Dakota County uses open-hauler collection: residents contract directly with a licensed hauler, and every hauler serving the county must be licensed and accept the county's designated recyclables. Under Ordinance 110, no one may collect solid waste in the county without a license (except hauling your own household waste).
Dakota County does not run a single municipal trash service; households arrange collection with a private hauler, some through city-organized collection. Ordinance 110 (Solid Waste Management), Section 15.01, requires every hauler that collects or transports solid waste - including recyclables - within Dakota County to first obtain a county license; the only exemption is people hauling their own household waste. Licensed haulers must accept the county's designated list of recyclables and ensure customer containers are labeled per Section 16.06. Your pickup day, frequency, and set-out time come from your hauler and city, but the county sets the licensing, recyclable-acceptance, and labeling standards that every hauler must follow.
Collecting or disposing of solid waste without a county license violates Ordinance 110 and is a misdemeanor (Sec. 2242); the county may issue citations, with each day a separate offense.
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