Under Hennepin County Recycling Ordinance 13, all cities must require garbage haulers to offer curbside organic/food waste recycling or conduct organized curbside organics collection.
“Organic waste” includes food, green material, landscape and pruning waste, organic textiles and carpets, lumber, wood, paper products, printing and writing paper, manure, biosolids, digestate, and sludges.
This Ordinance regulates the separation of Mixed Recyclables and Organic Material from Waste by Generators. This Ordinance is consistent with County adopted goals established by the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency in its Metropolitan Solid Waste Management Policy Plan and mandated by Minnesota Statute, section 115A.
Organics recycling pickup Organics are collected in certified compostable bags and placed in your trash cart. The certified compostable bags are separated from the trash bags and sent to a commercial composting facility. To become an organics customer, contact Walter's at 763-780-8464.