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Steele County Landfill

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Landfill will resume normal hours and operations beginning
Thursday, April 16th
Monday-Friday 7:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
Saturdays 8:00-1:00 p.m.  

Please note that the landfill is open to STEELE COUNTY residents only.

If you are looking for licensed Haulers click here: 2020 Licensed Haulers
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Steele County owns and operates the Steele County Landfill located along Hwy. 218 between Owatonna and Blooming Prairie. The landfill accepts mixed solid waste, industrial waste, demolition debris and asbestos containing material for disposal. 

The landfill also has a recycling station where people may recycle numerous types of papers and cans and bottles and a tank where residents may recycle used motor oil and used oil filters free of charge.  For various fees, the landfill also accepts appliances, electronics (computers, TVs, DVD players, VCRs), tires, and clean concrete/bituminous for recycling.

From May through September at the landfill a household hazardous waste facility accepts hazardous wastes from homes for proper disposal free of charge.  See below for more information. 

2020 Bids, Quotes and Proposal Requests:
Proposals:
CLOSED: ON-SITE CONCRETE CRUSHING - DUE APRIL 24, 2020

Bids:
Demolition Landfill/MSW Bypass Piping - Due September 18, 2020

2020 Steele County Landfill Rates
Prices include all applicable taxes.

MIXED SOLID WASTE

Compacted and Non compacted (per ton)

$70.20
Cars (each) $15.00
Pickups (each) $25.00


Mixed solid wastes include plastic, paper, cardboard, household garbage, furniture, treated wood, empty cans and containers, Styrofoam, caulking tubes, carpets, asbestos shingles and new construction materials.

DEMOLITION DEBRIS*

Large Trucks (per ton) $25.00
Pickup (each) $16.00
Concrete (clean and separated) $6.00

*Demolition debris includes materials from the demolition of buildings or roads, such as masonry, untreated wood, glass, rock, plastic building parts and asphalt shingles. Please note that loads of demolition debris must be kept separate from mixed solid waste materials in order to be charged at the demolition debris rate.

SPECIAL WASTES**

Appliances*** (each) $  13.00
Air Conditioners (each) $  13.00
TV's, Computer Monitors (each) (each) $  20.00
Misc. Electronics - VCRs, DVDs, CPUs etc.
Recycled at Consumer Request.  State law does not require recycling of these types of electronics.
(each) $    5.00
Tires (each) Car $    4.00
Motorcycle
Truck
      3.00
    15.00
Tractor     30.00
Asbestos per ton $ 100.00
pickup     50.00
bag     10.00
Petroleum Contaminated Soil & Waste per ton     10.00
Oil Filters (each)       0.00
Mattresses, Box Springs per ton   400.00
each     15.00

**Special Wastes
Minnesota landfills are not allowed to bury liquids of any kind, hazardous waste or fluorescent light bulbs, tires, major appliances, vehicle batteries, motor oil, oil filters and electronic devices containing a screen or video display such as TV sets and computer monitors. 
***Appliances include dishwashers, refrigerators, stoves and ranges, water heaters, clothes dryers, clothes washers, garbage disposals, trash compactors, microwave ovens, freezers, residential furnaces, dehumidifiers and heat pumps.


Yard Waste Compost
Please contact the cities below for information about their yard waste compost sites (i.e. hours,  location):

  • Blooming Prairie 507-583-7573
  • Ellendale 507-684-2681
  • Owatonna's Yard Waste Compost Site is available for use by anyone.  For  more information on location, hours, what is accepted, charges and products available for purchase, click here http://www.ci.owatonna.mn.us/stormwater/municipal-yard-waste-compost-program

 

CONTACT US 
Hours: 7:30 am - 4:30 pm Monday-Friday
8:00 am - 1:00 pm Saturday
Email Address: bholland@co.steele.mn.us
Phone: 507-583-7766
FAX: 507-583-2287
Address: 9420 SE 64th Ave
Blooming Prairie MN 55917

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