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Trash & Recycling in Eden Prairie, MN (2026)

9 verified trash & recycling rules for Eden Prairie, Minnesota, sourced directly from the municipal code and official government pages.

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Pickup Rules & Schedules

City Code Section 5.36 licenses up to five residential waste haulers, assigns each address a fixed collection district and day by Council resolution, caps hauler trucks at eight tons per axle on City streets, and bars residential collection before 7:00 a.m., after 8:30 p.m., or on Sundays.

Trash Pickup Rules in Eden Prairie

Some Restrictions

Eden Prairie City Code § 5.36

A.Each licensee is authorized to collect waste within the geographical service area. The Council has by resolution divided the geographical service area into districts and established the days on which residential waste collection may occur within each district. ... No licensee or any other person may collect waste from residential customers on any day other than the day specified for collectio...

Bin Placement Rules

In the City of Eden Prairie, City Code Section 9.01, Subdivision 3.A requires trash and recycling storage containers at single-family homes, multi-family buildings, and commercial establishments to sit at least twenty feet from the property line, and screens any container kept in a front yard behind an opaque fence or coniferous landscaping. Subdivision 3.B limits curbside set-out to a 24-hour window on each side of pickup.

Eden Prairie Trash Container Placement Rules

Some Restrictions

Eden Prairie City Code § 9.01, Subd. 3.A-B

A.Storage containers for Single-Family Dwellings, Multiple-Family Dwellings or Commercial Establishments must be stored at least twenty (20) feet from the property line. Storage containers stored within a front yard must be screened from the public street with an opaque fence or coniferous landscape material. For the purposes of this ordinance, a corner lot shall be defined as having two (2) fr...

Bulk Item Disposal

In the City of Eden Prairie, City Code Section 9.01, Subdivision 3.I limits a single-family property to one roll-off container for solid waste or construction debris at a time, capped at ninety days, unless the City Manager approves a longer period in writing. Subdivision 3.J requires the container to sit on a hard-surfaced driveway when feasible and sets restoration rules if it must sit on grass.

Eden Prairie Roll-Off Container Limits

Some Restrictions

Eden Prairie City Code § 9.01, Subd. 3.I-J

I.Only one (1) Roll Off Container for collection of Solid Waste or construction debris is allowed for Single-Family Dwelling at a single time and for no more than ninety (90) days unless previously approved in writing by the City Manager or his/her designee.J.Roll Off Containers shall be placed on a hard surfaced driveway when feasible. If the Roll-Off Container must be placed on a grassed or l...

Recycling Requirements

In the City of Eden Prairie, City Code Section 9.01, Subdivision 4 has required owners, associations, and management entities of multi-family dwellings, since July 1, 2008, to provide every occupant with regularly scheduled recyclable-waste collection service. Subdivision 5 extends the same duty to owners and managers of new construction in the City's office, industrial, and commercial zoning districts, including OFC, I-2, I-5, C-Com, C-Reg, and TOD.

Eden Prairie Multi-Family Recycling Requirements

Some Restrictions

Eden Prairie City Code § 9.01, Subd. 4

Subd. 4. Recyclable Waste Collection—Multiple-Family. Owners, Associations or other management entities for Multiple-Family Dwellings must, by, or not later than July 1, 2008, make available to the occupants of all dwelling units on the premises services for the Collection of Recyclable Waste which accumulates on the premises in accordance with the following provisions. ... A.Schedule. The Coll...

Illegal Dumping

In the City of Eden Prairie, City Code Section 9.34, Subdivision 3 makes it unlawful to throw or deposit nails, glass, cans, garbage, leaves, tree limbs, petroleum products, or other listed waste on public property, or to dump salt-laden or chemical-laden water there. Storing building construction or demolition materials or waste on public property without a written Council permit is a separate violation of the same subdivision.

