West 7th / Fort Road Federation: Empowering Communities

 The city of Saint Paul, through its partnership with Eureka Recycling, provides recycling services to all Saint Paul residents. Saint Paul's curbside recycling program is sponsored by Eureka Recycling, the City of Saint Paul, the State of Minnesota SCORE funds through Ramsey County and your neighborhood community council. 

Eureka's website has great information on what items are acceptable for recycling. There is even an app to download! Want to speak with a customer care representative? Call: 612-669-2783.
Questions about difficult items? Visit Saint Paul's Recycle Smart page. 

Visit the City of Saint Paul's website, for complete information on  recycling and waste reduction, including residential curbside recycling, yard waste, composting and more.

Recycling day for the West Seventh area is Tuesday’s. Have your cart out by 7 a.m. with arrows facing out toward the street/alley and 2 feet of space around the cart. Materials should fit loosely inside your cart with lids closed. In winter, please remember to shovel a space for your cart. Carts are 65 gallons in size. 

Residents can set out extra materials, outside of the cart any time, not just after a missed collection.  Limit is 6 paper grocery bags or 3 medium size boxes.  Set next to the cart with some space.  Eureka will empty the cart, put extras inside the cart and tip it again.

The City of Saint Paul is responsible for cart management services and customer service inquiries. Get in touch:

1. Email:  recyclingprogram@ci.stpaul.mn.us
2. Call: 651-266-6199
3. Online Form: stpaul.gov/recycle or https://saintpaul.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/requests/new?ticket_form_id=15239922562829​

 The City of Saint Paul offers numerous ways to support residents who want to collect and prevent litter in their neighborhoods.

To help address the ongoing problem of trash and litter in our community, the city is encouraging community members to help clean, beautify, and improve their neighborhoods. Clean neighborhoods benefit everyone!

The Come Clean! Program offers multiple ways to get involved. You supply the time, energy and enthusiasm and we will supply the trash bags, gloves and many, many thanks. Businesses and individuals who Adopt-a-Block can request a window cling or lawn sign in recognition of their efforts. 

Questions? Contact the Come Clean! Coordinator at (651) 266-6130. 

 Know What Goes in Your Recycling Cart

Before you throw something in the garbage, try to reuse it in a new way, or ask yourself, “Can I recycle this?” It is important to recycle right to prevent problems at recycling facilities and create quality items from those recyclables. Recycle Smart, do your part and pledge to recycle the right items in your recycling cart!

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Here are some tips for recycling right:

• Keep a separate recycling container or paper bag next to your garbage can.
• Post a list of what items you can recycle next to your recycling container or on your refrigerator.
• Save and reference Saint Paul and Ramsey County annual recycling guides that come in the mail.
• View a list of materials accepted for recycling at stpaul.gov/recycle.
• Search items you still don’t know what to do with Ramsey County A to Z Guide
• Recycling and disposal hotline: 651-633-EASY (3279), answered 24/7

 ​For residents, Ramsey Recycles increases awareness around household recycling and participation in the free residential collection and drop off sites that are located throughout the county. These include:

• Yard Waste collection sites
• ​Food Scraps drop-off - ​**Coming in 2024: Food scraps pickup program**
  • ​​At the Fort Road Federation office, you can pick up a free organics recycling starter kit containing compostable bags, refrigerator magnets, and other supplies to help you succeed in reducing your waste footprint. We have refills of small compostable bags at the office, too.
• Medicine Collection sites
• Household Hazardous Waste and Product Reuse Center
• Recycling and disposal hotline: 651-633-EASY (3279), answered 24/7
• Apartment and multi-family building recycling info

Learn more about recycling resources for businesses here.  

 Make your next big party or community event a zero-waste event. We loan out free ClearStream containers with information.  The Fort Road Federation can provide you with composting and recycling bags (as supplies allow) and information.

Call or email the office at 651.298.5599 to reserve containers, we have four each of recycling and compost. Thank you for your help in reducing event waste! ​ 

 Ramsey County is partnering with Repowered (formerly Tech Dump) to offer recycling of televisions, computers and devices that connect to them, such as VCRs, DVD players, keyboards and printers for free. See the complete list of accepted items below.
This partnership is for Ramsey County residents only. Electronic waste (e-waste) from businesses and out-of-county residents is accepted at Repowered under their normal fee structure and is not part of this program. 
Through this partnership, Ramsey County residents can bring unwanted electronics to Repowered's Saint Paul location.

Learn more at: http://www.ramseycounty.us/Electronics​