Training
The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency offers training for professionals who must follow environmental regulations or get certain licenses or professional registrations.
Toolkits and marketing
Use these educational and marketing materials to help with your efforts to boost public participation in household hazardous waste programs throughout Minnesota.
Handle with Care
A toolkit on proper use and disposal of medications, mercury, and pesticides. Developed by the Western Lake Superior Sanitary District.
Mercury-containing products toolkit
A communications toolkit for mercury-containing products. Sample brochures, messages, and downloadable images of mercury-containing products.
Medication disposal toolkit
A collection of logos, designed templates, and graphics to promote a safe medication dropoff program.
Marketing your HHW program
Ads, postcards, articles, email, videos, along with clipart and graphics to help market your household hazardous waste program.
Household hazardous waste learning trunk
Resources to help educators explain the importance of proper use, storage, disposal, and safety information of household hazardous products.
Resources and publications
General
Household hazardous waste disposal guide (7-county metro area)- Household hazardous waste disposal guide (Greater Minnesota)
- Dispose of hazardous waste safely
Medical waste
Specific wastes
- Electronic waste
- Fluorescent light bulbs: Use them, recycle them
- Household battery recycling and disposal
- Lead recalls and proper management
- Pesticides (Minnesota Department of Agriculture)
Reducing toxicity
In the garage
- Changing your oil: An Earth-friendly guide for do-it-yourselfers
- Used Motor Vehicle Batteries
- Lead sinker alternatives