Background Information

Past Stakeholder Processes

Draft Summary of Beverage Container Stewardship Initiative for MN and WI (1.1 MB) (Posted 4/16/09)
Beyond Waste Report (620 KB)
MCCAG Final Report, Chapter 6—Agriculture, Forestry, and Waste Management (144.1 KB)
MCCAG Final Report, Appendix I—Agriculture, Forestry, and Waste Management - Policy Recommendations (1.7 MB)
2002 Blue Ribbon Panel Process Final Report (1.7 MB)
2001 Solid Waste Systems Mapping Final Report (165.5 KB)
1999 Citizens Jury Process Final Report (326 KB)
1997 Waste Management Act Examination Process (7.6 MB)
1994 Vision 2015: Planning for Minnesota's Waste Management Future (5 MB)
1988 SCORE Report (380 KB)

Reports

Posted 11/9/09:
Analysis of Container Redemption System Options in Rhode Island
Costs of Beverage Container Redemption in Vermont
Posted 6/24/09:
Eunomia Greenhourse Gas Balances (560 KB)
Posted 6/19/09:
ICF 2005 SW GHG Study for Canada (836 KB)
Posted 6/4/09:
Foth 2005 Baseline Data (905 KB)
Posted Updated Version 6/1/09:
NSWMA Response - Analysis of Waste Collection Service Arrangements (1.5 MB)
Posted 5/8/09:
Kaplan, Thorneloe: GHG Emission Comparison of WTE and LFGTE (908 KB)
RTI Evaluation of MSW Organics LCA Tools (996 KB)
Cornell: Hygenic Implications of Small Scale Composting (2.2 MB)
Posted 4/3/09, 4/7/09:
Draft Analysis of Waste Collection Service Arrangements (2.7 MB)
EPA: Draft Opportunities to Reduce GHG through Materials and Land Management (492 KB)
EPA: Appendix Opportunities to Reduce GHG through Materials and Land Management (904 KB)
CIWMB Emissions Testing of VOCs (6.5 MB)
CCX Guidelines for Methane Avoidance Projects (276 KB)
EPA: FAQs about Landfill Gas (348 KB)
Managing Biowastes from UK Households (1.1 MB)
Bogner: Emissions from Landfill Cover Soils (264 KB)
WRAP Sustainable Ways of Dealing with Food and Garden Waste (140 KB)
Draft Emissions Measurements from Landfills with Combustion Control (220KB)
Card: Emissions for Jepson Prairie Organics (4.8 MB)
Schmidt: Emissions from Jepson Prairie Organics (900 KB)
Stredwick: Inland Empire Composting Emissions (1016 KB)
Willoughby: San Joaquin Composting Emissions (104 KB)
MPCA Report: Impact of Composting on GHG Generation and Mitigation (9.3 MB)
Recycling, Composting and GHG Reductions in MN (2.1 MB)
Stop Trashing the Climate (2.2 MB)
C&D Based Biomass Fuels (1.4 MB)
Posted earlier:
U.S. Decision Support Tool for Materials and Waste Management (112 KB)
2007 MPCA Solid Waste Policy Report (872.7 KB)
2006 Western Lake Superior Sanitary District Solid Waste Ordinance (256 KB)
EPA: Impact of MSW on GHG (1.2 MB)
1999 OEA Report on MSW Impact and GHG Emissions (5.2 MB)
1990 Governor's Select Committee on Packaging and the Environment (424 KB)
1989 SCORE Waste Reduction and Recycling Legislation (360 KB)