Facility details
- Address
- 309 3rd St SE
Deer River, MN 56636 - Phone
- (218) 246-8182
- Website
- mdi.org
- Facility type
- Recycling
- County
- Itasca County
- EPA Region
- 5
- Data sources
- EPA
- Last verified
- 2026-10-09
EPA record
Listed in the EPA Facility Registry: 110008723471, 110008723499, 110041152882, 110068045298, 110068203143, 110068231951, 110068429276, 110068464931, 110068665812, 110071480950
Programs on file: MN-TEMPO 29203 · RCRA hazardous-waste handler MNR000015313 · MN-TEMPO 28989 · LUST-ARRA 1231 · MN-TEMPO 28990 · OSHA-OIS 317320331 · MN-TEMPO 114811 · MN-TEMPO 191098 · MN-TEMPO 114796 · MN-TEMPO 118849 · MN-TEMPO 185419 · MN-TEMPO 147270 · RCRA hazardous-waste handler MNS000211730 · MN-TEMPO 213119
Interest types: VSQG, LEAKING UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANK - ARRA, OSHA ESTABLISHMENT
EPA record updated 2016-06-02
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
- Northern Recycling Recycling 3.5 mi · Deer River, MN
- American Disposal & Recycling Recycling 4.6 mi · Deer River, MN
- Ball Club Transfer Station Transfer Station 8.6 mi · Deer River, MN
- Itasca County Transfer Station Transfer Station 8.8 mi · Grand Rapids, MN
- Itasca Co Demo Landfill MSW Transfer Station Landfill 8.8 mi · Cohasset, MN
- Trout Demolition Debris Land Disposal Transfer Station 13.9 mi · Grand Rapids, MN
- Inger Transfer Station Transfer Station 17.4 mi · Inger, MN
- Bena Transfer Station Transfer Station 19.7 mi · Bena, MN
- Hill City Transfer Station Transfer Station 24.1 mi · Hill Lake Township, MN
Nearest landfill: Itasca Co Demo Landfill MSW Transfer Station, Cohasset — 8.8 mi
Area served
Serves Deer River, Cohasset, Grand Rapids.
County context
One of 3 recycling centers in Itasca County, MN.
ZIP 56636 population 4,679.
Minnesota solid-waste agency: Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA)