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A house, a condo or an apartment. Choose an accessible outdoor spot that works for your property. You arrange the move outside; we take it from there.
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Book before you bring it out.
Your items can still be inside when you book. Follow the readiness instructions in your confirmation.
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Choose a clear outdoor spot.
You arrange any carrying out of your home or down interior stairs. Keep entrances, sidewalks and shared access clear. We handle loading and haul-away from outside.
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Show us where to find it.
Add a photo and clear location notes. Contact us before booking if a gate, building rule or restricted access window needs an arrangement.
At a house: outside, accessible and easy to identify.At an apartment: an approved outdoor spot with shared access clear.
Access needs an arrangement?
Check any building or shared-area rules. Contact us before booking if access is limited to particular hours.
City collection Furniture is refused at the county Recycling Zone, so a couch leaves on a one-time large item pickup that the household books with the licensed hauler it chose. The city sets no hauler rate and treats service fee disputes as a civil matter between the customer and the business, so call your licensed hauler and ask for the one-time large item charge.
City collection Mattresses and box springs are refused at the county Recycling Zone, so a set leaves on a hauler large item pickup or a trip to a transfer station or landfill. No mattress rate is published by the city or the county, so ask your licensed hauler for the one-time large item charge or call the receiving transfer station or landfill for its fee.
City collection Appliances are refused at the county Recycling Zone, so a unit leaves on a hauler large item pickup or a trip to a transfer station or landfill. No appliance rate is published by the city or the county, so ask your licensed hauler for the large item charge or call the receiving transfer station or landfill for its fee and rules.
City collection Weekly collection comes from the licensed hauler the household chooses, recycling is required, and anything larger uses a one-time large item pickup, a transfer station trip or a rented container. The city licenses the haulers but sets no rate and treats fee disputes as a civil matter, so ask your hauler what the weekly service and a one-time large item pickup cost.
The highest first-item price applies once. Every remaining item uses its additional-item price. Loading, transportation and disposal are included. Applicable sales tax is shown before payment.
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The local disposal guide
Will the city take it?
Apple Valley does not run its own refuse route. The city licenses private haulers, divides the city into residential hauling zones with an assigned collection day, and lets each household choose any licensed hauler, while recycling is required and the local recycling program is administered with Burnsville, Lakeville and Eagan. Anything a cart cannot take goes through Dakota County: household chemicals, electronics and recyclables to the Recycling Zone in Eagan, food scraps to the county site at the Apple Valley Central Maintenance Facility, and large items such as furniture, appliances, mattresses and project debris to a hauler pickup or one of the county transfer stations and landfills.
Furniture is refused at the county Recycling Zone, so a couch leaves on a one-time large item pickup that the household books with the licensed hauler it chose.
City cost & eligibility
The city sets no hauler rate and treats service fee disputes as a civil matter between the customer and the business, so call your licensed hauler and ask for the one-time large item charge.
When & how
Call the licensed hauler for your address and book a one-time large item pickup, or use the county list of transfer stations and landfills, which asks residents to call for fees, hours and items accepted.
Get it ready
Keep the piece out of the recycling cart, keep the containers stored as the city requires behind the building, inside a structure or in a screened side yard, and put the item out only for the arranged collection.
Mattresses and box springs are refused at the county Recycling Zone, so a set leaves on a hauler large item pickup or a trip to a transfer station or landfill.
City cost & eligibility
No mattress rate is published by the city or the county, so ask your licensed hauler for the one-time large item charge or call the receiving transfer station or landfill for its fee.
When & how
Book the set with your licensed hauler, or take it to a transfer station or landfill from the county list after calling ahead for fees, hours and items accepted.
Get it ready
Keep the set out of the recycling cart, keep it dry, and keep it off the curb until the pickup or the drop-off trip is arranged.
Appliances are refused at the county Recycling Zone, so a unit leaves on a hauler large item pickup or a trip to a transfer station or landfill.
City cost & eligibility
No appliance rate is published by the city or the county, so ask your licensed hauler for the large item charge or call the receiving transfer station or landfill for its fee and rules.