Eden Prairie Ban on Dumping on Public Property

Some Restrictions

Eden Prairie City Code § 9.34 (Subd. 3)

Subd. 3. Dumping on Public Property. It is unlawful for any person to throw or deposit on public property any nails, dirt, glass or glassware, cans, discarded cloth or clothing, metal scraps, garbage, leaves, grass or tree limbs, paper or paper products, shreds or rubbish, oil, grease or other petroleum products or to empty any water containing salt or other injurious chemical thereon. It is a ...

Yard Waste Collection

In the City of Eden Prairie, City Code Section 9.01 defines yard waste as grass clippings, twigs, tree and brush trimmings, straw, pine needles, branches, garden waste, and leaves generated from lawn care and landscaping, and Subdivision 3.D makes it unlawful for a single-family or multi-family owner, or a commercial establishment, to store yard waste on site for more than one week unless it is being composted.

Eden Prairie Yard Waste Storage Limit

Some Restrictions

Eden Prairie City Code § 9.01, Subd. 2, Subd. 3.D

Yard Waste means solid waste generated from landscaping and lawn care activities such as mowing, trimming, gardening or raking consisting of grass clippings, twigs, tree and brush clippings, straw, pine needles, tree branches, soft vegetative garden waste and leaves. ... It is unlawful for the owner or occupant of a Single-Family, ... Multiple-Family Dwelling or Commercial Establishment to stor...

Dumpster Rules

In the City of Eden Prairie, City Code Section 11.08, Subdivision 4 requires any property built under a building permit issued after June 15, 2010 in multi-family, office, industrial, and commercial zoning districts to implement a trash enclosure plan before it can get an occupancy permit. The dumpster and recycling containers must sit inside a fully screened, roofed enclosure that meets the district's setbacks.

Eden Prairie Commercial Trash Enclosure Rule

Some Restrictions

Eden Prairie City Code § 11.08, Subd. 4

Subd. 4. Trash and Recycling. Implementation of a trash enclosure plan is required prior to issuance of any occupancy permit for a property located in zoning districts RM 2-5, OFC, I-2, I-5, I-Gen, FS, C-Com, N-Com, C-Reg, C-Reg-Ser, C-Hwy, TC, TOD-E, TOD-R, TOD-MU, PUB, GC, MU, A-C and A-OFC. This subdivision is applicable to all properties which have been issued a building permit for new cons...

Collection Schedule

In the City of Eden Prairie, every occupant of a single-family home, multi-family unit or commercial establishment must be a party to, or beneficiary of, a contract for solid waste collection under City Code Section 9.01, Subd. 9. Residents may set containers curbside only 24 hours before pickup and must remove them within 24 hours after, per Subd. 3.B.

Eden Prairie Trash Collection Contract Rules

Some Restrictions

Eden Prairie City Code § 9.01

B.Storage containers for Solid Waste, Recyclable Materials or Yard Waste may be set curbside twenty-four (24) hours prior to the scheduled pickup. The storage containers must be removed from curbside within twenty-four (24) hours after the scheduled pickup. ... Subd. ... 9. Solid Waste Collection Contract. Every occupant of Single-Family Dwellings, Multiple-Family Dwellings, and Commercial Esta...

Recycling Rules

Section 5.36, Subdivision 7 requires licensed haulers to collect recyclables at least every two weeks and trash and organics weekly, bars dumping source-separated recyclables at a disposal facility, and obligates haulers to collect aluminum, cans, cardboard, glass, paper, and plastic recyclables from every residential and commercial customer.

Recycling Requirements in Eden Prairie

Some Restrictions

Eden Prairie City Code § 5.36

A.Collect or provide for the collection from each customer of the licensee of recyclable materials no less frequently than on a bi-weekly basis and trash and organic materials no less frequently than on a weekly basis on the same day or days that the licensee collects other forms of waste from such customer as described in Subdivision 6.A.B.Not deliver to, dump, or dispose of recyclable materia...

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