Eagan, MN Trash & Recycling: Recycling Requirements (2026)

Eagan City Code § 6.37, Subd. 4.A.3 requires every hauler licensed for single family/multiple dwelling-individual household service to make curbside recycling collection available to every residential account it serves, and requires haulers licensed for commercial/multiple dwelling-commingled service to make the same recycling collection available to every commercial establishment account. In both cases, the service must cover, at minimum, everything on the 'designated list of recyclables,' a list the Dakota County Board of Commissioners approves and Dakota County's Environmental Resources Department publishes; generators and haulers get six months to adjust once the county updates that list.

A residential hauler must pick up recyclables at least once a week, but Subd. 4.A.4 lets it switch to a once-every-two-weeks schedule if it keeps the pickup within its assigned daily residential hauling district, meets the county's exemption criteria for reduced-frequency collection, and gives each household a dedicated recycling container with a close-fitting cover of at least 32-gallon capacity, or a larger one on request, at no extra charge. The city licenses only three categories of haulers, single family/multiple dwelling-individual household service, commercial/multiple dwelling-commingled service, and construction/demolition debris hauling, and the council caps the number of single-family hauling licenses at seven.

A hauler cannot charge a resident who recycles more than one who does not, and every hauling license runs on a calendar year, automatically renewing each December 31 as long as the fee is paid and the hauler stays in compliance.