Tag: Clay County Solid Waste

Recycling Holiday Lights

CLAY COUNTY, MN—As you’re taking down your Christmas lights, you might be thinking about replacing those lights.  Clay County Solid Waste is accepting old holiday lights through January 3 in Barnesville, Dilworth, Glyndon, Hawley, Hitterdal and Ulen.  Mara DeRung, the recycling outreach educator at Clay County Solid Waste says there are also drop-off sites for…
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December 30, 2025 0

Pumpkin Composting In Clay County

When Halloween is over, what should you do with your pumpkins?  In Clay County, you can drop off pumpkins to be recycled for compost.  Ella Holiman, a landfill technician for Clay County Solid Waste, explains. Holiman says you will have to clean up your pumpkin before dropping it off. Here are the locations where pumpkins…
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October 28, 2024 0

Empty Pesticide Container Collection

HAWLEY, MN—Farmers who have empty pesticide containers might want to rinse them out and take them to Hawley next week.  Shannon Thompson with Clay County Solid Waste explains. Thompson reminds us this empty container collection is only for agricultural pesticide users, and not for household containers.  For more information, call Clay County Solid Waste at…
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August 24, 2024 0