The Solid Waste Management Program has no tipping fee for your hauler. The disposal costs are included in your Solid Waste Service Fee. Your commercial hauler is only charging you for their collection cost.
Public Works Department - Solid Waste Division
Residential Customers
DON'T BURN YOUR GARBAGE: Burning household garbage in burn barrels, stoves and fire pits creates pollution that's dangerous to human health and contaminates the air, water, and soil. It's also against the law for homeowners in Minnesota.
Disposal of Household Hazardous Waste
Fee Reduction Form For senior citizens & disabled residents that have income under the federal poverty level can ask for a reduction in service fees.
Request a Solid Waste ID Card for access to a County Solid Waste Transfer Facility.
The County enacted a residential service fee on every home, apartment, mobile home and seasonal dwelling located in the County in 1992. The service fee is applied to the real estate property tax statement. The collected fees (Residential and Commercial) pay for the Solid Waste Management Program.
Solid Waste Management Program consists of :
- Maintaining & Operating two full service transfer stations, demolition landfill, various rural collection sites, and equipment.
- Beltrami County residents to bring their household solid waste, recyclables, appliances, electronics, oil filters, batteries, light bulbs, cooking oil, tires, scrap metal, old/bad fuel, antifreeze, waste oil, and household hazardous waste to the two full service Transfer Stations at no additional cost.
- Use of various Rural Collection Sites that accept:
- Household solid waste (items you could fit in your kitchen waste receptacle)
- Source Separated Recycling
- Ordinance Enforcement
Frequently Asked Questions
I am already paying someone to pick up my garbage. Why am I paying the County?
What about people who live in apartments?
The Residential Service Fee is applied to every livable unit in apartment buildings. Each apartment is charged the same as a residential home. This also includes every mobile home which is located in licensed mobile home parks.
Where do I dispose of my yard waste?
Grass clippings, garden waste, leaves and brush need to be taken to the Beltrami County Demolition Landfill. There is no fee for this service.
The county does not charge on the basis of how much garbage is generated. There are two reasons for that:
It would be almost impossible to administer and figure out how much each household used.
There are many expenses in addition to the amount of tons of garbage generated. The recycling program is a great example: it costs the county significant dollars to meet our recycling goals. Those goals are requirements placed on counties.