Waste Management
The Lake Street Council can help your business take advantage of several local rebate and grant programs that can help you reduce your cost of operations, comply with local regulations, reduce pollution, and create healthier work environments.
HOW WE ARE HELPING
Ways your business or nonprofit can be more energy efficient:
Hennepin County
Hennepin County can help you make your waste collection system work better by improving your internal set-up, increasing your recycling rates to reduce your tax burden, and right-sizing your service levels so you aren’t paying too much for trash hauling.
According to local and state law, all businesses must have single-sort recycling services in place to recycle bottles, cans, paper, and cardboard. The good thing is that recycling almost always will save you money because it isn’t taxed.
Additionally, as of January 2020, businesses in Hennepin County that work with food (including restaurants, grocery stores, and child care centers) must have an organics recycling system in place to capture food waste.
Setting up new recycling systems can feel daunting, but there are resources out there to help you. Hennepin County has free recycling and organics bins, signage, and training available.
For more information or to get assistance, fill out this form on Hennepin County’s website.
MNimize
The Small Business Equitable Energy Decarbonization Initiative (SBEEDi) fosters a community of practice to expand the use of clean energy among small businesses, with a focus on underserved commercial corridors in the Twin Cities of Minnesota. Learn more.
Too Good to Go
Too Good to Go is an international surplus food marketplace platform where food businesses list unsold stock at a discount so nearby customers can buy and collect it before it goes to waste. Locally, many businesses participate in Too Good To Go's marketplace for customers to collect “surprise bags” of surplus food at designated times. Learn more.
CONTACT
Matt Kazinka, Senior Strategic Initiatives Manager
612-823-0096, mkazinka@lakestreetcouncil.org
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