Trash Talk

Mara DeRung 

With it being summer, celebrations occur throughout this warm weather. Fireworks, sparklers, hot ashes from campfires, and other flammable things must be disposed of properly. The proper process to dispose of fireworks and sparklers, used or unused, is to soak them in water for 24 hours before bringing them to a disposal site like the Resource Recovery Center in Moorhead or the
Clay County Landfill near Hawley. Hot ash must be soaked 24 hours, and then bagged before it can be accepted as garbage material at the Resource Recovery Center or Clay County Landfill.
Other things like gunpowder, dynamite, Tannerite, and live ammunition are not accepted at the Resource Recovery Center for disposal. Empty shells would be considered a garbage material and accepted at the Resource Recovery Center or the Clay County Landfill.
If you have questions about recycling or solid waste disposal issues in Clay County, please call or email me, Mara DeRung, at 219 299-5016 or at Solid.Waste@claycountymn.gov.