Minnetonka, MN Trash & Recycling: Bin Placement Rules (2026)

Section 835.015 governs where and when Minnetonka residents put bins out. Unless the collector agrees to another location on the premises, waste goes adjacent to the street or alley the collector will use. It must sit in one place, at ground level, and off the traveled roadway. Waste cannot be deposited next to the roadway or alley before sunset of the day before collection, and anything the collector leaves behind cannot stay adjacent to the street or alley longer than 24 hours. The tenant, lessee, owner or occupant must remove it.

The screening rule in subdivision 7 covers more than the garbage cart. Waste, yard waste, recyclables, organic materials and the containers they sit in must be located out of the public view except on the day of collection and the evening before. Subdivision 1 adds that source-separated organics and recyclables must be kept in separate containers, and yard waste must be in bags or bundles not exceeding three feet in any dimension, securely fastened.

Container standards sit next door in § 835.020. Residential containers need suitable handles and covers, must be a size and weight one person can handle, and can be no larger than 32 gallons or 75 pounds when filled, except that containers up to 96 gallons are allowed where collection uses automated equipment. Containers must be kept covered, placed so they cannot be overturned, and kept sanitary. Multiple dwellings and commercial establishments must keep containers in an enclosure that conceals them from public view, with a raised concrete floor, built so contents are inaccessible for at least three feet above the base.

If a generator-supplied container fails the standard, the collector tags it, copies the city, and discontinues collection from the premises if it is not repaired or replaced by the next collection date.