Brooklyn Park, MN Trash & Recycling: Pickup Rules & Schedules (2026)
Key Facts
- Who may collect curbside waste
- Only the licensed account hauler
- Recyclables ownership
- Resident's until hauler collects it
- Scavenging exception
- On-duty law enforcement only
- Hauler obligation
- Must pick up every deposited item
- Enforcement
- § 98.99 penalty; license discipline under § 98.03
Summary
In the City of Brooklyn Park, only the property's licensed hauler, or someone with an account relationship with the resident, can take garbage or recyclables from a curb or container. Section 98.12 requires that licensed hauler to pick up every deposited item, and § 98.09 bars anyone else, including scavengers, from collecting it first.
It is unlawful for any person, except a law enforcement officer acting in the course of official business, to scavenge or otherwise collect garbage, recyclable materials or yard waste at the curb or from garbage containers or from recyclable materials containers without a license therefor from the city and an account relationship with the owner or occupant of the premises. Responsibility for and ownership of recyclable materials remains with the individual resident until collected by a licensed hauler of recyclable materials, at which time the ownership and responsibility passes to the hauler. ... A licensed garbage hauler must pick up any garbage of the hauler's customers which has been deposited for collection, in the manner provided by this chapter.
Full Breakdown
09 protects the city's licensing system by making it unlawful for anyone other than a law enforcement officer on duty to scavenge or otherwise collect garbage, recyclable materials, or yard waste from the curb or from containers without holding a city hauler license and having an account relationship with the owner or occupant of the premises. The section also fixes who owns recyclables while they sit at the curb: responsibility and ownership stay with the resident until a licensed hauler actually collects the material, at which point ownership passes to the hauler.
12 obligates the hauler: a licensed garbage hauler must pick up any garbage belonging to its own customers that has been deposited for collection, in the manner the chapter provides, so a hauler cannot simply skip a paying customer's setout. Together the two sections keep pickup exclusive to the account holder's licensed hauler, prevent informal scavenging of recyclables for resale or scrap value, and give residents a basis to hold their hauler to its collection obligation if a scheduled pickup is missed.
Violations & Fines
Scavenging garbage, recyclables, or yard waste without a city hauler license and account relationship violates § 98.09 and carries the general chapter 98 penalty in § 98.99, which defaults to § 10.99's misdemeanor penalty of up to 90 days, a $1,000 fine, or both. A licensed hauler that fails to pick up a customer's properly deposited garbage under § 98.12 is subject to the same chapter penalty and risks license discipline under § 98.03.
Frequently Asked Questions
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