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

Chapter 402 governs recycling in Roseville, and two sections carry the day-to-day rules. Section 402.06(a) covers residential dwellings. Recycling containers shall be located out of the public view except on the day of pickup, and they must be placed at curbside for collection prior to 7:00 a.m. on collection day. At no time can containers remain on curbside for longer than 24 consecutive hours. Completely closed hauler-provided containers can be stored behind the front line of the primary structure, but not in the street-facing side yard of a corner lot, and when stored there they are considered out of public view. Section 402.06(b) requires containers at multiple residential dwellings and commercial establishments to be located out of the public view.

Note the wording difference from the garbage rule: for recycling the containers must be at the curb before 7:00 a.m. on collection day, while the garbage rule says containers can be placed there before 7:00 a.m.

Section 402.03 protects what is in the bin. It is unlawful for any person to scavenge or otherwise collect recyclables at the curb or from recyclable containers without a license from the city. Once material is set out, it belongs to the city's contracted collector, which section 402.04 makes the exclusive curbside collector of targeted recyclables. Section 402.05 limits collection hours to those in section 404.03(c): 7:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. on weekdays and 9:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. on weekends and legal holidays.