1. Otter Tail County Recycling Recycling Services Otter Tail County
Fergus Falls Recycling Redemption Center
Monday-Friday 8:00-4:30
Saturday 9:00-4:00
1115 N. Tower Rd.
Pelican Rapids Recycling
Redemption Center
Friday 10:30-6:00
Saturday 9:30-4:00
24 11th Ave SE
Single-Sort Curbside Recycling
Fergus Falls and Perham
Recyclable materials including plastics #1-#7 are to be placed in the 95 gallon bin provided by the city. Pick up is on garbage day every other week.
NO BAGS. LOOSE ONLY
Event Bins
Reserve recycling bins for parties, weddings, picnics, sporting events reunions. The portable bins collapse for easy transport. You provide the bags.
Youth in Action
A hands-on recycling program that earns community recognition and money for youth organizations.
Special Collections
Recycle Your Holiday Lights
All year
Lions Recycle for Sight Eyeglasses
November (all year)
Commercial Boat Wrap Recycling
Seasonal
Agricultural Plastic Recycling
(844)
School Supplies Reuse
May
(Returned to schools in August)
Otter Tail County
Recycling
Otter Tail County
Solid Waste Department
Revised 8/2017
Please call
for more information
REDUCE, REUSE & RECYCLE

2. Accepted Materials in OTC Where does this go?
Recycling Bin Locations
Accepted Materials in OTC
Aluminum Cans Empty cans and clean aluminum foil/pie plates
Corrugated Cardboard Remove any packaging materials, flatten boxes
Brown paper bags may also be recycled along with cardboard
Glass
Bottles and jars Dishes, glasses and window glass (excluding the frame)
Magazines & Catalogs, Newspaper, Phone Books, Office & Computer Paper, Paperboard – Now Accepted Remove phonebook covers and place both in the paper bin
Shiny flyers/coupons
Printer & notebook paper and white envelopes
Soda, cereal, cracker boxes
Shredded paper (please bag)
**Please bag magazines and office paper separately
Plastic Bottles and jugs with a number 1 or on them
(All containers must have a neck or spout)
Steel/Tin Cans Empty cans, rinse and leave lids attached when possible
Where does this go?
Styrofoam and packing materials-Contact a local packaging store such as Goin’ Postal for reuse.
Plastic coffee containers/ice cream pails-recycling bin
Plastics #3-#7- garbage
Plastic shopping bags-reuse or return to the bins at local grocery stores.
Manilla envelopes, fluorescent and construction paper-garbage
Junk mail/phone books- paper recycling bin
Empty aerosol cans- HHW
Empty dry paint cans-metal recycling bin
Waxy paperboard-garbage
Battle Lake- Larry’s Supermarket
and Battle Lake Transfer Station
Clitherall- Ron’s Ready Mart
Bluffton- Tom’s Body Shop
Dalton- Fire Hall
Deer Creek- Sr. Citizen’s Center
Dent- Sacred Heart Church Hwy 108
Dunvilla- Lakeland General Store
Elizabeth- General Store
Erhard- County Highway Garage
Fergus Falls- OTC Transfer Station, Recycling Center, Sunmart, and Lakeway Market
Henning- Balmoral Ave
NY Mills- City Utility Building
Ottertail-Carr’s Supermarket
Parkers Prairie- OTC Hwy Garage
Perham- Resource Recovery Facility
Pelican Rapids- Recycling Center
Pelican Lake- Pelican Hills Park
Pelican Lake- Fair Hills Hwy 20
Richville-Post Office
Rush Lake- Hwy 78/Rush Lake Loop
Underwood- Railroad Park
Vergas- OTC Hwy 17 North
Vining- Big Foot MN Hwy 210
Weetown- OTC Hwy 1
2016 HHW Mobile
Collection Schedule
Items Not Recycled in OTC
Margarine and whipped topping containers, deli containers, and
plastic bags
Shiny or waxy paperboard or cartons
Light bulbs, automotive glass, and porcelain
Tag board, construction or fluorescent paper, manila envelopes
Packing peanuts or pillows, and polystyrene (Styrofoam)
Please rinse containers
Throw away covers
No need to remove
labels/staples
Flatten boxes
No cardboard in the glass
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