SKB Environmental

History

SKB Environmental was founded in 1983 by Dorothy Bolander, as one of the first privately held demolition waste disposal companies to serve the construction industry in Minnesota.

In those early years, SKB Environmental’s primary function was to compliment the Carl Bolander & Sons Company demolition business, arranging cost-effective disposal services for construction and demolition (C&D) debris.

In 1989, we designed and permitted Minnesota's first state-of-the-art landfill for disposal of C&D waste. Typical of the company's commitment to environmentally responsibility, the Rich Valley Landfill is the first clay lined C&D landfill with leachate collection in Minnesota. In fact, it is one of a handful of C&D facilities in the nation that combine such rigorous design features with stringent operating practices and groundwater monitoring - becoming a model facility for the C&D industry.

Our commitment to environmental protection is also reflected in SKB Environmental's focus on recycling economically recoverable concrete, brick, block, ferrous and non-ferrous metals, corrugated cardboard, roofing materials, vinyl and wood waste in its operations. In the late 1990’s, the first large-scale state-of-the-art C&D processing facility in Minnesota's Twin Cities Area was installed at our Malcolm facility in Minneapolis. Today, SKB Environmental’s recycling operation has grown to a regional Integrated C&D Recycling system consisting of multiple locations and recycling and processing capabilities.

During the 1990's, SKB Environmental developed a yard-waste composting operation that became the largest in the Upper Midwest. SKB Environmental also pioneered the first Organic Waste Compost Facility in Minnesota. These facilities are still operating successfully today.

SKB Recycling is proud and excited to be your recycler for tear-off roofing shingles. We will separate, process, and recycle your tear-off roofing shingle waste into a recycled product that is incorporated into asphalt paving projects.Our state-of-the-art processing and grinding equipment allows us to produce a product of the highest quality, meeting and exceeding federal, state, and local specifications. The materials are processed to remove deleterious material, ensuring an effective and—most importantly—safe product.