Brooklyn Park, MN Trash & Recycling: Collection Schedule (2026)
Key Facts
- Earliest hauling time
- 6:30 a.m.
- Latest hauling time
- 8:30 p.m.
- No collection
- Sundays and legal holidays
- Commercial/multi-family minimum
- Weekly collection required
- Service requirement
- Mandatory licensed hauler for all properties
Summary
In the City of Brooklyn Park, every property that generates garbage must have service from a licensed hauler, with commercial and multi-family accounts collected at least weekly. Section 98.07 bars hauling for hire before 6:30 a.m. or after 8:30 p.m. on any day, and all day on Sundays and legal holidays.
Every tenant, lessee, owner or occupant of every private dwelling, house, multiple residence, store, motel, restaurant, and every other type of property in the city which accumulates garbage on such premises must have garbage service provided by a licensed hauler. Garbage and refuse at any commercial establishment or multiple dwelling must be disposed of at least once each week by a licensed garbage hauler and as often as once each business day if necessary to protect the public health, safety and general welfare. ... It is unlawful ... for a person engaged in hauling garbage for hire within the city from residential dwelling units or from commercial or industrial uses where the dumpsters or garbage and refuse containers are within 300 feet of residential dwelling units to do so after 8:30 p.m. or before 6:30 a.m. on any day and all day Sundays and on legal holidays. The City Council may authorize the collection of yard waste, recyclable materials, and garbage in residential areas on specified days of the week.
Full Breakdown
02 makes garbage service mandatory rather than optional: every tenant, lessee, owner, or occupant of a dwelling, store, motel, restaurant, or other property that accumulates garbage must have service from a licensed hauler, and commercial establishments or multiple dwellings must be collected at least once a week, or as often as daily if needed to protect public health and safety. Residents can share service with a neighbor as long as it does not create a nuisance, and residents away from the property for an extended stretch can suspend or cancel service while they are gone.
on any day, and collection cannot happen at all on Sundays or legal holidays. Within that window, the City Council sets which specific weekday each route runs on for yard waste, recyclables, and garbage. The hauling hour limits exist to keep early-morning and late-night truck noise out of residential areas, and they apply regardless of which of the city's licensed haulers a resident uses.
Violations & Fines
Hauling outside the 6:30 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. window, collecting on a Sunday or legal holiday, or operating without the mandatory service required by § 98.02 violates Chapter 98 and carries the § 98.99 penalty, which for these provisions defers to § 10.99: a misdemeanor with up to 90 days in jail, a $1,000 fine, or both, and each day of noncompliance is a separate offense.
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