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An individual solid waste permit is tailored to a specific solid waste facility or activity.

In Minnesota, wastewater treatment operators must be certified to ensure that facilities meet operational requirements.

Volunteers across Minnesota’s 87 counties have been collecting pine needles from coniferous trees in their neighborhoods to help the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency better understand how to protect Minnesotans from PFAS pollution.

Organizations that want to reuse materials in ways not classified as standing beneficial uses must apply to the MPCA for a case specific beneficial use.

Kohlman Lake, one of 27 bodies of water to come off the impaired waters list this year, did so with substantial help from the Clean Water Fund.

Minnesota has enacted laws to end avoidable uses of PFAS in Minnesota by 2032.

Cleaner water is taking hold across Minnesota this Earth Day as farmers and communities scale up solutions that protect rivers, strengthen soil, and build resilience from headwaters to downstream lakes.

To prevent food waste at its veterans homes, the Minnesota Department of Veterans Affairs used a $185,000 MPCA grant to purchase new meal-ordering technology.

The new commercial organics collection will service a 20- to 30-stop route across both Hubbard and Beltrami counties.

State agencies support Minnesota's sustainable purchasing efforts by using state contracts.

Helping Minnesota businesses comply with environmental rules, reduce wastes and emissions, and reduce regulatory obligations.

Certain types of permits and approvals to conduct solid waste activities require a notification to the MPCA of the intent to perform the specified solid waste activity.

MPCA seeks public comment on a proposed air permit for the U.S. Steel Keetac mining facility in Keewatin, Minn.

The Legislature has given the MPCA the authority to develop rules to protect state environmental resources.

Composting organic waste and compostable products creates a valuable product that improves soil fertility, conserves water, and reduces erosion.

A waste is any material that can no longer be used for its original intended purpose. The type of waste generated can include recyclables, solid waste, and hazardous wastes, which may be subject to specific management and disposal requirements.

Important details to help make your e-Service administrative submittal go as smoothly as possible.

Any facility that is engaged in a narrative activity or a primary SIC code, as listed in the Multi-Sector General Permit, needs to apply for industrial stormwater permit coverage or certify for No Exposure.

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.

When food spoils or is thrown away before we eat it, the resources that went into creating the food are wasted.