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Hopkins residents may bring their household organics to the 24/7 Minnetonka-Hopkins Recycling Center, located at 11522 Minnetonka Boulevard.
About 30% of what we throw away is organic material, food scraps and food-soiled paper products. Through organics recycling programs like this, waste is recycled into valuable compost at a commercial composting facility to be used in landscaping and road construction projects. Organics recycling includes collecting fruits, vegetables, bones, meat, breads, eggshells, non-recyclable and food-soiled paper and more, for composting.
All material MUST be bagged - no loose material - in either a BPI certified compostable bag or paper bag. BPI certified compostable bags will have one of these symbols on their packaging.
Learn what items are accepted and what items are not:
Organics collected are taken to either the Specialized Environmental Technologies commercial composting site in Rosemount or the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community commercial composting facility.
Watch this video to see what happens after you drop your collection off and how it becomes valuable compost.