Plymouth, MN Trash & Recycling: Bulk Item Disposal (2026)
Key Facts
- Governing section
- Plymouth City Code § 600.20
- Disposal method
- Licensed collector or bagged for pickup
- Collector's compost site
- Must be approved by City Manager (§ 600.21)
- Nuisance ban
- No raking/blowing yard waste into streets (§ 600.01)
Summary
In the City of Plymouth, Section 600.20 of the City Code requires every owner, occupant or tenant to arrange sanitary, environmentally sound disposal of yard waste, including brush, and to contract with a licensed collector unless they handle it another sanitary way themselves. Where a solid waste container will not work for bulky yard debris, the section allows storing it in a bag instead, made available at the point of collection.
Every householder or owner, occupant or tenant of any premises who does not otherwise dispose of yard waste in a sanitary and environmentally sound manner, shall contract with a licensed collector to collect and dispose of yard waste and shall store and shall make such yard waste available to collector as required under this Chapter. If a solid waste container is not practical, yard waste materials may be stored in a bag and made available to collector as required under this Chapter.
Full Breakdown
20 sits inside Chapter VI's public health rules for garbage and rubbish and applies specifically to yard waste, the branches, leaves, grass clippings and similar brush generated on a property. 14. If a standard solid waste container is not practical for bulky brush, the resident may bag it instead. 21 requires each licensed hauler to collect yard waste separately from regular garbage, deliver it only to a compost site approved by the City Manager, keep an accurate account of the tonnage collected, and file a written report with the City Manager on what was collected and delivered each license period.
01, Subdivision 3 backs this up by making it unlawful to let yard waste accumulate as a nuisance or to mow, rake or blow clippings and leaves into a street, gutter, catch basin, sidewalk or trail.
Violations & Fines
Letting brush, branches or grass clippings pile up as a nuisance, or blowing or raking yard waste into a street, gutter, catch basin, sidewalk or trail, violates Section 600.01. Failing to contract with a licensed collector or otherwise dispose of yard waste sanitarily violates Section 600.20, and a collector that skips separate yard waste collection or the compost-site reporting duty violates Section 600.21.
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