Curbside Recycling Program
Effective Jan 1, 2012, curbside recycling in the City of Golden Valley has changed to a new hauler, pick-up schedule, and bigger, blue cart.
What Are The Changes?
- Larger cart with lid and wheels. No more bins.
- New hauler is Allied Waste.
- Every-other Friday pick up.
- No more sorting. Just throw all recyclables in the cart.
Recycle more stuff, including plastics #1-7 and plastic bags.
Pick-Up Schedule
Pick-up is every other Friday for curbside customers. You are in either the blue service week or the gray service week (see map).
On collection day, have your recycling cart at the curb by 6:30 am (late set-outs do not qualify as missed pick-ups). Make sure cart handles and wheels face away from the street and that carts are placed 3–5 feet away from other objects (trash containers, mail boxes, cars, trees, bushes, etc).
Missed Pick-Ups
If your recycling is at your curb by 6:30 am on collection day and it still doesn't get picked up, call Allied Waste at 952-941-5174 before noon the following Monday. Tell the customer service representative you are calling to report a missed pick-up and leave your address.
Holiday Schedule
If your pick-up week falls during one of the following holiday weeks (unless holiday falls on a Saturday or Sunday), pick-up will be one day later than normal:
- New Years Day
- Memorial Day
- Fourth of July
- Labor Day
- Thanksgiving
- Christmas
If your pick-up week does not fall during one of these holiday weeks, pick-up will be Friday as usual.
- What can I recycle?
- What can't I recycle?
Newspaper & newspaper inserts
Magazines & catalogs
All junk mail, envelopes, office & school papers (all colors)
Cardboard (break down boxes)
Phone books
Cereal & cracker-type boxes
Brown paper sacks/bags
Aluminum, steel, & tin cans
Glass bottles & jars
NEW! Plastics: #1 thru #7—bottles, cups, food containers, tubs, bowls, yogurt cups & butter/whip cream tubs-
NEW! On-the-go food packaging (Plastics #1 thru #7) 
NEW! Plastic bags (from retailers)
Juice boxes & other paper cartons
- No garbage
- No food waste
- No food tainted items (used paper plates, paper towels, or paper napkins)
- No pizza boxes
- No egg cartons
- No wax-coated cartons
- No ice-cream cartons
- No aluminum foil
- No styrofoam (like cups/plates & packaging)
- No aerosol cans, propane tanks or helium tanks
- No batteries
Storing Your New Cart
If you choose to store your recycling cart outside, follow the City ordinance (10.40, Subdivision 5) and make sure it is always located behind the front of the primary structure (house) and is no more than 3 feet away from the house or accessory structure (garage).
Carts may be placed at the curb from 5 pm the day before collection to 9 pm the day of collection.
What Can I Do With My Old Bin?
In the true spirit of recycling, if you want to keep your old recycling bins, they’re yours. Use them for storing or hauling, or give them to someone else who wants them
If that doesn’t work for you, bring them to the City’s drop-off site under the water tower next to Golden Valley City Hall. Pallets are set up for stacking old recycling bins. The City will recycle the old bins, so they’ll be discarded in an environmentally friendly manner.
If you could use a few extra bins for storage or whatever, stop by the drop-off site under the water tower and take what you need.
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