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RELEVANT LINKS: <br />8. Open collection <br />Waste Management in <br />Open collection is generally defined as a system for collecting solid waste or <br />Minnesota, Minnesota State <br />Auditor <br />recyclable materials where individual residents and businesses are free to <br />contract with any collector licensed to do business in the city. <br />II. City regulation and licensing <br />A. Required regulation <br />There are three situations where cities are required to regulate solid waste <br />collection. <br />1. County organized collection ordinance <br />Minn. Stat. § 115A.94, subd. <br />Any county can adopt an ordinance requiring cities or towns within its <br />5. See Section W, Solid <br />Waste and recycling <br />boundaries to organize collection of solid waste. If a city does not comply <br />collection, for more <br />with the county's organized collection ordinance, the county can organize <br />information about organized <br />collection. <br />collection itself <br />Minn. Stat. § 115A.94, subd. <br />A county's organized collection ordinance —in addition to requiring solid <br />5. <br />waste collection —may also require the separation and separate collection of <br />recyclable materials, specify the material to be separated, and require cities <br />to meet any performance standards for source separation contained in the <br />county's solid waste plan. <br />2. Cities in the metropolitan area <br />Minn. Stat. § 473.811, subd. <br />Cities in the metropolitan area must adopt an ordinance regulating the <br />5(b). Minn. Stat. § 473.121. <br />collection of solid waste within its boundaries. The metropolitan area <br />includes the counties of Anoka, Carver, Dakota (excluding the city of <br />Northfield), Hennepin (excluding the cities of Hanover and Rockford), <br />Ramsey, Scott (excluding the city of New Prague), and Washington. If a city <br />is located in a metropolitan county that has adopted a collection ordinance, <br />the city must adopt either the county ordinance by reference or a stricter <br />ordinance. If a city is located in a metropolitan county that has adopted a <br />recyclable -separation ordinance, the ordinance applies in all cities within the <br />county that have failed to meet the local abatement performance standards <br />stated in the most recent annual county report. <br />3. Cities with a population of 1,000 or more <br />Minn. Stat. § 115A.941. <br />Any city, regardless of where it is located, with a population of 1,000 or <br />more must ensure that every residential household and business in the city <br />has solid waste collection service. <br />League of Minnesota Cities Information Memo: 6/9/2022 <br />City Solid Waste Management Page 5 <br />