JUNK REMOVAL
IN COLUMBIA HEIGHTS, MN

Where we work in Columbia Heights

Columbia Heights is a single ZIP — 55421 — and we cover the whole of it, from Silver Lake and Highland Lake through Sullivan Lake and Clover Pond, and around Keyes, Labelle, Bruce Nawrocki and McKenna parks. It is a dense, older inner-ring city: narrow lots, detached garages off the alley and basements with outside stairs.

St. Anthony, New Brighton and Fridley are on the same run.

What Columbia Heights’ own disposal rules mean for you

Columbia Heights is the only city we serve in Anoka County, and Anoka handles this differently from its neighbours. The county’s household hazardous waste facility is explicit that it does not take appliances, electronics or tires — those have to go to specialised drop-off sites you find through the county’s Recycling and Disposal Directory.

• Appliances, mattresses, electronics and scrap metal all route to separate locations. The county itself recommends ringing ahead before driving out, because some sites have closed or cut hours — recycle@anokacountymn.gov or 763-324-3400.
• Furniture and usable goods go to reuse outlets, not to the county facility.
• Proof of residency is required at the hazardous waste facility.
• On yard waste the county is blunt: “Do not put yard waste in your trash — it is illegal.” Minnesota law says the same for major appliances and cathode-ray-tube electronics (Minn. Stat. 115A.9561, 115A.9565, 115A.931).

What we actually haul in Columbia Heights

Columbia Heights is a smaller service area for us, and we would rather say so than pretend otherwise. The jobs we have done there are two-person residential loads and standard junk removal — garage and basement clear-outs in the older housing stock.

Columbia Heights junk removal questions

Do you serve Columbia Heights?
Yes — the whole 55421 ZIP, and St. Anthony, New Brighton and Fridley on the same routes.

What does Anoka County take, and what doesn’t it?
The county’s hazardous waste facility takes chemicals and paint but is explicit that it does not take appliances, electronics or tires. Those go to separate specialist sites listed in the county’s Recycling and Disposal Directory — and the county advises calling ahead, because hours change.

Is it really illegal to bin yard waste?
Yes. Anoka County states it plainly, and Minnesota law has barred yard waste from mixed municipal solid waste across the metro since 1990.