After receiving many calls asking where child car seats can be recycled, RAM unveilled the REseatTM program on America Recycles Day in 2011.
This new and exciting recycling program recycles all unwanted and expired child safety seats. At the first collection event on America Recycles Day in 2011, 182 child car seats were collected for recycling. Hundreds more car seats have been collected at single day events and at year round drop off locations since the program began. In 2012, 973 car seats were collected for recycling bringing the total carseats recycled through the program as of March 2013 to 1,298! Keep up the good work Minnesota!
The cost to recycle is $10 per seat. We dismantle the car seat into the 3 main components for recycling: metal, plastic and cloth straps which allows us to recycle 95% of the materials!
Year Round Drop off Locations for REseatTM include:
Carver County Environmental Center116 Peavey Circle
Chaska, MN 55318
Call for hours of operation: (952) 361-1835 or (952) 361-1800
Website: http://www.co.carver.mn.us/departments/LWS/location_hours.asp
City of Coon Rapids Recycling Center
1831 111th Avenue NW (one block east of Hanson)
Coon Rapids, MN 55433
Phone: (763) 767-6485
Hours: Wednesday and Saturday 9:00 a.m-3:00 p.m.
Website: http://www.coonrapidsmn.gov/recycling/recyclecenter.htm
City of Elk River-Elk River Maintenance Facility
19000 Proctor Rd
Elk River, MN 55330Phone: 763-635-1000Hours: Monday - Thursday 9:00 a.m.-3:30 p.m.Website: www.elkrivermn.gov
Sherburne County Health & Human Services13880 Business Center DriveElk River, MN 55330Phone: 763-765-4000Hours: Monday - 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Douglas Kugler Eco-Site
Operated by the Adult Training and Habilitation Center
676 Industrial Blvd.
Watertown, MN 55388
Call for hours of operation: (952) 955-1130 Recycling Association of Minnesota852B E Lake StreetWayzata, MN 55391Phone: 952-473-0048Call before dropping off car seats.