Apartment and condo recycling grants

We provide funding, resources and assistance for apartment and condos to start or improve programs to divert recyclables and/or organics.

Areas of focus can include:

• Purchasing bins and compostable bags
• Paying for hauling costs
• Constructing waste enclosures or chutes
• Managing or preventing the waste of bulky items
• Educating residents.

Available funds

There are no current funds available.

Eligible applicants

Multifamily properties in Hennepin County with five or more units that have shared waste collection service and are not part of their city's curbside collection service.

Applications should have the approval of an authorizing person who can enter into agreements with Hennepin County, such as but not limited to property owners, managers, and association board directors.

If you have questions about eligibility, email apartmentrecycling@hennepin.us.

Application

Applications are closed.

• 2025 multifamily recycling grant guidelines (PDF, 1MB)
• Multifamily grant flyer (PDF, 1MB)
• To get application materials, submit a multifamily recycling grant inquiry form.

Assistance

Our committed staff is ready to help you start or improve recycling at your apartment or condo.

We can help you assess your best options, review potential costs and savings, and determine the steps forward to improve your programs. Free assistance can be provided online or in-person. 

To request assistance, email apartmentrecycling@hennepin.us.

Recently awarded grants

Bin and compostable bag grants

The following properties received bin and compostable bag grants to improve recycling and organics recycling for their residents in 2025.

• 1225 LaSalle (Minneapolis)
• 1800 Clinton Condominiums (Minneapolis)
• 2112 Pillsbury Avenue (Minneapolis)
• 803 Douglas Ave (Minneapolis)
• Amira Minnetonka (Minnetonka)
• Aquila Commons (St. Louis Park)
• Artessa Mound Harbor (Mound)
• Cedar Isles Condos (Minneapolis)
• Edition Apartments (Minneapolis)
• Emerson Flats (Minneapolis)
• Gateway Commons (Brooklyn Center)
• Huntly Flats (St. Louis Park)
• Idaho Flats (St. Louis Park)
• International Village (Bloomington)
• L&E Apartments (St. Louis Park)
• Lake Nokomis North Condominiums (Minneapolis)
• Lee Square Cooperative (Robbinsdale)
• Loring Green East (Minneapolis)
• Loring Green West (Minneapolis)
• Maison Green (Edina)
• Midtown Condos on the Greenway (Minneapolis)
• Mill City Quarter (Minneapolis)
• Nina Flats (St. Louis Park)
• Presbyterian Homes of Bloomington (Bloomington)
• Shadow Hills Apartments (Plymouth)
• St. Paul Homes Apartments (Minneapolis)
• Trillium Woods (Plymouth)
• York Condos West (Edina)

Multifamily recycling grants

These properties received grants to reduce contamination, prevent waste, or start organics recycling at their buildings in 2025.

• 1225 LaSalle (Minneapolis)
• 2725 Pleasant Ave (Minneapolis)
• 608 Ridgewood (Minneapolis)
• 803 Douglas Ave (Minneapolis)
• Amira Minnetonka (Minnetonka)
• Aquila Commons (St. Louis Park)
• Artessa Mound Harbor (Mound)
• Gateway Commons (Brooklyn Center)
• Girard Place Apartments (Minneapolis)
• Lake Nokomis North Condominiums (Minneapolis)
• Lagoon Ave Estates (Minneapolis)
• Lee Square Cooperative (Robbinsdale)
• Timber & Tie (Minneapolis)
• Trillium Woods (Plymouth)
• Urban Rent (Minneapolis)
• Wayzata Lake Apartments (Wayzata)