Coon Rapids, MN Trash & Recycling: Recycling Requirements (2026)

Section 8-204 of Chapter 8-200, Waste Collection and Recycling, makes hauler service mandatory rather than optional. Every residential household, and every multi-unit residential use with centralized collection, must engage a licensed hauler for both mixed municipal solid waste and recyclable materials generated at that property. Every business carries a parallel duty: it must engage a licensed hauler for its solid waste and for whatever materials State law requires the business to recycle. The only way out is an exemption under Section 8-204(3), and it is not self-executing.

A household or business must apply to the City on forms the Public Works Director provides, showing that it will use an environmentally sound alternative collection method. The Director reviews the application, approves or denies it in writing, and an applicant who disagrees can appeal to the City Council within ten business days of the written notice, with the Council required to hear the appeal at its next regular meeting held at least seven days after the request. Section 8-205 backs the collection mandate with container standards: households must use water-tight, tight-lidded, pest-proof residential containers supplied by the licensed hauler, while recyclable materials for every land use must go in containers the Director approves, supplied and collected by that hauler. Scavenging recyclables set out for an authorized program is separately banned under Section 8-222.