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RELEVANT LINKS: <br />Minn. Stat. § 115A.935. <br />Minn. Stat. § 115A.03, subd. <br />38. <br />Minn. Stat. § 115A.03, subd. <br />25a. <br />Minn. Stat. § 115A.03, subd. <br />32b. <br />Minn. Stat. § 115A.03, subd. <br />32a. Minn. Stat. § 115A.93. <br />State law also prohibits the disposal of solid waste generated outside <br />Minnesota unless the waste meets all the solid waste management <br />regulations of the state in which it was generated and contains none of the <br />items otherwise banned from mixed municipal solid waste in Minnesota. <br />3. Yard waste <br />Yard waste is defined as "garden wastes, leaves, lawn cuttings, weeds, shrub <br />and tree waste, and prunings." <br />4. Recyclable materials <br />Recyclable materials are defined as "materials that are separated from mixed <br />municipal solid waste for the purpose of recycling or composting, including <br />paper, glass, plastics, metals, automobile oil, batteries, source -separated <br />compostable materials, and sole source food waste streams that are managed <br />through biodegradative processes." Recyclable materials do not include <br />refuse -derived fuel or other material that is destroyed by incineration. <br />5. Source -separated recyclable materials <br />Source -separated recyclable materials are defined as "recyclable materials, <br />including commingled recyclable materials, that are separated by the <br />generator." <br />6. Source -separated compostable materials <br />Source -separated compostable materials are defined as materials that: <br />• Are separated at the source by waste generators for the purpose of <br />preparing them for use as compost. <br />• Are collected separately from mixed municipal solid waste and are <br />governed by the licensing provisions of section 115A.93. <br />• Are comprised of food wastes, fish and animal waste, plant materials, <br />diapers, sanitary products, and paper that is not recyclable. <br />• Are delivered to a facility to undergo controlled microbial degradation to <br />yield a humus -like product meeting the MPCA's class I or class II, or <br />equivalent, compost standards, and where process rejects do not exceed <br />15 percent by weight of the total material delivered to the facility. <br />• May be delivered to a transfer station, mixed municipal solid waste <br />processing facility, or recycling facility only for the purposes of <br />composting or transfer to a composting facility, unless the commissioner <br />determines that no other person is willing to accept the materials. <br />League of Minnesota Cities Information Memo: <br />City Solid Waste Management <br />5/6/2024 <br />Page 4 <br />