Articles & Images

​Standardized images and icons​

Businesses, haulers, municipalities, schools and residents are encouraged to download and use these icons and images for free. Dakota County treats these images as public domain. Download to add the icons or images to mailings, container labels and more.

Recycling icons and images
Trash icons and images
Organics icons and images
"Not accepted" icons

2024 r​equired articles for municipalities

​Recycle Right
Stay Organized with The Recycling Zone
Join Your Neighbors to Keep Food Scraps Out of the Trash
Bring Your Broken Items to a​ Fix-It Clinic for Free Help

Articles, images and social media posts

Each communication topic has articles, social media posts and images to use in newsletters, e-news, bulletins or other communication outlets.

Current campaign

• Keep It Loose Toolkit
• ​Articles
• Social media posts
• Images
• Digital screen
• Videos: Keep It Loose (29 seconds), David Says No (24 seconds)
• Audio: Keep It Loose (20 seconds), Dump Out ​the Bag (15 seconds) 
  

Ongoing messages

• Dakota County Recycling Guide​
• The Recycling Zone articles, images and social media
• Home recycling articles, images and social media
• Fix-It Clinic articles, images and social media
• Reuse and donation articles and social media
• Organics drop site articles and social media