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The St. Louis County Solid Waste office operates under the authority of St. Louis County Solid Waste Ordinance 45.     Ordinance 45.pdf

The Solid Waste Comprehensive Solid Waste Management Plan  SWMP 2003.pdf 
 provides solid waste data analysis and policies which guide the Department in program development and budgeting.

Both of these documents are critical in determining future services for the St. Louis County Solid Waste Management Area.


The Environmental Services Department has approved 12 applications for funding from the 2008-2010 Recycling and Waste Reduction Grant program.  Grants are available to local units of government within the North Service Area at the funding level of $2 per resident (see brochure for guidelines.)

Grants awarded to date include:

  • City of Aurora - $3,700 for concrete recycling and reuse
  • Balkan Twp/City of Chisholm - $11,542 for expansion of solid waste canister site and recycling services
  • City of Eveleth - $3,181 for recycling dumpster purchase
  • City of Virginia - $18,314 for new recycling truck
  • Pike Towsnhip - $984 for concrete slab and other improvements to recycling drop-off site

Additional grants being processed include:

  • City of Ely/City of Winton/Morse Township - $10,235 for new cardboard baler
  • City of McKinley - $160 for illegal dump clean-up
  • Great Scott Township - $846 to purchase and distribute reusable recycling totes
  • Embarrass Township - $1,382 to clean up illegal dump on township land
  • City of Gilbert - $3,694 for security equipment for recycling center
  • City of Hibbing  - $34,142 for recycling collection equipment
  • Joint powers group consisting of City of Floodwood, City of Meadowlands, and Alborn, Culver Halden and Meadowlands Townships - $3,962 for curbside recycling through Floodwood Services and Training.

For more information call our office or read the grant guidelines in the Brochure.
 

The Environmental Services Department has approved 12 applications for funding from the 2008-2010 Recycling and Waste Reduction Grant program.  Grants are available to local units of government within the North Service Area at the funding level of $2 per resident (see brochure for guidelines.)

Grants awarded to date include:

  • City of Aurora - $3,700 for concrete recycling and reuse
  • Balkan Twp/City of Chisholm - $11,542 for expansion of solid waste canister site and recycling services
  • City of Eveleth - $3,181 for recycling dumpster purchase
  • City of Virginia - $18,314 for new recycling truck
  • Pike Towsnhip - $984 for concrete slab and other improvements to recycling drop-off site

Additional grants being processed include:

  • City of Ely/City of Winton/Morse Township - $10,235 for new cardboard baler
  • City of McKinley - $160 for illegal dump clean-up
  • Great Scott Township - $846 to purchase and distribute reusable recycling totes
  • Embarrass Township - $1,382 to clean up illegal dump on township land
  • City of Gilbert - $3,694 for security equipment for recycling center
  • City of Hibbing  - $34,142 for recycling collection equipment
  • Joint powers group consisting of City of Floodwood, City of Meadowlands, and Alborn, Culver Halden and Meadowlands Townships - $3,962 for curbside recycling through Floodwood Services and Training.

For more information call our office or read the grant guidelines in the Brochure.
 


St. Louis County Environmental Services Department
307 First St. S., Ste. 115
Virginia, Minnesota  55792
1-800-450-9278

St. Louis County Environmental Services Department
307 First St. S., Ste. 115
Virginia, Minnesota  55792
1-800-450-9278


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