Toolkit for Greener Practices: Showcase of Ideas
The environment and our quality of life can benefit from preventive strategies, including pollution prevention (source reduction), reuse, recycling and more sustainable approaches to design and resource use. If the ideas showcased in this photo gallery intrigue you, use the Decision Tree to find out if some may be appropriate to your situation. Note: Project summaries and additional photos will be available at a later date.
- Are you cleaning up contamination?
- Are you a business planning regulatory compliance or waste reduction?
- Are you a developer or property manager?
How can cleanup enhance the environment and avoid creating new pollution sources?
Option 1-1: In-situ treatment
Reagent Injection - Source Area
Option 1-2: Innovative and more efficient remedies
Phytoremediation
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Groundwater Treatment through a Restored Wetland
Option 1-3: Constructed wetland
Anoka Closed Landfill Groundwater Treatment
Option 1-4: Green space development
Enhanced or Restored Habitat: Sandhill Crane Natural Area, East Bethel Closed Landfill
Option 1-5: Deconstruction
Option 1-6: Recyclable or recovered environmental material
Wood Treatment Plant: Closed Loop System and Cleanup Operation
How can preventive or more sustainable approaches bring regulatory and economic benefits to my business?
Option 2-1: Pollution prevention evaluation
Manufacturing Production Lines & Material Inputs
Option 2-2: Materials exchange
Used Utility Poles & Recovered Product; Materials Exchange Brokers
Option 2-3: Reduceregulatory burden
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Option 2-4: Environmental Management System approaches
Pilot Projects with MPCA Assistance
Option 2-5: Design for the Environment
Minnesota Office of Environmental Assistance Workbook
How can I enhance the property value, my bottom line, or community livability by incorporating principles of prevention and sustainability?
Option 3-1: Deconstruction
Option 3-2: Development plan incorporates cleanup remedy
Building Footprint and Grading as a Cap
Option 3-3: Environmentally friendly building and site design
Phillips Eco-Enterprise Center: Sustainable Building Design and Natural Landscaping
Option 3-4: Office and property management
Green Renovations, Non-toxic Janitorial Supplies, Xeriscaping
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Option 3-5: Low/no discharge stormwater management strategies
Phillips Eco-Enterprise Center: Native Prairie, Curb-free Filtration Strips, Rooftop Garden
Option 3-6: Green space development
Expanding Green Space Mitigates Encroaching Development
Option 3-7: Design for the Environment
Minnesota Office of Environmental Assistance Workbook
