American Recycling & Salvage
Big Falls, MN
Facility details
- Address
- 504 Highway 6
Big Falls, MN 56627 - Phone
- (218) 276-2515
- Google reviews
- See visitor reviews on Google
- Facility type
- Recycling
- County
- Koochiching 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
- Big Falls Demolition Landfill Landfill 2.2 mi · International Falls, MN
Nearest landfill: Big Falls Demolition Landfill, International Falls — 2.2 mi
Waste haulers nearby
- American Recycling and Salvage Inc11.2 mi · Big Falls, MN · 2 drivers
- Big Falls Recycling & Salvage LLC11.2 mi · Big Falls, MN · 1 driver
- Jims Disposal Service11.7 mi · Little Fork, MN · 1 driver
- Williams Garbage Service11.7 mi · Littlefork, MN · 1 driver
- Williams Portables LLC11.7 mi · Littlefork, MN · 2 drivers
Area served
Serves Margie, Big Falls, Littlefork.
County context
The only listed recycling center in Koochiching County, MN.
13 waste haulers in Koochiching County, MN.
ZIP 56627 at a glance
- Population
- 192 (0 per sq mi)
- Median age
- 66
- Households
- Median income $36,500 · 18% earn six figures
- Housing
- 81% owner-occupied · median home value $72,869 · median rent $566
- Workforce
- 42% labor-force participation · 0% unemployment
ZIP figures are US Census estimates for the ZIP area, not the company.
Minnesota solid-waste agency: Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA)