| Minnesota Pollution Control Agency

Open top boxes on wire shelves filled with blister packs of prescription medications.

RoundtableRx is a nonprofit operating the Minnesota Medication Repository Program, which reduces pharmaceutical waste by collecting excess medication for redistribution. The MPCA recently provided a $52,910 grant for education and outreach to help solve the pharmaceutical waste issue in Minnesota.

A metal box with saucer-shaped collection instruments on poles attached to the top with trees and blue sky in the background.

A woman standing in front of a lectern smiling at the camera.

Question and answer session with Lisa Weidemann, a community affairs specialist with the MPCA, about her work with the agency.

Participants will learn about the impacts of salt on the environment, the fundamentals of Smart Salting and examine the why, when and how of using liquid deicer.

A man using a belt sander on the floor of a building being constructed.

MPCA awards first of two rounds of Tribal technical assistance grants intended to advance environmental work on reservations and in Tribal communities

Collection truck dumping out recycling and organics material.

The MPCA has announced a total of $1 million in grants for six projects that increase the efficiency and effectiveness of waste reduction, reuse, recycling, and composting efforts in Greater Minnesota communities. These projects will ultimately reduce the amount of waste entering landfills, benefiting the environment and local economies.

According to Heidi Ringhofer, a Greater Minnesota solid waste planner with the MPCA, the grants will largely support existing recycling efforts as the technology and the volume of recycling advances.

bad air day in Minneapolis because of Canadian fires July

Hot, sunny weather brings the possibility of air quality alerts due to ozone. But what exactly is ozone?

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As Minnesotans prepare for another summer of outdoor activities, MPCA meteorologists are forecasting a moderately active air quality season.

Commissioner Katrina Kessler scoops food into a to-go container.

The Climate Smart Food Systems initiative, funded by the U.S. EPA’s Climate Pollution Reduction Grants program, positions Minnesota as a national model for transforming our food system from farm to freezer.

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