Shop the curbs for free on Trash to Treasure Day in White Bear Lake

City and White Bear Lake Township residents are encouraged to put items they don’t need on the curb on April 27 for others to take for free.

The Minnesota Star Tribune
April 18, 2024 at 2:56PM
The business district along 3rd Street in White Bear Lake, pictured in 2019. (David Joles/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

Looking for a new couch or bookshelf? In White Bear Lake and White Bear Township, neighbors can shop each others’ curbs on Trash to Treasure Day, Saturday, April 27.

On that day, White Bear Lake and township residents are encouraged to place items they no longer need on their curbs with a sign that clearly marks them “free.”

Others are encouraged to pick up free items to take home, keeping the goods out of the waste stream.

Some items that aren’t picked up can be disposed of on White Bear Lake’s spring clean-up day.

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Greta Kaul

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Greta Kaul is the Star Tribune’s built environment reporter.

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