South Dakota trash pickup is run by cities, counties and private haulers, not by the state.
Your pickup day comes from your city’s or hauler’s own lookup. Among the largest cities, Rapid City and Aberdeen collect curbside themselves; in Sioux Falls residents hire their own hauler. South Dakota has a ban on yard waste in landfills, but no statewide bottle deposit, PaintCare paint, mattress or electronics recycling program.
Find your city
The largest South Dakota cities and their official collection pages:
- Sioux Falls: no city collection: residents contract private haulers. Each occupant, owner or manager is responsible for hiring a licensed waste hauling company, and garbage must be picked up at least once a week and recyclable materials at least twice a month. Official page ↗
- Rapid City: City of Rapid City Solid Waste Division, Department of Public Works. The city collects garbage, recyclables and subscription yard waste on your regular collection day, and the Solid Waste Division says curbside recycling returns to weekly pickup starting September 2026. Official page ↗ Look up your collection day ↗
- Aberdeen: City of Aberdeen Public Works Department, Solid Waste Division. Public Works collects the city’s solid waste and contracts out recycling collection. Official page ↗
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Who collects in South Dakota
- DANR publishes an interactive GIS map and a written guide of in-state and out-of-state recycling facilities for residents to search. Source ↗
- South Dakota solid waste facilities are permitted under SDCL 34A-6 and ARSD 74:27, and DANR inspects them and investigates improper-disposal complaints. Source ↗
National haulers (Republic Services, WM, Waste Connections) hold contracts in many places; the city or county names the hauler for each street.
State-level rules
- Container deposit: No statewide container deposit law. NCSL’s state beverage container deposit laws page says ten states and Guam have deposit-refund systems and South Dakota is not among them. Source ↗
- Paint: Not a PaintCare state. PaintCare’s own list of program states covers twelve states and the District of Columbia and does not include South Dakota. Leftover paint goes through the local household hazardous waste program; see paint. Source ↗
- Mattresses: No statewide mattress take-back program. The Mattress Recycling Council’s Bye Bye Mattress program operates only in California, Connecticut, Oregon and Rhode Island. See mattresses. Source ↗
- Electronics: No statewide electronics law. DANR’s list of materials that cannot go in South Dakota landfills (SDCL 34A-6-67) covers yard waste, lead-acid batteries, waste motor oil and white goods and does not include electronics; no state manufacturer take-back law was found in a source I opened. Source ↗
- Yard waste: Banned from landfills statewide. DANR says state law (SDCL 34A-6-67) prohibits yard waste, lead-acid batteries, waste motor oil and white goods from being landfilled, phased in starting 1995. Source ↗
State agency
- State agency: South Dakota Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Waste Management Program (Recycling Section). It regulates and permits South Dakota solid waste facilities, inspects them and investigates disposal complaints, and gives technical assistance on recycling and waste minimization including a statewide list and map of recycling facilities. Official website ↗
- Find your local program: DANR Recycling Guide and facility map ↗
- Contact: 605-773-5559
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Materials with their own rules
Paint · Lithium-ion batteries · Household hazardous waste · Mattresses · Pizza boxes · Christmas trees
Neighboring states
Iowa · Minnesota · Montana · Nebraska · North Dakota · Wyoming
Sources
Official pages used: danr.sd.gov · danr.sd.gov · siouxfalls.gov · rcgov.org · rapidcityrecycles.org · rapidcityrecycles.org · aberdeen.sd.us · aberdeen.sd.us · ncsl.org · paintcare.org · byebyemattress.com · danr.sd.gov.
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