When & how
Book the unit with your licensed hauler, or take it to a transfer station or landfill from the county list after calling ahead for fees, hours and items accepted.
Get it ready
Empty the unit, secure the doors and drum, keep it out of the recycling cart, and keep a unit that still holds refrigerant separate so the receiving site can handle it.
Televisions, monitors, computers and small household electronics go to the Dakota County Recycling Zone, which destroys the data on the devices it takes.
City cost & eligibility
$10 per television or monitor at the Dakota County Recycling Zone, while every other accepted item is free. Open to residents of Anoka, Carver, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey, Scott and Washington counties, with a credit card or exact change ready for the screen fee and identification for the door.
When & how
Take the devices to the Recycling Zone at 3365 Dodd Road in Eagan during its published resident hours, which run Wednesday from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m., Thursday from noon to 8 p.m., Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Saturday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Get it ready
Stay in the vehicle and put the devices in the trunk or the very back so staff can unload them, remove batteries where they come out and bring those separately, and back up or erase personal data before handover.
Wood products and lumber are refused at the county Recycling Zone, so a project load goes to a transfer station, a demolition landfill or a rented container rather than to a curbside cart.
City cost & eligibility
No city or county construction rate is published, and the county asks residents to call each site for fees and accepted items, so confirm the container or the receiving site before the work starts.
When & how
Call your licensed hauler about a container or a project pickup, or call a transfer station or demolition landfill from the county list for fees, hours and items accepted.
Get it ready
Keep lumber, drywall and project debris out of both carts, keep the load secure for the trip, and keep asbestos containing material, carpet and yard waste separate because the county lists them as refusals at the Recycling Zone.
The county Recycling Zone refuses exercise equipment, so a machine has to be confirmed with a hauler or a receiving transfer station.
City cost & eligibility
No exercise machine charge is published by the city or the county, so call your licensed hauler and ask whether the machine can ride a one-time large item pickup and what it costs.
When & how
Call your licensed hauler and describe the machine, or call a transfer station or landfill from the county list for fees, hours and items accepted before hauling it.
Get it ready
Break the machine down where it can be, remove the batteries and bring those to the Recycling Zone separately, and keep the frame out of both carts.
Weekly collection comes from the licensed hauler the household chooses, recycling is required, and anything larger uses a one-time large item pickup, a transfer station trip or a rented container.
City cost & eligibility
The city licenses the haulers but sets no rate and treats fee disputes as a civil matter, so ask your hauler what the weekly service and a one-time large item pickup cost.
When & how
Use the collection day assigned to your residential hauling zone, and book furniture, appliances, mattresses and other large items with the hauler or take them to a county transfer station.
Get it ready
Place recyclables loose rather than in plastic bags, empty and dry containers and leave caps on, flatten boxes, keep batteries, food, plastic bags and wrap, shredded paper, styrofoam, tanglers and trash out of the recycling cart, and store containers where the city requires.
Paint, chemicals, batteries, bulbs, gasoline and sharps go to the Dakota County Recycling Zone, which takes household hazardous waste free of charge.
City cost & eligibility
No charge. Household chemicals and hazardous waste are accepted free of charge from residents of Anoka, Carver, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey, Scott and Washington counties, with sharps in a rigid labeled container. Medications are not accepted.
When & how
Take the material to the Recycling Zone at 3365 Dodd Road in Eagan, open Wednesday from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m., Thursday from noon to 8 p.m., Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Saturday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Get it ready
Stay in the vehicle, keep everything labeled with secure lids and upright in a box you can leave behind, keep the sharps container with you in the front seat, tag any gas can or oil container you want returned, and have identification ready for the door.
Apple Valley licenses private haulers instead of collecting refuse itself, the city is divided into residential hauling zones with an assigned collection day for each zone, and residents and businesses may choose any licensed hauler for service. The city is not authorized to intervene in service fee disputes.
Residents are required to recycle, recyclables go loose in the cart or a paper bag rather than in plastic bags, containers should be empty and dry with caps left on and boxes flattened, and batteries, food and liquids, paper plates and cups, plastic bags and wrap, shredded paper, styrofoam, tanglers such as chains and string lights, and trash stay out of the recycling cart.
