Environment

• Hennepin Energy Recovery Center
  The Hennepin Energy Recovery Center (HERC) is a waste-to-energy facility located in downtown Minneapolis that burns garbage to generate energy.
• The Cool County Initiative
  Find out what the county, residents, and businesses can do to reduce the impact of climate change by 80 percent by 2050.
• Waste Disposal: A to Z Guide
  Disposal guide with information on how to get rid of household hazardous wastes, problem materials such as electronics, recycling and trash.

Business Waste Reduction & Recycling

• Create Less Waste at Your Business
  Find creative ways in your daily operations to reduce waste and use less hazardous materials.
• Environmentally Preferable Purchasing Guide
  This guide covers all aspects of the purchasing process, including cost, performance, vendors; and how to make environmentally preferable purchases.
• Green Product Initiatives
  Information about green purchasing programs implemented by Hennepin County.
• Mattress Recycling
  Recycle mattresses and boxsprings through the PPL Industries Second Chance Recycling program.
• Organics Recycling
  An overview of organics recycling and links to more information for residents, businesses and schools.
• Recyclables Accepted from Businesses at Drop-Off Facilities
  A list of recycling accepted from businesses at county drop-off facilities and guidelines for dropping off materials.
• Waste Disposal: A to Z Guide
  Disposal guide with information on how to get rid of household hazardous wastes, problem materials such as electronics, recycling and trash.

Commercial Hazardous Waste

• Does My Business Generate Hazardous Waste?
  Determine if your business generates hazardous waste by understanding what is a waste, what is a hazardous waste and how to evaluate your businesses waste.
• Hazardous Waste Licensing and Renewal
  Explains the process for obtaining and renewing a hazardous waste license, including the necessary forms and due dates.
• Hazardous Waste Rules
  Overview of rules for hazardous waste generators and additional requirements based on generator size.

Contaminated Lands

• Brownfields Cleanup Revolving Loan
  Find out about applying for a loan for environmental cleanup of hazardous waste, hazardous waste co-mingled with petroleum and petroleum-only impacts.
• Environmental Response Fund
  These grants are awarded to investigate and clean up contaminated land.
• Tax Forfeited Land Redevelopment Sites
  Read about tax-forfeited land sites which are known or suspected to be environmentally impaired parcels.

Cool County

• The Cool County Initiative
  Find out what the county, residents, and businesses can do to reduce the impact of climate change by 80 percent by 2050.

Grants & Loans

• Agricultural Best Management Practices Loan Program
  This program offers low interest loans to make improvements or implement practices that will reduce or prevent nonpoint source pollution.
• Brownfields Cleanup Revolving Loan
  Find out about applying for a loan for environmental cleanup of hazardous waste, hazardous waste co-mingled with petroleum and petroleum-only impacts.
• Community POWER Grants
  This program funds projects of non-environmental, community organizations to carry out innovative, community-based projects related to waste and toxicity reduction.
• Environmental Response Fund
  These grants are awarded to investigate and clean up contaminated land.
• Event Recycling - Containers Available
  Resources available to help you collect recycling at events, including portable recycling units that are available to borrow.
• Riparian Restoration and Stream Bank Stabilization Program
  This program will fund projects that reduce erosion and stabilize stream banks throughout the county.
• Waste Abatement Incentive Fund
  Grant funding available to local public entities and non-public schools to support projects that reduce waste and toxicity.

Green Government

• Electronic Product Environmental Assessment Tool
  An environmentally preferable purchasing tool for electronics that compares products based on their environmental attributes.
• Environmentally Preferable Purchasing Program
  This program promotes the purchase of goods and services that have a reduced impact on human health and the environment.
• Green Product Initiatives
  Information about green purchasing programs implemented by Hennepin County.
• Integrated Pest Management
  Implements principles to reduce the reliance on and use of pesticides.
• Lead By Example Incentive Fund Program
  Guidelines and information about internal waste reduction and increasing green purchasing projects by Hennepin County departments.

Solid Waste Haulers

• 2009 Christmas Tree Disposal for Haulers
  Information about special disposal for Christmas trees after the 2009 holiday season.
• Fee Reports for Haulers
  Downloadable and printable solid waste management fee reports for licensed haulers.
• Freeway Transfer Station
  Location, hours, and what's accepted at the Freeway Transfer Station.
• Holiday Hours for Haulers at Hennepin Facilities
  Listing of holiday hours for haulers at the county's solid waste facilities.
• Mattress Recycling
  Recycle mattresses and boxsprings through the PPL Industries Second Chance Recycling program.
• Operating Manual for Haulers
  Download the licensed waste hauler guide.
• Residential Recycling Recovery Rate Studies
  Learn more about the studies used to measure the overall success of recycling programs and help assess the potential to increase recycling.
• Solid Waste Ordinances
  Summary and links to the ordinances that regulate solid waste in Hennepin County.
• Solid Waste Planning
  Hennepin County's master plan for managing solid waste, and the county's future plans for increasing recycling.