Facility details
- Address
- 27008 US Highway 59
Worthington, MN 56187 - Phone
- (507) 376-9218
- Website
- schaapsanitation.com
- Facility type
- Transfer Station, Recycling
- County
- Nobles County
- EPA Region
- 5
- Data sources
- EPA
- Last verified
- 2026-10-09
- Also listed as
- Schaaps Sanitation Recycling
About this facility
A transfer station is a staging point in the solid-waste system. Collection trucks, roll-off haulers and in many places residents with a pickup load drop waste on a tipping floor, where it is consolidated into larger transfer trailers or rail containers and moved to a landfill, waste-to-energy plant or recycling facility. Haulers use transfer stations to keep route trucks working locally instead of driving to a distant disposal site. Some transfer stations are open to the public, while many municipal sites are restricted to residents with a permit or sticker. Larger sites weigh loads and charge by the ton; smaller ones charge per bag or per item. Hours, fees and accepted materials vary — call ahead, especially for bulky items, construction debris, tires, appliances or anything that may be restricted.
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
- Shine Brothers Corp of Minn Metals 2.3 mi · Worthington, MN
- shine bros corp Recycling 2.8 mi · Worthington, MN
- Nobles County Landfill Landfill 8.2 mi · Rushmore, MN
- Green Earth Recycling Recycling 23.9 mi · Lakefield, MN
Nearest landfill: Nobles County Landfill, Rushmore — 8.2 mi
Area served
Serves Worthington, Bigelow, Rushmore, Reading, Brewster, Round Lake, Ocheyedan, IA, Sibley, IA.
County context
One of 1 transfer stations in Nobles County, MN.
ZIP 56187 population 15,225.
Minnesota solid-waste agency: Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA)