Hennepin County, Minnesota
Subscribe | Media | Events | Jobs | Contact | Site Map
  • How Do I?
  • Who Is?
  • Where Is?
  • HOME
  • RESIDENTS
  • BUSINESS
  • PUBLIC SAFETY & LAW
  • GOVERNMENT
  • ABOUT

Environment, Recycling & Trash

Learn how you can protect the environment.

Drop-off Facilities

  • Drop-Off Sites: Household Hazardous Waste & Recycling
  • Waste Disposal: A to Z Guide
  • Household Hazardous Waste Collection Events

Reduce, Reuse & Recycle

  • Recycling at Home
  • Organics Recycling for Residents
  • Choose to Reuse Today
  • Tips for Reducing Waste

Yard & Garden

  • Earth-Friendly Home Landscaping Guide
  • Yard Waste Disposal
  • Backyard Composting
  • Eco-Yards

Energy & Air Quality

Clean Air Landscaping, Hennepin Energy Recovery Center, The Cool County Initiative

Environmental Education & Outreach

Environment, Recycling and Trash Home, Green Notes E-Newsletter, Green Partners - Environmental Education Resources, Project Support and Funding, Green Partners E-Newsletter, Hennepin Volunteers

Partner Resources

Community POWER Grants, Green Partners - Environmental Education Resources, Project Support and Funding, Green Partners E-Newsletter

Household Hazardous Waste

Drop-Off Sites: Household Hazardous Waste & Recycling, Reducing Household Hazardous Waste, Waste Disposal: A to Z Guide

Natural Resources

Earth-Friendly Home Landscaping Guide, Experiential Environmental Education Grants and Teacher Academy, Hennepin Conservation District, Hennepin County Landowner Guide, Natural Resource Inventory (NRI), Natural Resources Block Grant (NRBG)

Solid Waste Management

Hennepin Energy Recovery Center, Proposal to Use the Capacity of HERC, Residential Recycling Recovery Rate Studies, Solid Waste Planning

Volunteering

Hennepin Volunteers

Online Services

  • Waste Disposal: A to Z Guide
  • Choose to Reuse Directory
  • Literature Order Form
  • Subscribe to Hennepin Green Notes

Popular Links

  • Drop-Off Sites: Household Hazardous Waste & Recycling
  • The Cool County Initiative
Brooklyn Park Drop-off Facility

No More Trash

Beginning in 2012, Hennepin County will no longer accept trash from residents at the Brooklyn Park Drop-off Facility.

Read more about Drop-Off Sites: Household Hazardous Waste & Recycling

  • Copyright © 2009  Hennepin County, Minnesota    
  • Contact
  • Privacy/Security
  • Accessibility
  • Plain Language