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RELEVANT LINKS: <br />Minn. Stat. § 115A.941. See <br />To comply with this requirement, cities are authorized to organize solid <br />Section IV, Solid waste and <br />recycling collection, for more <br />waste collection, provide collection by city employees, or require by <br />information about organized <br />ordinance that every household and business has a contract for collection <br />collection. <br />services. An ordinance with such a requirement must also provide for <br />enforcement. Cities must follow specific procedural requirements before <br />adopting organized collection of solid waste. <br />Minn. Stat. § 115A.941. <br />A city with a population of 1,000 or more may exempt a residential <br />household or business from the requirement to have solid waste collection <br />service if the household or business ensures that an environmentally sound <br />alternative is used. <br />B. Recycling required at city facilities <br />Minn. Stat. § 115A.151. <br />All statutory and home rule charter cities are required to ensure that facilities <br />under their control, from which mixed municipal solid waste is collected, <br />have containers for at least three recyclable materials, such as, but not <br />limited to, paper, glass, plastic, and metal. Cities also must transfer all <br />recyclable materials collected to a recycler. <br />C. Licensing <br />1. Solid waste collectors <br />Minn. Stat. § 115A.93, subd. <br />State law prohibits any person from collecting mixed municipal solid waste <br />1. <br />for hire without a license from the jurisdiction where that waste is collected. <br />Minn. Stat. § 115A.93, subd. <br />Cities are authorized to license solid waste collectors. If a city does so, it <br />2. Minn. Stat. § 115A.93, <br />subd. I(a). Troje v. City <br />must submit a list of licensed collectors to the MPCA. County boards are <br />Council of City of Hastings, <br />required to adopt by resolution the licensing authority of any city that does <br />310 Minn. 183, 245 N.W.2d <br />596(1976). <br />not license solid waste collectors. If a city acts as a licensing authority, it <br />may impose requirements that are consistent with the county's solid waste <br />policies. In addition, state law establishes several requirements that must be <br />imposed for any license issued to a solid waste collector. <br />Minn. Stat. § 115A.93, subd. <br />First, a license must require collectors to impose charges for collection of <br />3. <br />mixed municipal solid waste that increase with the volume or the weight of <br />waste collected. For example, a solid waste collector could charge fees that <br />increase with the increasing volume of solid waste generated by customers. <br />Garbage carts of different sizes, measured by their volume in gallons, could <br />be issued to customers who can decide what size garbage cart best suits their <br />disposal needs. <br />Minn. Stat. § 115A.93, subd. <br />The commissioner of the MPCA may exempt a licensing authority from this <br />3. <br />requirement if the county in which the city is located has an approved solid <br />waste plan that concludes that variable rate pricing is not appropriate for that <br />jurisdiction because it is inconsistent with other incentives and mechanisms <br />League of Minnesota Cities Information Memo: 6/9/2022 <br />City Solid Waste Management Page 6 <br />