Collection Events
The City hosts special recycling collection events for residents with assistance from solid waste abatement grant funds. Find upcoming collection events below.
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Confidential Paper Shredding Events
Have confidential paper that needs to be shredded? Instead of shredding at home, bring your materials to a confidential paper shredding event or a retail location that shreds for you. This will ensure your personal information stays secure and your paper gets recycled.
2023 Event Details
The city hosts FREE confidential paper shredding events for IGH residents every spring and fall. Instead of shredding at home, bring your confidential papers to our event’s secure on-site shredding truck. This will ensure your personal information stays secure and your papers get recycled. The 2023 event dates are:
- Spring Confidential Paper Shredding Event: Saturday, May 13, 9 a.m.-12 p.m. | City Hall Parking Lot, 8150 Barbara Ave.
- Clean-Up Day: Saturday, Sept. 23, 8 a.m.-12 p.m. | City Hall Parking Lot portion of the event, 8150 Barbara Ave.
View the accepted items list for the events below:
- ACCEPTED: Confidential papers with account numbers or other private information. Remove all 3-ring binders, binder clips or metal tabs on file folders. Please bring your paper in a small box or paper bag, and place in your trunk. All boxes will be emptied and returned.
- NOT ACCEPTED: Paper without secure information such as magazines, holiday cards and mailed advertisements are not accepted. Instead, place non-confidential papers in your home recycling cart. Business, including home-business documents, are not accepted at this event.
Permanent Shredding Sites
To find local companies that provide shredding services year round, visit the Recycling Guide and search confidential material. Fees vary by business and already shredded paper is not accepted at most locations. Please contact the business to ensure they are currently operating and accepting confidential paper for shredding.
Shredding Paper At Home
If shredding at home, keep this out of your recycling cart. With new technology, shredded paper causes problems at recycling sorting facilities and often does not get recycled. Instead, put your shredded paper in a paper bag and drop off at The Recycling Zone. Please note The Recycling Zone only accepts shredded paper and does not provide shredding services.
Questions?
Email Ally Sutherland or call 651-604-8511
This event is partially funded by the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency and Dakota County.
Annual Clean-Up Day | Saturday, September 23, 2023 | 8 a.m. to 12 p.m.
Clean-Up Day is an annual one-stop-shop disposal event hosted for the residents of Inver Grove Heights, West St. Paul, and Sunfish Lake.
2023 Event Details
Clean-Up Day will be held Saturday, September 23, 2023 from 8 a.m.-12 p.m. at the IGH Public Works Facility, 8168 Barbara Ave. When available, a list of accepted items and prices will be posted to this webpage and published via the Insights residential newsletter mailed in July.
Year-Round Disposal Options
- Reduce & Reuse Map. Is your item in good condition? Try to donate or sell it before recycling or throwing it away. Visit the Reduce & Reuse Map to find the closest places to donate goods on the Reduce & Reuse Map. You can also use online platforms such as Facebook Marketplace, Craigslist, and Nextdoor to give away or sell items to your neighbors.
- Online Recycling Guide. Use the online Recycling Guide to find where to recycle and dispose of items locally and year-round. Search by item here,
- The Recycling Zone. Only a short drive from IGH, The Recycling Zone (3365 Dodd Road, Eagan) is a special collection facility open year-round that offers subsidized disposal opportunities. Dispose of household hazardous waste, most electronics, scrap metal, cardboard and more for FREE. Tires, TVs and computer monitors have a small fee. Visit The Recycling Zone for a full list of accepted items, prices and hours of operation.
Questions?
Email Ally Sutherland or call 651-604-8511.
Community Swaps
Community Swap to give residents a place and time to swap usable items with neighbors for something new-to-you.
2023 Event Details
The City of Inver Grove Heights hosts an annual Winter Clothing Swap. When available, the 2023 event date will be posted to this webpage and published via the Insights residential newsletter.
Dakota County Community Swaps
Dakota County also hosts community swaps throughout the year. Find details on Dakota County Community Swaps here.
More Ways to Reduce & Reuse
Find more ways to swap items with your neighbors and reduce waste on the "Reduce & Reuse" tab of our Trash & Recycling webpage.
Questions?
Contact Ally Sutherland or call 651-604-8511.
Pumpkin Collection
Help keep fall pumpkins out of the trash by disposing yours at the IGH Pumpkin Composting Event!
2023 Event Details
The City will be hosting a FREE pumpkin collection event in Fall 2023. When available, event dates will be posted to this webpage and published via the Insights residential newsletter.
Why Compost?
All pumpkins collected will be brought to the Mulch Store compost facility in Rosemount where they will be turned into compost—a valuable soil additive. Compost improves soil quality, reduces erosion, reduces greenhouse gases, and decreases the need for chemical fertilizers. Learn more about how you can participate in organics recycling year round here.
Questions?
Email Ally Sutherland or call 651-604-8511
This event is partially funded by the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency and Dakota County.
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