Roseville, MN Trash & Recycling: Yard Waste Collection (2026)

Section 401.02 sets the vocabulary that decides how a pile of yard debris is handled in Roseville. Yard waste means lawn clippings, leaves, weeds, garden wastes and soft bodied plants. Brush and tree trimmings less than six inches in diameter are classed as other refuse, and brush and tree trimmings more than six inches in diameter are special waste, along with tree stumps and Christmas trees. The line between those categories is the six-inch diameter, so a pile of small prunings and a pile of large limbs are not treated the same way.

Section 401.06(2) then requires that yard waste be separately placed for collection. It cannot be mixed into the watertight, tight-fitting-lid containers that section 401.06(1) prescribes for garbage and other refuse. Section 401.07(a) covers where the material sits before pickup: yard waste containers at a residential dwelling must be out of public view except on the day of pickup, can go to the curbside before 7:00 a.m., and cannot remain at the curb for longer than 24 consecutive hours. Multiple residential dwellings and commercial establishments must keep theirs out of public view.

Collection itself runs through a hauler. Section 401.03 requires every residential dwelling to arrange collection with a hauler licensed to do business in the city, and section 401.04 has the city manager divide Roseville into zones that are collected on the same day. Section 401.05 ties collection hours to section 404.03(c), which bars refuse handling in a residential district outside 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. The sections of Chapter 401 printed in the Code do not set a bag type, weight limit or yard waste season, so those details come from the hauler's service terms.