Blue Earth County Recycling Center
Mankato, MN
Facility details
- Address
- 725 Waseca Ave
Mankato, MN 56001 - Phone
- (507) 304-4251
- Google reviews
- See visitor reviews on Google
- Facility type
- Recycling
- Operator
- Municipal
- County
- Blue Earth County
- EPA Region
- 5
- Data sources
- Overture Maps 2026-05-20
- Last verified
- 2026-10-15
EPA record
Listed in the EPA Facility Registry: 110003903492
Programs on file: RCRA hazardous-waste handler MNR000023275
EPA record updated 2014-12-29
About this facility
A recycling center collects, sorts and prepares recoverable materials so they can be sold to mills and manufacturers instead of being landfilled. Some are public drop-off sites run by a city, county or hauler; others are commercial buy-back yards or processing plants that take material from collection routes and businesses. What a given site handles depends on its equipment and the markets it sells into, so one center may focus on cardboard and containers while another takes only scrap metal. Many sites pay for certain materials and charge for others. Hours, fees and accepted materials vary — call ahead to confirm what is taken, how it must be sorted and whether there is a minimum quantity.
Typically accepted at Recycling Center facilities
- Cardboard and mixed paper
- Plastic bottles and containers
- Aluminum and steel cans
- Glass bottles and jars
- Scrap metal
- Electronics (at some sites)
Hours, fees and accepted materials vary by site — call ahead before hauling a load.
Nearby facilities
- Waste Management - Mankato Hauling & Transfer Station Transfer Station 0.1 mi · Mankato, MN
- Waste Management Of Minnesota, Inc. Transfer Station 0.1 mi · Mankato, MN
- B.E.I. Metal Recycling Recycling 0.1 mi · Mankato, MN
- Green Tech Recycling Recycling 2.8 mi · Mankato, MN
- North Mankato Recycle Ctr Recycling 2.8 mi · North Mankato, MN
- Mankato Iron & Metal MetalsRecycling 2.8 mi · Mankato, MN
- Ponderosa Sanitary Landfill Landfill 3.0 mi · Mankato, MN
- Blue Earth Co HHW facility Transfer Station 4.0 mi · Mankato, MN
- Alter Metal Recycling Metals 4.6 mi · Mankato, MN
- Pilgrim Demolition Landfill Landfill 4.7 mi · Mankato, MN
Nearest landfill: Ponderosa Sanitary Landfill, Mankato — 3.0 mi
Waste haulers nearby
- Jerome Sack3.6 mi · Mankato, MN · 1 driver
- Mankato Appliance Recycling LLC3.6 mi · Mankato, MN · 2 drivers
- Greentech Recycling LLC3.6 mi · Mankato, MN · 2 drivers
- Degrood Appliance Co3.6 mi · Mankato, MN · 6 drivers
- Nate Gustamante3.6 mi · Mankato, MN · 1 driver
Area served
Serves Mankato, Good Thunder, Kasota, Lake Crystal, Eagle Lake, Saint Clair, Garden City, Madison Lake, Saint Peter, Nicollet.
County context
One of 6 recycling centers in Blue Earth County, MN.
11 waste haulers in Blue Earth County, MN.
ZIP 56001 at a glance
- Population
- 51,585 (174 per sq mi)
- Median age
- 29
- Households
- Median income $69,531 · 31% earn six figures
- Housing
- 54% owner-occupied · median home value $276,760 · median rent $1,134
- Workforce
- 69% labor-force participation · 5.6% unemployment
ZIP figures are US Census estimates for the ZIP area, not the company.
Minnesota solid-waste agency: Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA)