Trash & Recycling in Minnesota (2026)

Anoka County licenses every hauler that collects residential trash in the unincorporated county and sets the rules for…

Carver County's disposal chapter bars several common household items from the regular garbage stream. Yard waste…

Dakota County uses open-hauler collection: residents contract directly with a licensed hauler, and every hauler serving…

Minneapolis requires trash and recycling carts to be at the curb by 6:00 a.m. on collection day, permits setting them…

Every commercial and residential property in Olmsted County, except farms, must either hire a Licensed Hauler for trash…

Saint Paul spells out what a household must do before the designated hauler will collect trash: choose a cart size…

Stearns County requires all covered solid waste to move through the County's public collection system under Ordinance…

Only a hauler holding a valid Washington County Operating License, backed by a Base License from its home county, may…

Cities set curb timing. Coon Rapids lets carts go out at 4 p.m. the day before collection and requires return by…

Carver County limits how long garbage carts can sit at the curb and dictates where rural residents must place them for…

Where and when you set out carts is set by your city and hauler, but Dakota County Ordinance 110, Sec. 16.06, requires…

Hennepin County requires recycling and organics containers at multifamily and commercial properties to be just as…

Maple Grove, Minnesota limits homes to two refuse and recycling carts stored openly in the side or rear yard, and bars…

City-issued mobile refuse containers must go out by 6 a.m. on collection day and come back in by 7 a.m. the next day…

Olmsted County requires trash, recycling, organics and yard-waste containers to stay off the curb until the evening…

Rochester requires refuse containers to be stored in or next to the garage, or next to the residence when there is no…

Saint Paul limits how early and how long trash and yard waste carts can sit at the curb: carts go out no more than 18…

Woodbury requires trash and recycling carts to stay out of public view except on collection day. In platted residential…

Minnesota state law bans appliances, electronics, tires, lead-acid batteries, and mercury-containing devices from solid…

Large items are not put at the curb loose. Residents pre-arrange and pre-pay bulk pickup through their city hauler, or…

Refrigerators, freezers, AC units and other major appliances cannot go out with your regular trash in Carver County…

Yard waste, household hazardous waste, electronics, appliances, and tires are banned from Dakota County trash and…

Minneapolis haulers collect solid waste, demolition debris, tires, and yard waste left within 20 feet of your curbside…

Mattresses, major appliances and furniture too large for a standard curbside cart are classified as Bulky Items under…

Ramsey County (Minnesota) runs free yard-waste drop-off sites and household hazardous waste (HHW) collection…

Saint Paul's base trash service already includes free bulky-item pickup, two items a year for small-cart households…

Large items go through your hauler's bulk pickup or a drop-off site. Scott County runs a household hazardous-waste…

Woodbury classifies oversized items like furniture, mattresses and scrap wood as 'bulky waste' handled through a…

Large items go through your hauler's bulk pickup or a drop-off. Wright County's Compost & Recycling Facility in Buffalo…

Maple Grove, Minnesota lets the city set special collection times for large-item pickup, publishing the schedule…

Minnesota law requires commercial buildings in the seven-county metro and large cities to provide recycling, and bans…

All Dakota County residents, businesses, multifamily properties, schools, and governments must recycle a designated…

Hennepin County requires every city to adopt an ordinance guaranteeing curbside recycling pickup for single-family…

Maple Grove, Minnesota requires anyone who generates solid waste and wants curbside recycling to separate paper…

City-collected properties must place recyclables in approved containers at the curb by 6 a.m. on pickup day and pull…

Olmsted County's Solid Waste Ordinance requires every residential Generator to separate Recyclable Materials from the…

Sec. 357.09(a)(1) has required every Saint Paul residential owner, lessee or occupant to separate recyclable materials…

Recycling is built into Minnesota's metro waste law. Scott County must ensure every resident has an opportunity to…

Ordinance No. 45 bars anyone from placing materials separated for recycling into containers meant for collection or…

Under Ordinance No. 193, the county's Solid Waste Director can impose mandatory recycling requirements district by…

Washington County licenses Recycling Facilities under MPCA rule 7035.2845 and bars trash haulers from charging more for…

Woodbury requires every single-family, attached and multi-family household to separate targeted recyclables from the…

Minnesota law requires every county, metro or not, to give residents an opportunity to recycle. Wright County meets…

Anoka County bars licensed haulers from charging residential customers more for trash pickup just because they recycle…

Dakota County phases in mandatory food-scrap separation for large commercial generators on a rolling schedule: grocery…

Since July 1, 1993, Sec. 357.09(a)(3) has required every Saint Paul owner, lessee or occupant of residential…

Hennepin County Ordinance 2 flatly bans operating an open dump and makes the responsible party pay to haul the waste to…

Dumping solid waste anywhere other than a permitted disposal site is a violation of Olmsted County's Solid Waste…

