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

Woodbury ties bin placement to its property-maintenance screening standards. For set-out, the city allows trash, recycling, and yard waste containers to be placed at the curb after 6 p.m. the day prior to pickup (an earlier Code Enforcement brochure cited 4 p.m., but the city's current Common Code Violations guidance states 6 p.m.). Containers should be returned promptly after collection. On every other day, refuse/waste and recycling containers must be located indoors or fully hidden behind a solid fence or wall no less than five feet in height, so they are not visible from adjoining properties and all rights-of-way. The same five-foot screening standard applies to other exterior materials and equipment. Because collection occurs between 6 a.m. and 6 p.m. on the district's designated day, residents typically place carts out the evening before and bring them back the same collection day. Improperly stored or visible containers rank among Woodbury's Top 5 code complaints, so the city encourages keeping carts in a garage or behind qualifying screening when not at the curb. Compost containers have their own placement rule under the seasonal guidance: they must be located in side or rear yards, at least five feet from side and rear property lines and 20 feet from any habitable building on adjacent properties. Bin-placement issues are enforced through the standard complaint-driven correction-notice process.