Minneapolis Solid Waste and Recycling collects garbage, single-stream recycling, and organics weekly on assigned route days. Carts must be at the curb or alley by 6 a.m. on collection day, with lids closed.
Collection in Minneapolis runs Monday through Friday by route. Garbage and organics are picked up weekly; recycling is collected every other week on the same route day. Carts must be out by 6 a.m. the morning of collection and may be placed the evening before. Lids must close fully; overflow is not collected and must be bagged and scheduled as extra pickup for a fee or disposed of at a transfer station. Holidays shift collection by one day for the rest of the week. Alley setout is standard in much of the city; street-side setout applies where there is no alley. Residents are notified of route changes and holiday schedules through the city website and 311.
Missed setout times result in a missed pickup that will not be made up. Overfilled or contaminated carts are tagged and left. Improper materials in organics carts generate contamination warnings.
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