Waste Recovery Services handles waste collection and disposal on the Twin Cities Campus, recovering materials through ReUse, Recycling, Zero-Waste, and infectious waste programs, following Minnesota's waste management hierarchy.
Goal to divert 90% or more of materials from the waste stream.
Materials collected on campus are hand-sorted and sent to local markets to be made into new products.
Unrecoverable non-hazardous waste is incinerated for energy recovery.
The practice of giving materials a chance to be utilized by someone else before recycling or disposal.
Composting organic waste into a soil amendment.
Abatement and removal of hazardous building materials such as asbestos, lead, and mercury.
