5 rules for unincorporated Dakota County, Minnesota.
Verified from official government sources
Dakota County uses open-hauler collection: residents contract directly with a licensed hauler, and every hauler serving the county must be licensed and accept the county's designated recyclables. Under Ordinance 110, no one may collect solid waste in the county without a license (except hauling your own household waste).
Dakota County Ordinance 110, Sec. 15.01
No person may collect and/or dispose solid waste, including recyclable materials, within Dakota County without first being granted a license to do so by the department ... This section shall not apply to persons who collect and transport their own household solid waste.
Where and when you set out carts is set by your city and hauler, but Dakota County Ordinance 110, Sec. 16.06, requires every trash, recycling, and organics container to have a visible, legible, color-coded label - blue for recycling, green for organics, gray or black for trash - showing accepted
Dakota County Ordinance 110, Sec. 16.06(A)
Ensure each trash, recycling, and organics container has a visible sign or label ... Indicates which materials are acceptable ... Shows images of acceptable materials ... Is color-coded: blue for recycling; green for organics; and, gray or black for trash.
Yard waste, household hazardous waste, electronics, appliances, and tires are banned from Dakota County trash and recycling. Ordinance 110 makes it unlawful to put yard waste in mixed municipal solid waste. Take hazardous waste to The Recycling Zone in Eagan.
Dakota County Ordinance 110, Sec. 3.01(C)
It shall be unlawful and a violation of this ordinance for any person to dispose of yard waste in mixed municipal solid waste.
All Dakota County residents, businesses, multifamily properties, schools, and governments must recycle a designated list of materials, and every licensed hauler must accept them. The Designated List of Recyclables is set by the County Board and posted online. Recycling supports Minnesota's goal to recycle 75% of waste by 2030.
Dakota County Ordinance 110, Sec. 2 (Designated List)
County Board of Commissioners and published by the Department on the Dakota County Website that represents the minimum haulers must accept and generators must recycle. Generators, facilities and haulers will have six months to implement any changes after it is published.
Illegal dumping is prohibited by Dakota County Ordinance 110 and Minnesota law. Ordinance 110 bars disposing of solid waste anywhere except a county-licensed facility. Under Minn. Stat. 609.68, unlawfully depositing garbage or litter on public or others' private land is a petty misdemeanor.
Dakota County Ordinance 110, Sec. 3.01(E)
Unless otherwise provided in this ordinance, no person shall, within Dakota County: Intentionally dispose of any solid waste except at a solid waste facility licensed by the county.
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