays 1-5 pm, Friday and Saturday 9 am to 1 pm, 205 2nd Avenue NE

Princeton – Wednesdays 1-5 pm, Friday and Saturday 9 am to 1 pm, Princeton Public Works 1012 5th Avenue North

The East Central Solid Waste Commission also accepts materials for recycling. Please check their website: www.ecswc.cog.mn.us for accepted materials and fees.