Facility details
- Address
- 909 E 16th St
Albert Lea, MN 56007 - Phone
- (507) 320-7520
- Website
- greatlakespolymers.com
- Facility type
- Recycling
- County
- Freeborn County
- EPA Region
- 5
- Data sources
- Overture Maps 2026-05-20
- Last verified
- 2026-10-09
EPA record
Listed in the EPA Facility Registry: 110003751556, 110071721975, 110072077303
Programs on file: Emissions inventory 18033811 · ICIS 600025304 · RCRA hazardous-waste handler MND010351310 · TRIS 56007BRDNC9916T · ICIS 3601668006 · TRIS TRI_OFFSITE_2707
Interest types: ENFORCEMENT/COMPLIANCE ACTIVITY, SQG, TRI REPORTER, FORMAL ENFORCEMENT ACTION
EPA record updated 2016-09-21
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
- Freeborn Co Environmental Services Transfer Station 1.9 mi · Albert Lea, MN
- Albert Lea Demo Landfill Landfill 4.4 mi · Albert Lea, MN
- Waste Management Of Minnesota, Inc. Transfer Station 6.9 mi · Clarks Grove, MN
- Clarks Grove Demolition Landfill Landfill 7.0 mi · Clarks Grove, MN
- Alter Metal Recycling Metals 18.1 mi · Hayfield, MN
- SKB Lansing Landfill Landfill 18.6 mi · Austin, MN
- Vonco 4 Austin Demolition Landfill Landfill 18.6 mi · Austin, MN
- Carney Auto Metals 18.8 mi · Austin, MN
- Unplug E-Cycle LLC Recycling 18.9 mi · Austin, MN
- Central Disposal Landfill Landfill 19.6 mi · Lake Mills, IA
Nearest landfill: Albert Lea Demo Landfill, Albert Lea — 4.4 mi
Area served
Serves Albert Lea, Hayward, Twin Lakes, Glenville, Conger, Clarks Grove, Alden, Emmons, Hollandale, Northwood, IA, Hartland, Geneva.
County context
One of 1 recycling centers in Freeborn County, MN.
ZIP 56007 population 21,467.
Minnesota solid-waste agency: Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA)