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McLeod County approves household hazardous waste agreements with neighbors, renews recycling contract
Summary
The county board approved agreements allowing Carver, Meeker, Sibley and Wright county residents to use McLeod County’s household hazardous waste facility (one reciprocity agreement with Carver), and renewed a three-year recycling processing contract with Demcon Materials Recovery LLC.
The McLeod County Board of Commissioners on May 6, 2025 approved multiple inter-county agreements to allow neighboring-county residents to use McLeod County's household hazardous waste (HHW) facility and approved a three-year renewal with Demcon Materials Recovery LLC for processing single-stream recyclables.
Environmental Services staff said the agreements aim to provide convenience to residents near county borders. The board approved a reciprocity agreement with Carver County in which McLeod and Carver bill each other for incurred HHW costs. The board also approved one-way agreements permitting residents of Meeker, Sibley and Wright counties to use the McLeod facility; those counties do not return reciprocal access.
Sarah (Environmental Services) told the board McLeod’s cost per household typically ranges from $17 to $22, while Carver County’s fee is about $9 to $13, and she reported historical usage counts: roughly 220–250 Meeker County residents use the McLeod program each year, and Sibley County residents have numbered about 150 households per year. Staff said small numbers of residents from neighboring counties use whichever convenience option best fits their location.
The board also renewed its contract with Demcon Materials Recovery LLC to remain McLeod County’s end vendor for sorting and sale of single-sort recyclable materials. The renewal begins May 20, 2025; the tip fee will be $82 per ton in year one, rising to $85 in year two and $88 in year three. The county will receive a monthly rebate equal to 8% of the average commodity revenue (ACR). County staff said current commodity prices are producing rebates that presently exceed tip-fee expenses and that the Material Recycling Facility Committee recommended the renewal.
County officials said the inter-county HHW agreements and the Demcon contract are intended to ensure convenient services for border residents, recover costs through inter-county billing, and maintain revenue streams tied to recycling quality and tonnage.
The agreements were approved by voice vote and will be implemented under terms in the signed intergovernmental agreements; staff will continue to report usage and cost-recovery figures to the board.
