Recycling guides

Free guides are available from Hennepin County, digitally and printed. Send an email to Hennepin County staff at apartmentrecycling@hennepin.us with the items and quantity you are requesting. Please include your property name, address and number of units.

• English Recycling Guide
• Spanish Recycling Guide (Guia de reciclaje)
• Russian Recycling Guide (Руководство по обращению с бытовыми отходами)
• Somali Recycling Guide (Tilmaanta Dib uwarshadaynta)
• Hmong Recycling Guide (Cov Lus Qhia Txog Kev Rov Coj Los Tsim Siv Dua Tshiab)

Online workshops

During summer 2020, the city offered online recycling workshops for multifamily residents and property managers in St. Louis Park. Below is a recording of each session and a PDF of the slides.

• Residents
  • Recording
  • Slides
• Property managers and caretakers
  • Recording
  • Slides

Drop-sites

Most multifamily buildings do not have organics collection on-site. In order to make the opportunity available, the city offers an organics drop-site program. The program is free to multifamily residents.

Certified compostable bags must be used to collect your organics. All drop-site organics participants receive a yearly allotment of compostable bags from the city at no additional cost. This is made possible through grant funding received from Hennepin County. Pick up your bags at city hall or the Municipal Service Center. Paper bags are also allowed for collecting dry organics.

For more information and resources on how to collect organics in your home, view the organics setup and tips page.

View the multifamily organics drop-site map. Residents will be given exact locations and access information (several carts are locked to prevent contamination) after signing up.

To learn more, watch the multifamily organics drop-site presentation.

If you would like to participate, complete the multifamily organics drop-site sign up form.

On-site collection

If you are interested in getting organics collection at your multifamily building, contact the public works department at recycling@stlouisparkmn.gov or 952.924.2562 for assistance.

Learn more about one condominium's experience with starting on-site organics collection.

Multifamily properties with eight units or less can participate in the city’s residential curbside program, including recycling, organics and garbage collection, as long the amount of waste generated can be collected in city-provided carts, not dumpsters.

Service levels and collection frequencies are available as follows:

• Garbage (weekly): 30-gallons (one small cart) up to 360-gallons (four large carts)
• Recycling (every-other-week): 30-, 60- or 90-gallon, no limit on number of carts
• Organics (weekly): 30- or 60-gallon

Rates charged are the same as those charged for other residential customers. View current rates.

Carts must be brought to the curb on collection day unless the building opts to pay for walk up service (restrictions may apply). Participation in the program by any multifamily residential building can be terminated at any time by the city.