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Our customers receive our newsletter with announcements and service updates. If you are not receiving your copy, please call us, or sign up to receive your newsletter by email. Click on the link to view our latest newsletter - December 2012.

Want a $10 Credit on Your Next Bill? 04/25/2011
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When you make a referral to Hartel's / DBJ you'll pass on the dependability of a company that has been locally owned for nearly 60 years with the experience and customer service you depend on. And, you'll get a $10 credit on your own bill for any referral that becomes a new customer. You can also feel proud for supporting a business that supports your own community. So please, tell all your friends, neighbors, and relatives about our company. Thank you!

Free Household Hazardous Waste Disposal 04/23/2011
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What do bottles of nail polish, CFL light bulbs, and pesticides have in common? They are all considered "household hazardous waste," and are not supposed to be placed in your trash. Visit WLSSD to find out about their free household hazardous waste disposal - You can bring old paints, sealants, insect and weed killers, fluorescent bulbs, and more to be properly disposed of, at no charge! For a complete guide to household hazardous waste items, visit WLSSD's Disposal Guide.

Happy Earth Day! 04/22/2011
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Happy Earth Day! Thanks for helping us to recycle and keep our community clean!

WLSSD - Product Exchange Room 04/20/2011
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Need just a little paint for a project? Safe and useable products brought in to the WLSSD's Household Hazardous Waste facility are available free of charge in their Product Exchange Room. Their selection changes daily. Residents can take a maximum of 5 items per day for personal use.

Got STUFF? Need STUFF? 04/19/2011
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Got STUFF? The WLSSD Materials Recovery Center can help! It's a facility where residents can get rid of many types of wastes. It's their goal to reuse, recycle or recover as much material as possible, reducing the amount of waste sent to landfills. The MRC accepts a variety of wastes and recyclables from area residents and businesses for a small fee. Need STUFF? The MRC is open for "shopping" on Saturdays, and has a variety of items from appliances to furniture to construction material available for reuse.

Freecycle - Recycling Resource 04/18/2011
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Have you started to think about spring cleaning yet? If so, make sure you check out Freecycle.org. It's a nonprofit organization and a movement of people interested in keeping good stuff out of landfills while building a sense of community. Duluth MN Freecycle(TM) is open to all who want to "recycle" that special something rather than throw it away. Whether it's a chair, a fax machine, or an old door, feel free to post it. Or maybe you're looking to acquire something yourself! Everything posted must be FREE, legal and appropriate for all ages.

Stay tuned this week for more spring cleaning resources!

Proctor Warming House 04/15/2011
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We would like to share a community project that we were proud to be a part of. Have you seen the new warming house in Proctor at the public rink on Hwy 2? It was donated by Hartel's/ DBJ Disposal. We took a shipping container and modified it in our fabrication shop. We were happy to help out with this, as were many other businesses in our community. The rink is primarily used by the youth of our area which is why we were excited to take part in this project.

Recycling Center 04/14/2011
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Ever wonder where recyclable items end up? They come to our state-of-the-art Recycling Center right here in Proctor. We process 36 tons of material every day at our Recycling Center. Can you imagine the amount of landfill space our customers would use if you didn't recycle? As measured by weight, those 36 tons a day break down to about 75% paper, 16% glass, 6% plastic, and approximately 3% Tin /Aluminum. At Hartel's / DBJ, we take recycling seriously. Any effort our customers make to recycle is a statement that you want the items you put into your cart to actually be recycled and support a healthy environment. We are able to keep many items local, reusing what you've recycled.

We're always in search of local Minnesota companies that are in business making new products out of the recyclables we collect and sort. That reduces the overall carbon footprint for those items - less vehicle travel, less carbon released.

Styrofoam Goes in the Trash 04/11/2011
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We've been hearing lots of questions lately about recycling Styrofoam. Some of these items have the recycle symbol at the bottom, however, our recycling center cannot process these types of items. Please place any Styrofoam items in your trash, not your recycling bin. For more answers to your recycling questions, please visit our Recycling FAQ page. Thanks for helping us to be more efficient!

We Love Positive Feedback! 04/07/2011
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We received another nice note the other day from one of our valued customers!

Andrea R. from Duluth said, "I just wanted to take the time to let you know what great drivers you have on our route. This winter there have been many extremely windy days where I have noticed some of our garbage and our neighbor's blowing around, when I'm up feeding our baby in the very early morning hours, and when we get up the stray garbage has been picked up. We one day forgot to put out our recycling and the driver even pulled it up for us from next to the house. This is the kind of service that will keep us as customers for years to come. The specific drivers on our route have gone above and beyond our expectations. A special thank you to those drivers! They certainly deserve some recognition!"

We love great feedback! You can always let us know how we're doing by sending a message here.

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