Plymouth, MN Trash & Recycling: Pickup Rules & Schedules (2026)
Key Facts
- Residential pickup frequency
- Weekly, per § 600.13
- Hotel/restaurant pickup frequency
- Semi-weekly, per § 600.13
- Collector license bond
- $1,000.00 surety bond (§ 600.07)
- Payment cycle
- Monthly; collector may refuse after 30 days unpaid
- Vehicle standard
- Covered, leak-proof, clean, odor-free wagon
Summary
In the City of Plymouth, licensed haulers must pick up garbage weekly from houses and semi-weekly from hotels, restaurants and boarding houses under City Code Section 600.13. Section 600.09 requires every licensed collector to use a covered, leak-proof tank or wagon kept clean and free of offensive odor, and bars trucks from sitting in a street or alley longer than needed to finish the route.
Each licensed garbage collector shall provide a covered tank or wagon, so constructed that the contents will not leak or spill there from, in which all garbage collected shall be conveyed to the place designated in the application. The wagon or conveyance used shall be kept clean and as free from offensive odors as possible, and shall not be allowed to stand in any street, alley or public place longer than is reasonably necessary to collect garbage. ... Each licensed collector shall make ... collections, in that portion of the City in which the collector is licensed to collect, weekly from residences ... and semi-weekly from hotels, restaurants, boarding houses, etc.
Full Breakdown
00 surety bond approved by the City Attorney, renewed every year on January 1. 13 sets the pickup frequency: weekly collection from residential properties and semi-weekly collection from hotels, restaurants, boarding houses and similar establishments, within whatever portion of the City the hauler is licensed to serve. 09 sets the equipment standard behind every route: collectors must use a covered tank or wagon built so the load will not leak or spill, keep it clean and as free of offensive odor as possible, and cannot leave it standing in a street, alley or public place any longer than the collection itself requires.
14. 11: the owner, agent, occupant or tenant owes the collector's fee, and the owner is liable if a tenant does not pay. A collector may refuse further pickups once a bill is 30 days past due, but must notify the City's Health Officer and the Plymouth Police Chief within two days of cutting off service to any address.
Violations & Fines
Haulers that skip the weekly or semi-weekly schedule set by Section 600.13, or that use uncovered, leaking, dirty or odorous trucks, or park collection vehicles longer than necessary in a street or alley, violate Sections 600.09 and 600.13 and risk having their City collection license suspended or revoked by the Council. Residents whose service is discontinued for nonpayment lose curbside pickup under Section 600.11 until the account is settled.
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