The county tells residents with a large item to reuse or donate it first, then to call their hauler for a one-time large item pickup, bring it to a transfer station or landfill, order a temporary dumpster, or use a Bagster, and it asks residents to call the receiving sites for fees, hours and items accepted.
At the Recycling Zone visitors stay in the vehicle, items go in the trunk or the very back of the vehicle for staff to unload, the sharps container stays in the front seat, items have to be labeled with secure lids and upright in a box you can leave behind, identification is required, and screens and tires are paid by credit card or exact change while other accepted items are free.
Use a permitted, accessible outdoor spot. Arrange the move out of your home, keep shared access clear and follow your confirmation’s readiness instructions. Check with your building about access or staging limits before booking.
City of Apple Valley licensed trash haulers with Dakota County recycling programs
Book a one-time large item pickup with your licensed hauler
A household with a couch, mattress, appliance, exercise machine or other large item that will not fit a cart.
Cost & conditions
The city licenses the haulers and sets no rate, so ask the hauler you chose for the one-time large item charge before the pickup.
Arrange it
Call the licensed hauler for your address and book the pickup. The city lists Republic Services at (651) 455-8634, Aspen Waste Systems at (612) 884-8000, Dick's Sanitation Service at (952) 469-2239, Nitti Sanitation at (651) 457-7497 and Waste Management at (888) 960-0008 among the licensed haulers, and Apple Valley hauling information is at 952-895-4511.
The city assigns collection days by residential hauling zone but does not set rates and treats fee disputes as a civil matter, and the county Recycling Zone refuses appliances, furniture, mattresses, exercise equipment and project debris, so those items depend on the hauler or a receiving site.
City of Apple Valley licensed trash haulers with Dakota County recycling programs
Use a county drop-off, transfer station or landfill
A household with chemicals, electronics, batteries, bulbs or a large item that its hauler will not take.
Cost & conditions
From $6 for the published Recycling Zone price for a tire 15 inches or smaller, with televisions and monitors at 10.00 each, all other Recycling Zone items free, and transfer station and landfill fees quoted by phone. The Recycling Zone is open to residents of Anoka, Carver, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey, Scott and Washington counties, and the county asks residents to call each transfer station and landfill for its own fees, hours and accepted items.
Arrange it
Take household chemicals and electronics to the Recycling Zone at 3365 Dodd Road in Eagan, or use a transfer station or landfill from the county list, which includes Dakota Area Transfer at 3358 165th St. E. in Rosemount at 651-204-1453 and Pine Bend Landfill at 2495 117th St. E. in Inver Grove Heights at 651-457-2778.
The Recycling Zone refuses appliances, furniture, mattresses and box springs, exercise equipment, microwaves, water heaters, carpet, wood products or lumber, yard waste and medicines, and the transfer stations and landfills publish no item list or rate, so call before loading.
Household chemicals and hazardous waste including aerosols, antifreeze, batteries, cleaners, fire extinguishers, fluorescent bulbs, gasoline, paint, propane and helium cylinders, thermostats and used oil, electronics including televisions, monitors, computers, printers, tablets and phones, small household electronics, recyclables, scrap metal, grills, lawn mowers, snow blowers, bicycles and tires.
Open to residents of Anoka, Carver, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey, Scott and Washington counties as a household program. Appliances, asbestos, carpet, dehumidifiers, exercise equipment, furniture, mattresses and box springs, microwaves, medical equipment, medicines, packing peanuts, plastic bags, shredded paper, styrofoam, radioactive materials, water heaters, water softeners, wood or lumber, and yard waste are refused. Visitors stay in the vehicle, items go in the trunk or the very back, sharps travel in the front seat and go into the large sharps bin, and identification is required at the door.
Wednesday from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m., Thursday from noon to 8 p.m., Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Saturday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., closed on New Year's Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. Phone 952-891-7800.
From $6 for the published price for a tire 15 inches or smaller, with televisions and monitors at 10.00 each and every other accepted item free. Open to residents of Dakota County and six other metro counties, with a credit card or exact change for the screen and tire fees.
