Facility details
- Address
- 10542 170th St
Wadena, MN 56482 - Phone
- (218) 631-2474
- Google reviews
- See visitor reviews on Google
- Website
- co.wadena.mn.us
- Facility type
- Recycling
- Operator
- Municipal
- County
- Wadena County
- EPA Region
- 5
- Data sources
- Overture Maps 2026-05-20
- 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
- Wagner Demolition Landfill Landfill 0.3 mi · Wadena, MN
- Al's Transfer Station Transfer Station 0.5 mi · Leaf River Township, MN
- Wadena Co HHW facility Transfer Station 11.2 mi · Sebeka, MN
- NE Otter Tail Phase II Ash & Demo Facility Landfill 15.1 mi · New York Mills, MN
- Henning Transfer Station and Transfer Station 18.0 mi · Henning, MN
- Henning Transfer Station Demo Landfill Landfill 18.0 mi · Henning, MN
- City of Staples Transfer Station 18.8 mi · Staples, MN
Nearest landfill: Wagner Demolition Landfill, Wadena — 0.3 mi
Waste haulers nearby
- Gregs Septic Service0.4 mi · Wadena, MN · 1 driver
- City Dray Inc0.4 mi · Wadena, MN · 3 drivers
- Schmitz Septic Service LLC0.4 mi · Wadena, MN · 1 driver
- Joey Schmitz0.4 mi · Wadena, MN · 2 drivers
- Wadena Hide and Fur Co Inc0.4 mi · Wadena, MN · 3 drivers
Area served
Serves Wadena, Bluffton, Verndale, Deer Creek, Hewitt, New York Mills, Aldrich, Sebeka.
County context
The only listed recycling center in Wadena County, MN.
13 waste haulers in Wadena County, MN.
ZIP 56482 at a glance
- Population
- 7,619 (22 per sq mi)
- Median age
- 40
- Households
- Median income $64,439 · 30% earn six figures
- Housing
- 68% owner-occupied · median home value $171,080 · median rent $731
- Workforce
- 67% labor-force participation · 5.1% unemployment
ZIP figures are US Census estimates for the ZIP area, not the company.
Minnesota solid-waste agency: Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA)