Facility details
- Address
- 1836 State 371 SW
Backus, MN 56435 - Phone
- (218) 587-2705
- Google reviews
- See visitor reviews on Google
- Facility type
- Recycling
- County
- Cass County
- EPA Region
- 5
- Data sources
- EPA
- Last verified
- 2026-10-15
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
- Pine River Iron & Metal Recycling 0.2 mi · Backus, MN
- Cass County Transfer Station Transfer Station 0.6 mi · Backus, MN
- Grinning Bear Transfer Station Transfer Station 2.7 mi · Pine River Township, MN
- Grinning Bear Demolition Landfill Landfill 2.9 mi · Backus, MN
- Hengel's Westside Demolition Landfill Landfill 8.8 mi · Pequot Lakes, MN
- Walker Hackensack TS Transfer Station 16.1 mi · Hackensack, MN
- Crosslake Construction Demolition Debris Landfill 16.3 mi · Crosslake, MN
- Slagle Demolition Landfill Landfill 22.0 mi · Remer, MN
- Slagle Demolition Landfill TS Landfill 22.3 mi · Remer, MN
Nearest landfill: Grinning Bear Demolition Landfill, Backus — 2.9 mi
Waste haulers nearby
- Tiger Rolloff LLC2.2 mi · Pine River, MN · 3 drivers
- Quality Septic and Site Services2.2 mi · Jenkins, MN · 1 driver
- Grinning Bear Roll-Off Service6.6 mi · Backus, MN · 3 drivers
- Westside Demolition Landfill Inc12.1 mi · Pequot Lakes, MN · 1 driver
- Roll-Off Service12.1 mi · Pequot Sakes, MN · 1 driver
Area served
Serves Pine River, Backus, Pequot Lakes, Hackensack.
County context
One of 2 recycling centers in Cass County, MN.
18 waste haulers in Cass County, MN.
ZIP 56435 at a glance
- Population
- 2,801 (7 per sq mi)
- Median age
- 53
- Households
- Median income $62,381 · 27% earn six figures
- Housing
- 93% owner-occupied · median home value $255,334 · median rent $811
- Workforce
- 49% labor-force participation · 5.3% unemployment
ZIP figures are US Census estimates for the ZIP area, not the company.
Minnesota solid-waste agency: Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA)