Trash & Recycling in Ramsey County, MN (2026)
2 county-level rules, plus city-specific rules for 1 city in Ramsey County, Minnesota.
Verified from official government sources
Bulk Item Disposal
Ramsey County (Minnesota) runs free yard-waste drop-off sites and household hazardous waste (HHW) collection; bulky-item pickup is arranged through your city. St. Paul offers free mattress and bulky-item collection. State law bars yard waste from the trash.
Bulky Items, Yard Waste, and Household Hazardous Waste
Some RestrictionsMinn. Stat. §115A.931
a person may not place yard waste: (1) in mixed municipal solid waste; (2) in a disposal facility; or (3) in a resource recovery facility except for the purposes of reuse, composting, or cocomposting.
Illegal Dumping
Dumping garbage, litter, or waste on public or private land in Ramsey County (Minnesota) is illegal statewide. Minn. Stat. §609.68 makes unlawful deposit of litter a petty misdemeanor, and §115A.99 adds a civil penalty of two-to-five times the government's cleanup cost.
Illegal Dumping Is a Crime Under State Law
Some RestrictionsMinn. Stat. §609.68
Whoever unlawfully deposits garbage, rubbish, cigarette filters, debris from fireworks, offal, or the body of a dead animal, or other litter in or upon any public highway, public waters or the ice thereon, shoreland areas adjacent to rivers or streams as defined by section 103F.205, public lands, or, without the consent of the owner, private lands or water or ice thereon, is guilty of a petty m...
Trash & Recycling by City in Ramsey County
1 cities in Ramsey County have their own trash & recycling rules. Each link goes to that city's dedicated page with code citations.
All Ramsey County ordinances
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