Minnesota § 115A.931 YARD WASTE; PROHIBITION

Minnesota Statutes

§ 115A.931 — YARD WASTE; PROHIBITION

Minnesota § 115A.931

PartENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

Ch. 115AWASTE MANAGEMENT

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Minn. Stat. § 115A.931 (2026).

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(a)Except as authorized by the agency, in the metropolitan area after January 1, 1990, and outside the metropolitan area after January 1, 1992, a person may not place yard waste:

(1)in mixed municipal solid waste;

(2)in a disposal facility; or

(3)in a resource recovery facility except for the purposes of reuse, composting, or cocomposting.

(b)MS 2008 [Renumbered115A.03, subd 38]

(c)On or after January 1, 2010, a person may not place yard waste or source-separated compostable materials generated in a metropolitan county in a plastic bag delivered to a transfer station or compost facility unless the bag meets all the specifications in ASTM Standard Specification for Compostable Plastics (D6400). For purposes of this paragraph, "metropolitan county" has the meaning given in section473.1

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(a) Except as authorized by the agency, in the metropolitan area after January 1, 1990, and outside the metropolitan area after January 1, 1992, a person may not place yard waste:
(1) in mixed municipal solid waste;
(2) in a disposal facility; or
(3) in a resource recovery facility except for the purposes of reuse, composting, or cocomposting.
(b) MS 2008 [Renumbered115A.03, subd 38]
(c) On or after January 1, 2010, a person may not place yard waste or source-separated compostable materials generated in a metropolitan county in a plastic bag delivered to a transfer station or compost facility unless the bag meets all the specifications in ASTM Standard Specification for Compostable Plastics (D6400). For purposes of this paragraph, "metropolitan county" has the meaning given in section473.121, subdivision 4, and "ASTM" has the meaning given in section296A.01, subdivision 6.
(d) A person who immediately empties a plastic bag containing yard waste or source-separated compostable materials delivered to a transfer station or compost facility and removes the plastic bag from the transfer station or compost facility is exempt from paragraph (c).
(e) Residents of a city of the first class that currently contracts for the collection of yard waste are exempt from paragraph (c) until January 1, 2013, if, by that date, the city implements a citywide source-separated compostable materials collection program using durable carts.