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Residents asked to use road sand collection sites

[Duluth, MN] - It’s spring cleanup time even though it feels like spring has not officially arrived yet. The City of Duluth invites residents to dispose of excess sand or salt from sidewalks, curbs, and boulevards at one of the Road Sand Collection Sites set up around the City. Street sweepers collect road sand from the streets as quickly as possible in the spring, but any additional cleanup help from citizens is greatly appreciated. If not picked up before the spring rains, the sand washes into our streams and can damage trout habitat.

The best way to dispose of road sand is to sweep it up and bring it to one of the four dump sites that the City has set up around Duluth. The collection sites are large, green, roll-off dumpsters marked with a sign. They are open to all Duluth residents to drop off road sand from their sidewalks, curbs, and gutters. Sites will be in place until early May at the following locations:

Chester Bowl (near the playground)

Duluth Heights Community Club Parking Lot

Piedmont Community Center

Wheeler Field (in the back)

These sites are monitored for illegal dumping. Please dispose of yard waste, leaves, grass clippings, and brush at the WLSSD yard waste site.

The City thanks residents for their help in preserving streams and trout habitats. For additional information regarding this program, please contact Program Coordinator, Chris Kleist at (218) 355-0598.

Catch basins lead directly to our streams and Lake Superior, not to the wastewater treatment plant. Please do not dump anything into them. Contact the City of Duluth at 730-4130 during business hours or 730-4100 on evenings and weekends to report any illegal discharge or dumping.

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