Trash & Recycling in Minnesota (2026)

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

In the City of Apple Valley, Minnesota, licensed haulers can make individual residential pickups only between 6:30 a.m…

In the City of Blaine, Minnesota, City Code § 62-21(b) requires every property owner or occupant to keep refuse…

Blue Earth County requires every property owner, lessee, and occupant to store solid waste safely under Sec. 16-11 of…

In the City of Brooklyn Park, only the property's licensed hauler, or someone with an account relationship with the…

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

City Code Chapter 8-200 requires licensed haulers to collect mixed municipal solid waste weekly from every Coon Rapids…

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

In the City of Duluth, licensed haulers run solid waste pickup at least weekly and recycling pickup at least monthly…

In the City of Eagan, no one may store garbage or refuse on residential property for more than one week, and it has to…

City Code Section 5.36 licenses up to five residential waste haulers, assigns each address a fixed collection district…

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

In the City of Minnetonka, Minnesota, Minnetonka City Code § 835.010 requires every owner or occupant to dispose of…

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

In the City of Plymouth, licensed haulers must pick up garbage weekly from houses and semi-weekly from hotels…

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…

In the City of Lakeville, Minnesota, trash and recycling containers must sit near the street, clear of the traveled…

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

In the City of Apple Valley, Minnesota, waste containers go to the curb or the agreed collection point no earlier than…

In the City of Blaine, Minnesota, City Code § 62-21(c) tells residents exactly where to put refuse, recycling and yard…

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

City Code Section 8-206 tells Coon Rapids residents exactly where and when their garbage, recycling, and yard-waste…

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

Duluth Legislative Code § 24-18 caps residential garbage containers at 32 gallons and 45 pounds for buildings of four…

In the City of Eagan, garbage, recycling and yard-waste containers may only sit at curbside from 6:00 p.m. the night…

In the City of Eden Prairie, City Code Section 9.01, Subdivision 3.A requires trash and recycling storage containers at…

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…

In the City of Minnetonka, Minnesota, Minnetonka City Code § 835.015 bars setting waste out next to the roadway before…

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

In the City of Plymouth, City Code Section 600.14 requires garbage and recycling containers to sit in or next to the…

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…

In the City of Lakeville, Minnesota, single-family homes are exempt from the full dumpster enclosure rule but must…

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…

In the City of Brooklyn Park, bulky waste such as furniture, carpeting, mattresses and appliances cannot be set at the…

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

City Code Section 8-215(1) lets Coon Rapids residents put oversized or excess trash at the curb in an orderly manner…

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

In the City of Duluth, a single bulky item like an appliance, a piece of furniture or a water heater can go out with…

In the City of Eden Prairie, City Code Section 9.01, Subdivision 3.I limits a single-family property to one roll-off…

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…

In the City of Plymouth, Section 600.20 of the City Code requires every owner, occupant or tenant to arrange sanitary…

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…

In the City of Apple Valley, Minnesota, bulk and large-item collection runs under the code's "special pick-up"…

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…

In the City of Apple Valley, Minnesota, every licensed hauler must offer individual residential customers weekly…

In the City of Blaine, Minnesota, City Code § 62-22(b)(4)-(5) requires every licensed hauler to offer recycling…

Brooklyn Park's curbside recycling containers must come from the city or its recyclables hauler, stay clean and…

In the City of Coon Rapids, City Code Section 8-204 requires every residential household and every business to engage a…

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

Duluth Legislative Code §§ 24-17 and 24-19 require every owner of a residential structure with four or fewer units to…

Every licensed residential hauler in the City of Eagan must offer curbside recycling to all the single-family and…

In the City of Eden Prairie, City Code Section 9.01, Subdivision 4 has required owners, associations, and management…

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

Owners and managers of multiple, or apartment, dwellings in the City of Lakeville, Minnesota must build weekly…

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…

In the City of Minnetonka, Minnesota, Minnetonka City Code § 835.030 requires every multiple dwelling owner to give…

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

In the City of Plymouth, City Code Section 600.25 lets the Council contract with one or more licensed haulers to run…

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…

In the City of Apple Valley, Minnesota, Dakota County Ordinance No. 110 organics requirements apply through Apple…

In the City of Brooklyn Park, every licensed residential garbage hauler must offer source separated organics (SSO)…

In the City of Eagan, large event venues that offer organics service must collect the county's designated recyclables…

Large event venues in the City of Lakeville, Minnesota, gatherings of at least 300 people generating at least one ton…

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

In the City of Minnetonka, Minnesota, Minnetonka City Code § 835.032 requires every licensed trash collector to offer…

In the City of Brooklyn Park, garbage and recycling never run on the six legal holidays the code lists. If a holiday…

In the City of Apple Valley, Minnesota, § 50.04(B) lets licensed collectors work Saturdays to accommodate recognized…

Eagan City Code § 6.37 locks residential haulers into fixed Monday, Wednesday, or Friday pickup days by neighborhood…

In the City of Blaine, Minnesota, City Code § 62-20(c) makes it unlawful to deposit refuse, yard waste or recyclable…

Duluth Legislative Code § 24-5 bans dumping solid waste, manure, household hazardous waste, tires, used motor oil…

In the City of Eagan it is unlawful to throw, deposit, or place household furnishings, appliances, vehicle parts…