Rochester makes it unlawful to dump refuse on anyone else's property or to drop trash into a container that belongs to…

St. Louis County Ordinance No. 45 makes it unlawful to dump, throw, or deposit solid waste on any roadway, waterway, or…

Anyone who unlawfully dumps solid waste on public or private land, shorelands, roadways or waters in Carver County…

Minneapolis bans dumping solid waste, building debris, or hazardous materials on streets, public places, or private…

Saint Paul bars contractors from tracking or dumping construction debris onto streets, alleys, and sidewalks. Sec…

Stearns County bans unauthorized accumulation or dumping of solid waste under Ordinance No. 193, gives the Solid Waste…

Washington County makes it a violation to dispose of solid waste anywhere except a licensed site or facility, and…

Dumping garbage, refuse, recyclables, yard waste, HHW or major appliances on any Woodbury street, alley, park or…

Illegal dumping is a statewide crime. Under Minn. Stat. 609.68, depositing garbage, litter, or debris on public land or…

Illegal dumping is prohibited by Dakota County Ordinance 110 and Minnesota law. Ordinance 110 bars disposing of solid…

Maple Grove, Minnesota bans throwing, scattering, or depositing refuse, recyclables, or yard waste on any public or…

Dumping garbage, litter, or waste on public or private land in Ramsey County (Minnesota) is illegal statewide. Minn…

Stearns County bans burning yard waste inside the shoreland overlay's most sensitive zones. Ordinance 439 Section…

Carver County bars yard waste from regular trash disposal or processing facilities under Code Section 50.070 unless the…

Dakota County Ordinance No. 110 requires solid waste haulers in the unincorporated county to collect yard waste…

Maple Grove, Minnesota requires weekly yard waste collection through a licensed hauler unless the owner composts it or…

Minneapolis requires yard waste to sit in approved containers at the curbside collection point, set out no earlier than…

Olmsted County requires residents to keep Yard Waste out of the trash under Ch. 3500 § 3503.02: mulch it back into the…

Saint Paul requires yard waste to be kept separate from trash and set out only in a yard waste cart, compostable bag…

Ordinance No. 45 keeps yard waste out of the trash: Article VI, Section 8.1 bars placing yard waste, garden waste…

Washington County channels yard waste into licensed Yard Waste Compost Facilities rather than a curbside pickup…

Woodbury bans putting yard waste into the regular garbage stream. Sec. 19-3(e) requires residents to haul it to a…

Rochester lets residents keep spring and fall yard waste out of the regular garbage stream: leaves, grass clippings and…

Hennepin County's recycling ordinance doesn't ban yard waste pickup, but collecting yard waste alone never counts as a…

Dakota County's hauler licensing ordinance caps how long solid waste can sit in a collection vehicle or detachable…

Placing a dumpster or storage container in a Minneapolis public right-of-way requires a street use permit from the city…

Olmsted County's Solid Waste Management Ordinance requires every dumpster, compactor or roll-off container used to…

Rochester City Code § 8-3-3 treats a construction dumpster, roll-off, or compactor left on a residential lot as a…

Commercial dumpsters and roll-off containers in Saint Paul must carry a DSI-preapproved advisory label spelling out…

Stearns County's Land Use and Zoning Ordinance No. 439 requires any trash enclosure or recycling collection area at a…

Ordinance No. 45 requires every property owner, lessee, or occupant within the county's Solid Waste Management Area to…

Washington County requires every bit of acceptable garbage generated in the county, whether picked up by a licensed…

Carver County requires non-farm properties to have their garbage containers emptied at least every 15 days and farm…

Licensed haulers may collect residential garbage and refuse in Maple Grove only between 6:30 a.m. and 8:30 p.m., and…

The City of Minneapolis provides mandatory municipal solid waste collection for residential buildings with four or…

Class A Licensed Haulers must collect Mixed Municipal Solid Waste, recyclables, organics and yard waste from…

Rochester requires refuse pickup at least once a week at every residential and commercial property. Standard collection…

Saint Paul requires every residential dwelling unit to use the city's contracted hauler for trash collection: private…

Stearns County does not fix weekly pickup days in its ordinance; instead Ordinance No. 193 requires every property in a…

Woodbury restricts residential solid waste pickup to 6 a.m. to 6 p.m., Monday through Friday, on the day assigned to…

Licensed haulers serving unincorporated Dakota County may not collect or transport residential solid waste before 6:00…

Carver County requires licensed haulers to collect recyclables at least twice a month and bans putting beverage…

Property owners, managers and event sponsors in Dakota County must provide recycling containers within 10 feet of every…

Owners of Minneapolis buildings with two or more dwelling units must provide recycling containers, separate recyclables…

Under the county's Solid Waste Ordinance No. 431, any hauler licensed to collect solid waste in Stearns County must…