Minneapolis, Minn., Code of Ordinances § 12 § 244.355

(a) Purpose: This section is designed to prevent and discourage unauthorized collection of recyclable materials which are set out by city residents as part of the city's designated recycling program. Unauthorized collection or "scavenging" may reduce the volumes of material collected as part of the city's designated program and thereby threaten the economic viability of the program. Scavenging may also cause confusion among participating residents and thereby disrupt the publicity and educational processes of the city's designated recycling program.
(b) Ownership: Ownership of recyclables stays with the person or household that originally purchased the item until that person relinquishes his/her rights of ownership through specific action of giving or selling said materials to a recyclables collection program. Nothing in this section shall abridge the right of the individual or household to give or sell his/her materials to any recyclables material collection program.
Recyclable materials placed at the solid waste collection point (SWCP), as defined in section 225.670 of the Code, shall be collected only by the city's recycling crews, or the city's designated agents. Upon removal from a SWCP, ownership of properly prepared recyclable material set out for the collection program designated by the director of public works shall be vested in the City of Minneapolis or its designated hauling agents. Ownership of recyclable materials remains with the person or household until picked up by the city's designated collection program. Furthermore, materials not prepared according to reasonable cleaning and sorting specifications shall remain the responsibility and property of the individuals or household from which the materials originated.
(c) Unauthorized persons not to collect . No unauthorized person shall collect recyclable material set out at the solid waste collection point (SWCP), a defined in section 225.670 of the Code, or otherwise intended for city authorized collection. ( 82-Or-094 , § 2, 5-28-82; 96-Or-047 , § 2, 5-24-96; Ord. No. 2017-063 , § 3, 11-3-17)