Large items and loads that the household cart route and the Recycling Zone will not take, with the county listing it among its transfer station and landfill options for residents.
The county publishes no item list or rate and asks residents to call for fees, hours and items accepted, and this site carries a one ton minimum charge. Contact 651-457-2778.
Call 651-457-2778 to confirm the current hours, the accepted items and the fees before loading a vehicle.
The county publishes no landfill rate and asks residents to call, so confirm the fee and the accepted load at 651-457-2778 before the trip.
Apple Valley Central Maintenance Facility food scraps site
6442 140th St. W., Apple Valley, MN
Food scraps including bakery and dry goods, coffee grounds, dairy, eggs and eggshells, meat, fish and bones, produce, plus napkins, tissues, paper towels and BPI certified compostable products.
Open to Dakota County residents or households only with no business or institution food scraps, and sign-up is required for the program. Animal waste, pet litter and bedding, cigarettes, wipes, diapers, dryer sheets and lint, food wrappers, frozen food boxes and all glass, metal and plastic are refused.
Sites are open daily from 5 a.m. to 10 p.m. unless noted. Sign up through the county program before the first drop-off.
No charge. The food scraps drop-off program is free to Dakota County residents and households that sign up.
Prices, timing and the details that matter at your address.
How much does pickup cost?+
Choose your items to see the exact price. A standard sofa is $79 first and $29 additional. The highest first-item price applies once; every remaining item uses its additional-item price. Loading, transportation and disposal are included. Review any applicable sales tax and the final total before payment.
Can I book a pickup for today?+
Book by 2pm at your pickup address for same-day pickup, where available. Choose from the dates shown at checkout. Your booking is for a pickup day, and we text you when your hauler is on the way.
Do my items need to be outside when I book?+
You can book while your items are still inside. Arrange any indoor carrying and have everything outside and accessible according to your confirmation. We load and haul it away from there. Contact us before booking if your property has restricted access.
How do I get rid of a couch in Apple Valley?+
Apple Valley licenses private haulers instead of collecting refuse itself, and the county tells residents with a large item to call their hauler for a one-time large item pickup. The city lists the licensed haulers with their phone numbers and gives hauling information at 952-895-4511, and it does not set the rates, so ask your hauler for the charge.Official guidance
Can an appliance go to the Dakota County Recycling Zone?+
No. The Recycling Zone lists appliances among the items it does not accept, along with water heaters and water softeners. The county route for a large item is a one-time pickup with your hauler or a trip to one of the transfer stations and landfills it lists, with fees and accepted items confirmed by phone first.Official guidance
Where does an old television or computer go in Apple Valley?+
To the Dakota County Recycling Zone at 3365 Dodd Road in Eagan, which takes televisions, monitors, computers, laptops, printers, tablets, phones, game systems and small household electronics and destroys the data on the devices it receives. Televisions and monitors carry a recycling fee each, every other accepted item is free, and the site is open to Dakota County and six other metro county resident groups.Official guidance
Who collects trash in Apple Valley?+
The city licenses private haulers rather than collecting refuse itself, residents choose any licensed hauler, and a collection day is assigned by residential hauling zone. Recycling is required, yard waste may not go in the trash, and the county tells residents with a large item to call their hauler for a one-time pickup. The city does not set the rates and gives hauling information at 952-895-4511.Official guidance
Where do paint, chemicals and batteries go in Apple Valley?+
To the Dakota County Recycling Zone at 3365 Dodd Road in Eagan, which accepts household chemicals and hazardous waste at no charge from residents of Dakota and six other metro counties. It takes aerosols, antifreeze, auto and household batteries, cleaners, fire extinguishers, fluorescent bulbs, gasoline, paint, propane and helium cylinders, thermostats, used oil and household sharps, and it does not accept medicines.Official guidance
Does Apple Valley have city trash collection?+
No. The city licenses private haulers, divides the city into residential hauling zones with an assigned collection day, and lets each household choose any licensed hauler, while recycling is required. The city does not set the rates and treats service or fee disputes as a civil matter between the customer and the business, and it gives hauling information at 952-895-4511.Official guidance
