Sioux Falls, SD Trash & Recycling: Recycling Rules (2026)
Key Facts
- Recycling pickup frequency
- At least twice monthly
- Garbage pickup frequency
- At least weekly
- Container rule
- Separate, marked single-stream bin
- Rental units
- Owner must provide service
Summary
Every dwelling unit and occupied building in Sioux Falls must have licensed recycling collection at least twice a month, alongside weekly garbage pickup.
Every dwelling unit and every occupied building within the city shall have commercial garbage service by a licensed commercial garbage hauler that collects garbage at least once each week and required recyclables at least twice each month. The occupant, owner, or manager of the dwelling or other occupied building shall each be responsible for securing the services required.
(b) Yard waste service. Yard waste collected by persons other than homeowners, landscapers, or other entities generating the yard waste shall be collected by licensed commercial garbage haulers. The occupant, owner, or manager of the dwelling or other occupied building shall each be responsible for securing services or otherwise ensuring yard waste is collected or removed at a minimum of once each week.
(c) Construction and demolition debris service. Construction and demolition debris collected by persons other than homeowners, occupants, or other entities generating the construction and demolition debris shall be collected by licensed commercial construction and demolition haulers. The occupant, owner, or manager of the dwelling or other occupied building shall each be responsible for securing services or otherwise ensuring collection or removal of the construction and demolition debris.
(d) Residential rental units. The owner or manager of any dwelling who rents, leases, or lets residential dwelling unit(s) for human habitation shall
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: 2026 S-135: Current through local ordinance 54-26, passed 7-14-2026).
Full Breakdown
City code requires every dwelling unit and occupied building to carry commercial garbage service from a licensed hauler, picking up required recyclables, paper, cardboard, plastics #1 and #2, newspaper, electronics, magazines, bulk-rate mail, and aluminum/tin/steel cans, at least twice each month. Owners and managers must provide a separate, rigid recycling container plainly marked for single-stream recycling, and rental property owners must subscribe to and pay for the recycling service unless a written lease shifts that duty to the tenant.
Violations & Fines
Dumping required recyclables at the sanitary landfill or mixing garbage into a recycling receptacle (or vice versa) is prohibited; littering and improper disposal offenses carry the general penalty under § 10.999.
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Sources & Official References
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