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…

In the City of Plymouth, it is unlawful to let rubbish accumulate anywhere on a property, indoors or outdoors, if it…

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…

In the City of Apple Valley, Minnesota, § 50.06 bars depositing refuse or yard waste on any public street, in public…

Dumping effluent, garbage, refuse, yard waste, wastewater or any other noxious substance on public or private property…

In the City of Coon Rapids, City Code Section 8-203 makes it unlawful to deposit garbage, rubbish, a dead animal, or…

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

In the City of Eden Prairie, City Code Section 9.34, Subdivision 3 makes it unlawful to throw or deposit nails, glass…

Dumping mixed municipal solid waste, yard waste, or recyclables on Lakeville streets, alleys, parks, or vacant lots…

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

In the City of Minnetonka, Minnesota, Minnetonka City Code § 845.010 declares a public nuisance the depositing of…

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…

In the City of Apple Valley, Minnesota, every licensed hauler must offer a separate weekly yard waste collection for a…

In the City of Blaine, yard waste (garden waste, leaves, lawn cuttings, and shrub or tree trimmings) must be set out…

In the City of Brooklyn Park, yard waste must go out in a lidded container no larger than 96 gallons or in bags and…

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

City Code Sections 8-205(4) and 8-206(3) tell Coon Rapids residents how to bag and store yard waste before it is hauled…

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

Duluth does not run curbside yard waste pickup: Duluth Legislative Code § 24-29(b) bars dumping yard waste, tree…

Eagan City Code § 6.37 defines yard waste as leaves, lawn clippings, garden waste, weeds, Christmas trees, and prunings…

In the City of Eden Prairie, City Code Section 9.01 defines yard waste as grass clippings, twigs, tree and brush…

In the City of Lakeville, Minnesota, licensed haulers must refuse mixed trash that contains yard waste and can only…

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…

In the City of Plymouth, yard waste cannot pile up as a nuisance on any property under City Code Section 600.01. Owners…

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…

In the City of Minnetonka, Minnesota, yard waste must be placed in bags or bundles not exceeding three feet in any…

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…

In the City of Apple Valley, Minnesota, a flexible dumpster or compact dumpster cannot exceed five cubic yards, must…

In the City of Blaine, Minnesota, City Code § 62-21(d)(1) requires any business generating more than three 32-gallon…

In unincorporated Blue Earth County, County Code Sec. 16-11 makes the owner, lessee or occupant of any premises…

In the City of Brooklyn Park, dumpsters and other waste containers cannot sit in a front yard or a side yard facing a…

In the City of Coon Rapids, City Code Section 8-108 caps how long a dumpster or ground-level storage container can sit…

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

In the City of Duluth, commercial dumpsters, grease tanks, and cardboard compactors serving multi-family, commercial…

In the City of Eagan, construction and demolition debris must sit in a roll-off, dumpster-like container or a temporary…

In the City of Eden Prairie, City Code Section 11.08, Subdivision 4 requires any property built under a building permit…

In the City of Lakeville, Minnesota, commercial and multifamily dumpsters must sit in a side or rear yard enclosure at…

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

In the City of Minnetonka, Minnesota, a dumpster on a single or two family residential lot must sit on a paved or…

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

In the City of Plymouth, City Code Section 600.18 caps how long a dumpster, bag dumpster or other rubbish containment…

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…

In the City of Apple Valley, Minnesota, every residential dwelling and commercial or industrial establishment must be…

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

In the City of Blaine, Minnesota, City Code § 62-21(a) requires every dwelling unit and place of business to contract…

In the City of Brooklyn Park, every property that generates garbage must have service from a licensed hauler, with…

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

In the City of Coon Rapids, City Code Section 8-216 requires weekly collection of mixed municipal solid waste from…

In the City of Eagan, every household in a residential or multidwelling district, and every commercial establishment…

In the City of Eden Prairie, every occupant of a single-family home, multi-family unit or commercial establishment must…

Every household in the City of Lakeville, Minnesota must be under contract with a licensed hauler for regular trash…

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…

In the City of Plymouth, licensed garbage collectors must pick up residential trash weekly and collect from hotels…

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…

In the City of Plymouth, City Code Section 600.27 makes it unlawful for anyone except the City Manager or the City's…

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

In the City of Lakeville, Minnesota, it is unlawful for any person or business to scavenge, collect, or remove…

In the City of Apple Valley, Minnesota, § 50.03(C) applies Dakota County Ordinance No. 110 to multi-unit residential…

In the City of Blaine, recyclables set out at the curb become city property until the licensed hauler collects them…

Blue Earth County requires solid waste collectors to bill by weight or volume, with charges rising as volume rises, and…

In the City of Brooklyn Park, every owner, lessee, or occupant of a building, commercial or residential, that generates…

City Code Sections 8-215(1) and 8-216(1) require every licensed hauler operating in Coon Rapids to offer residential…

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

Duluth Legislative Code § 24-17.1 bars mixing yard waste, motor oil, batteries, tires, medical or hazardous waste, and…

Collecting recyclables for hire anywhere in the City of Eagan requires a city hauler license under Eagan City Code §…

Section 5.36, Subdivision 7 requires licensed haulers to collect recyclables at least every two weeks and trash and…

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

In the City of Minnetonka, Minnesota, Minnetonka City Code § 835.033 lets the city contract with a licensed hauler for…

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