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The MPCA amended Minnesota Rules relating to the grant application process for the solid waste management capital assistance program.
The MPCA provides workshops and conferences to help solid waste landfill operators get certified and stay up to date.
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Reducing campus discards and raising awareness of sustainability through outreach and community engagement
The MPCA is working on both short and long-term solutions to the growing waste problems in the Twin Cities metropolitan area.
Water softeners produce much of the chloride that pollutes Minnesota’s waters. An MPCA grant aims to reduce that pollution with water softener replacement rebate programs.
MPCA had approximately $1 million for projects that increase the efficiency or effectiveness of waste reduction, reuse, recycling, or composting programs in Greater Minnesota.
Launched in 2022, the PFAS monitoring plan lays out a path for PFAS monitoring at solid waste, wastewater, and stormwater facilities; hazardous waste landfills; facilities with air emissions; and…
ECSWC is applying for a 10-year permit to add MSW capacity to its currently permitted landfill near Mora while conducting environmental review for the unpermitted areas of its landfill expansion.
Elk River Landfill, Inc. proposes to expand its existing municipal solid waste (MSW) landfill near Elk River.
An August 2023 MPCA inspection confirmed failures to conduct weekly inspections and train staff to properly handle and store hazardous waste at its residential and commercial cabinet production facility in St. Cloud.
Projects will reduce the amount of waste entering landfills, benefiting the environment and local economies.
Spring is the time for awakening gardens from their slumber and cleaning up the yard. It’s also a good time to start thinking about a backyard compost pile. Here’s how to build one that’ll enhance soil health and that your neighbors won’t mind.
The MPCA fined Regions Hospital $100,000 for improperly disposing of infectious waste in its mixed municipal solid waste in 2024.
The Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe has hosted five MN GreenCorps members to help install solar panels and electric vehicle charges, promote food sovereignty, and more.
The MPCA has announced eight grant recipients that will receive a total of over $1 million in grants for projects focused on waste reduction and reuse. These statewide efforts will reduce greenhouse gas emissions and other pollutants, reduce the demand for resources, and reduce the amount of waste sent to landfills.
Minnesota GreenCorps member Leslie Alcantar Mejia helped Hennepin County toward its goal of planting 1 million trees during her service term.
The MPCA added three bodies of water to the impaired waters list for PFAS contamination. Which are they? How did they get polluted? And how much PFAS does it take to contaminate a body of water?
CAP provides financial and technical assistance to local governments to encourage investment in the proper management of solid waste.
TEAM Industries, with machining operations in Audubon, Bagley, Cambridge, Detroit Lakes, and Park Rapids, paid $80,000 in fines for air, hazardous waste, and industrial stormwater violations.