Waste experts and activists want a zero-waste future, but until then, the debate over how to deal with trash involves immediate harms vs. longer-term risks.
Trista Martinson, the new executive director, is passionate about tackling waste, focusing on reducing trash through education and technical assistance while improving recycling and waste processing. She views her role as pivotal in creating equitable, environmentally responsible solutions, with plans…
Ramsey/Washington Recycling & Energy (R&E) is pleased to announce that after a competitive process attracting a large group of strong candidates from across the country, Trista Martinson has accepted the position of R&E’s first executive director.
Ramsey and Washington counties’ new Food Scraps Pickup Program is now available to all residents of Grey Clouds Island Township, Landfall, Oakdale, South St. Paul and Woodbury, MN. As of April 1, 2024, these residents can sign up for the…
Composting in Ramsey and Washington counties is going high-tech. Residents of four cities there can now throw compost in the trash — and let artificial intelligence sort it out.
Ramsey/Washington Recycling & Energy (R&E) celebrated the completion of innovative enhancements at the R&E Center, a 450,000 ton per year solid waste processing facility in Newport. These enhancements, which include a building addition and next- generation technology and equipment…
Batteries make our lives easier, but if they’re not handled correctly, they can be dangerous. Fire Prevention Week is October 3-9, and Hennepin, Ramsey and Washington counties are partnering to educate residents about how and why batteries can be a…
Food scraps make up about 20% of trash collected in Ramsey and Washington (Minnesota) counties by weight. Starting in late 2022, the counties will roll out residential curbside collection to single-family homes, apartments and condos using “food scrap bags” that…
Ramsey/Washington Recycling & Energy broke ground this spring on a more than $40 million expansion at its Newport facility to make room for high-tech robotics that will sift out the biodegradable bags residents will use to dispose of food scraps…
Ramsey/Washington Recycling & Energy (R&E) hosted a virtual groundbreaking event to celebrate the start of construction for processing improvements at the Ramsey/Washington Recycling & Energy Center (R&E Center).
“Landfills full, alternatives few” (Star Tribune, Jan. 26) on the potential expansion of landfills in the metro area underscores the need to reduce our reliance on trash cans. A serious effort to reduce the amount of trash we are producing…
Ramsey/Washington Recycling & Energy (R&E) and Orange EV today announced the deployment of an Orange EV T-Series pure electric terminal truck to the Recycling and Energy Center (R&E Center) in Newport, Minnesota. Replacing a diesel truck with all-electric aligns with…
Ramsey/Washington Recycling & Energy (R&E) — a public joint powers board between Ramsey and Washington Counties in Minnesota — has issued a request for proposals (RFP) for End-Use Markets for Byproducts from the Recycling & Energy Center (R&E Center) through…
Ramsey/Washington Recycling & Energy (R&E), Maplewood, Minnesota, has announced a request for proposals for gasification, anaerobic digestion, chemical recycling and other processing solutions to manage waste byproducts from its 500,000-ton-per-year waste processing facility.
A garbage facility in Newport is about to take a $43 million dive into organic recycling.
The addition to the Ramsey/Washington Recycling & Energy Center would enable it to pull food scraps out of the waste stream for the first time.
According…
Food scraps and other organic material make up about a quarter of the waste produced by the 800,000 residents of Ramsey and Washington counties — but there’s no full-scale curbside system to collect it for composting.
A day into the start of the legislative session, Gov. Tim Walz is touring the state to advocate for his $2 billion bonding bill.
Wednesday, he spent time at the recycling and energy center in Newport. Located in Ramsey County, it…
Nov. 15 is America Recycles Day. You may have read negative news about recycling in the national headlines recently. We’re writing with some facts on the state of recycling here in Minnesota.
China’s decision to stop accepting America’s dirty recycling has rocked the waste industry and forced some communities across the country to landfill material tossed in the big blue bins. So is recycling still worth it here in Minnesota?