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<br />City of Mounds View * 11 <br />Solid Waste and Recycling Standards <br />8 Collection and Composting of Tree and Shrub Waste, Other <br />Yard Waste, and Source Separated Compostable Materials <br />8.1 Yard waste shall be properly disposed of by: <br />A. Backyard composting or in-place mulching (as by “mulching mowers”). <br />B. Collected by a hauler separate from the garbage. <br />C. Collected by an independent lawn service. <br />D. Taken by the resident or property owner to an approved county or private yard <br />waste drop-off or transfer facility. <br />E. Including yard waste in a source-separated organics collection program, if <br />available. <br /> <br />8.2 Home lawn, garden waste, and kitchen food scraps may be composted in small <br />quantities on a residential lot as long as the compost pile does not create a nuisance for <br />neighbors due to objectionable odor, vectors of disease or unsightliness. <br />A. Backyard composting must be done in a structure that prohibits the entry or nesting <br />of rodents and vermin. Composting of meats or fats that attract rodents and vermin <br />is prohibited in backyard composting. <br />B. Compost structures must be placed at least five feet from rear- and side-yard <br />property lines and shall not be placed in a front yard. Compost structures shall be <br />properly maintained and shall not be unsightly. <br />C. Residents must follow composting operation guidelines as published by the <br />University of Minnesota Extension Service or other reputable gardening experts. <br /> <br />8.3 Yard waste not collected by the City-contracted garbage hauler or not composted by <br />the resident, or tree limbs, stumps and roots greater than six (6) inches in diameter must <br />be transported to a properly permitted and licensed yard waste transfer or composting <br />facility. Exceptions to this requirement are allowed if a tree service provides for on-site <br />chipping to produce a suitable mulch product. Such on-site chipping and mulch depositing <br />must be prior approved by the resident or property owner. <br /> <br />8.4 Reserved for Source Separated Organics program. <br /> <br />8.5 Reserved for standards relating to separation and collection of source separated organic <br />waste at multiple-unit dwelling properties. <br /> <br />