City of Cottage Grove, Minnesota

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Composting

Rumpca Companies, Inc. is operating the City's compost site.  The hours and rates are shown below.  If you have any questions you can call the compost site at (651) 459-1556 or visit their website at www.rumpcacompanies.com.

 

The City's compost site, located at 95th and Glendenning Road, typically is:

  • Open during the summer and two weekends in January to accept Christmas trees.
  • Closed around the time most leaves have fallen or when we get a measurable snow in the area.

Waste Accepted:

Leaves, grass, brush, logs, stumps, wood chips, wood waste, sod, soil, wood pallets, cement, bricks and landscape rock.

WE DO NOT ACCEPT TREATED LUMBER!

Available for Sale:

Screened compost, mulch & wood chips

The Compost Site will re-open during the second and third weekends in January , so residents can drop off Christmas trees.  Cost will be $1.00 per Christmas tree the $1.00 fee will be waived if a donation of a canned good is brought in to be donated to the local Food Shelf.

Saturday, January 7 & 14, 2012     9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Sunday, January 8 & 15, 2012        9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

For more information and questions, please go to www.rumpcacompanies.com, or call the Rumpca Services at 651-459-1556.

Drop Off
Leaves and Grass

$1.00 per 30 gallon bag or less

$2.00 per 60 gallon bag

$3.00 per 90 gallon bag or

$6.00/yard

Brush & Logs $5.00/yard
Stumps $25.00/yard
Wood Chips Free
Wood Chips with Logs & Brush $5.00/yard
Sod & Soil $6.00/yard
Wood Waste

$2.00/yard

Wood Waste w/Dirt $15.00/yard
Wood Pallets $0.25 each
Any mixture of brush/dirt/rocks/shrubs/grass clippings/leaves $15.00/yard
Cement, bricks, & landscape rock $15.00/yard

Railroad Ties

You must call the office at 651-459-1556 to make arrangements for dumping of ties

$1.00 per foot
Plastic bag left behind $1.00 each
Retail Available
Hardwood Mulch $14.00/yard
Premium Hardwood Mulch $18.00/yard
Blonde Mulch $19.00/yard
Colored Mulch (Red, Brown or Gold) $34.00/yard
Cedar Mulch $47.00/yard
Cypress

$50.00/yard

Compost $11.00/yard
Top Soil $15.00/yard
Farm Post (mixture of topsoil, fines & manure). $24.00/yard
Garden Mixture (compost, topsoil, & sand) $20.00/yard
1 1/2" Limestone $29.00/yard
1 1/2" Washed River Rock

$40.00/yard

Class 5 $20.00/yard
Screened Sand $18.00/yard
Bryan Red Rock $40.00/yard
Minimum 10 yard loads $75.00 local, $100.00 South Metro, and $125.00 other.
Note: 6 ft short box pickup, holds 2 yards.  8ft box pickup, holds 2.5 yards.  Sales tax= 7.125%
Rumpca Services does not accept Treated Wood!

Residents can also call their garbage hauler and setup a weekly compost pickup.

Hauler Phone # Seasonal Pickup Weekly Pickup/ Per Bag
Tennis Sanitation (651) 459-1887 $85.00 $2.50 per Kraft Biodegradable Bag
Tennis Brothers Sanitation (651) 459-1887 $85.00 $2.50 per Kraft Biodegradable Bag
Waste Management Inc. (651) 437-9201 $84.00 $3.00 per Kraft Biodegradable Bag

*All three haulers require 24-hour notice for weekly pickup.

Residents interested in backyard composting are encouraged to visit Washington County's Composting for more information about backyard composting.

 

 
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