Minnetonka, MN Trash & Recycling: Recycling Rules (2026)

Section 835.033 sits on top of the collector rules in §§ 835.030 and 835.032. At any time, the City of Minnetonka can contract with a licensed hauler to collect recyclables, organics, or both, from some or all premises. When it does, the contracted hauler collects from those premises on the terms and conditions set out in the contract, and that overrides the general collector provisions.

Residents keep a way out. Nothing in §§ 835.030, 835.032 or subdivision 1 prevents a resident from disposing of the resident's own recyclables or organics without a paid hauler or the city's contracted hauler. The resident still has to comply with § 835.010, which requires recyclables from residential dwellings to be disposed of at least bi-weekly and organics each week.

Rates and charges for collecting recyclables and organics are established by the Minnetonka City Council. The charges are payable by the owner, lessee or occupant of each property to which the city makes recycling and organics services available. They are computed every three months and included as a charge on the bills the city issues for water or sewer services under chapter 12. A property not served by city water or sewer gets a separate bill every three months, sent to the owner. Billing, payment, notice and collection of delinquent accounts follow section 705 of the code. The ordinance carries the history note Ord. 2024-22, effective January 18, 2025.

The companion ownership rule is in § 835.030: recyclables remain the generator's property until the generator disposes of them off-site or a licensed collector collects them, and only the licensed collector with recycling responsibility at that location can take set-out recyclables.