Minnehaha County, SD Trash & Recycling: Collection Schedule (2026)

03. The section, last amended November 13, 2007 by MC17-03-07, bars residents from burning household solid waste or recyclables anywhere in the county and requires that all collected waste go to a solid waste facility permitted by both Minnehaha County and the State of South Dakota. Waste bound for the Sioux Falls Regional Landfill must also comply with whatever landfill bans the City of Sioux Falls has in place, since the county's rural service area feeds that same regional site. Haulers themselves are not free to operate without oversight: Article 12 requires any commercial garbage hauler working the unincorporated county to hold a Minnehaha County commercial garbage hauler's license, applied for through the Planning Department with details on the business's location, zoning, and recycling services.

01 bars any solid waste management practice that spreads disease vectors, pollutes air, ground, or surface water, or otherwise harms the environment. 04, layers the identical weekly-collection and no-burn requirements onto commercial, business, and apartment properties, so mixed-use parcels in the unincorporated county face the same minimum service standard as single-family homes.