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County Recycling in Carlton is the small-town recycling center most locals use when clearing out bottles, cardboard, metal and other recyclables. Neighbors from around Carlton and nearby townships pull in here with pickup loads, carful stacks of flattened boxes, or contractor pickup loads.
Drive up to a staffed entrance booth and slow down; there’s usually a place to pull off to sort before backing up to the drop-off areas. The recycling bins and containers sit just past the booth-paper and cardboard often on one side, mixed containers on the other-while larger items may have a separate area or compactor. In winter months there’s typically an indoor or covered drop-off for some materials so unloading isn’t done entirely in the cold. Weekends and spring cleanup bring more traffic, and larger trucks and trailers are a common sight.
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Before You Go
- Sort and flatten cardboard at home so unloading is quick-it’s easy to hold up the line if everything is loose in the truck.
- Tie down or cover loose items in a trailer before arrival; wind and gravel can be a problem backing up to the bins.
- Dress for the weather and bring gloves-Minnesota winters make surfaces icy and handling containers with bare hands unpleasant.
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