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Documents and forms related to the identification and management of hazardous waste in Minnesota.
MPCA sought proposals from qualified responders for a contract conducting a waste characterization study evaluating the types of materials generated and discarded in Minnesota and their relative prominence in Minnesota’s waste streams.
Disposing of wastes from a natural disaster or large fire
A waste tire transporter removes waste tires from a waste tire generator, tire dump, or waste tire facility and delivers the waste tires for aggregation, storage, or processing.
Counties and solid waste management districts around the state are required to prepare and implement detailed plans for solid waste management.
The amount of hazardous waste you generate will dictate your waste generator status.
The MPCA offers a variety of tools to help counties, cities, and townships develop and support systems that recover resources and manage waste.Notify the agency about changes to contacts in your…
The MPCA is planning a new rule governing waste, adopting new rules to implement and govern regulation of the Packaging Waste and Cost Reduction Act.
Permitted waste facilities, waste projects, and waste haulers in Minnesota must submit regular reports to the MPCA.
An index of biological integrity (IBI) is a particularly powerful tool that provides an accurate measure of the condition of the biological communities and are a direct determinant of the attainment of aquatic life uses.
Image In Minnesota, 2,469 schools serve more than 898,000 K-12 students and employ thousands of teachers and staff. An MPCA study found that Minnesota…
The MPCA had at least $1 million to support projects that will build lasting capacity to preserve standing tree stock and manage increasing volumes of wood waste.
The MPCA has withdrawn proposed rules relating to waste treated seeds.
The wood waste hierarchy outlines wood waste disposal methods in order of most preferable to least preferable.
During the 2023 legislative session, legislators passed more than a dozen funding and policy proposals to address food waste, organics, recycling market development, and wood waste.
The MPCA had just over $800,000 available to support waste reduction and reuse projects across the state.
Studies of Minnesota’s waters show that contaminants of emerging concern are widespread in the state’s lakes and rivers.
Minnesota rules allow for specific uses (called beneficial uses) of certain materials that otherwise would be classified as solid waste.
Composting organic waste and compostable products creates a valuable product that improves soil fertility, conserves water, and reduces erosion.