ABOUT US
Who We Are
We’re a third-generation family-owned company that has been serving the Twin Cities and Greater Minnesota since 1965.
Our Mission
Dem-Con strives to provide solutions across all our businesses that are economically viable, sustainable and technically sound by prioritizing people, acting with honesty and integrity and having an unwavering commitment to our customers.
Our Values
Do the right thing
Continuously improve
Prioritize People
Commitment to Customers
Dem-Con is a third-generation family-owned company that began in the 1960s to service the waste needs of Scott County as well as the entire Twin Cities metro area.
In the early years of Dem-Con’s operations, the process of waste disposal and recycling was much simpler than the complex automation that exists today. In the 1960s, a coffee can was placed each day at the gate and each customer knew to place the fee for disposal in the can for payment, purely on the honor system.
Hiring new employees was also much different as most job offers were done at Joe Pahl’s kitchen table after inviting potential new employees to his home. Recycling meant hand-picking materials out of loads, throwing it in a pick-up truck and finding another use for it.
But one thing has not changed over the years: doing the right thing. Doing the right thing has been the founding value of our company and that simple mantra is used daily in decision making at Dem-Con.
Recycling meant hand-picking materials out of loads, throwing it in a pick-up truck and finding another use for it. But one thing has not changed over the years: doing the right thing. Doing the right thing has been the founding value of our company and that simple mantra is used daily in decision making at Dem-Con.
Dem-Con is a third-generation family-owned company that began in the 1960s to service the waste needs of Scott County as well as the entire Twin Cities metro area. In the early years of Dem-Con’s operations, the process of waste disposal and recycling was much simpler than the complex automation that exists today. In the 1960s, a coffee can was placed each day at the gate and each customer knew to place the fee for disposal in the can for payment, purely on the honor system. Hiring new employees was also much different as most job offers were done at Joe Pahl’s kitchen table after inviting potential new employees to his home.
