Recycling Association of Minnesota

Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle this Holiday Season

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Wondering what to do with your holiday wrapping paper, Christmas tree, or other seasonal items? See the information below to learn how to responsibly dispose of your items. *Information may vary depending on where you live and who your waste hauler is. St. Paul Bows and ribbons: Reuse! Christmas trees: Christmas trees can be taken to the Midway and Frank & Sims Yard Waste sites See Guide or below Midway 1943 Pierce Butler Rte Saint Paul, MN 55114 White Bear Township 5900 Sherwood … [Read more...]

RAM Won a 2016 Environmental Initiative Award!

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  We won the 2016 Partnership of the Year award from Environmental Initiative for our agricultural/marine plastics recycling project. The agricultural and marine plastics project serves two separate, very strong components of the business community throughout Minnesota. These entities, agricultural producers and the marine industry, utilize very similar plastic film products and face similar challenges with proper management and recycling of the material. In response to numerous … [Read more...]

Jump start your spring gardening efforts

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St. Paul, MN - Winter might not be an ideal time to start thinking about backyard gardening for green thumb enthusiasts, but it is a great time to get a jump start on waste reduction, gardening and water conservation efforts by setting up a compost bin or rain barrel at your home. This spring, the Recycling Association of Minnesota (RAM) is partnering with cities and counties throughout Minnesota to bring residents affordable rain barrels and compost bins to Minnesota residents at greatly … [Read more...]

New organics recycling rules in effect

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The new rules affect composting for backyard composters, small compost facility operators, and large-scale source separated organics facilities. These new rules will help guide the expansion and development of new organics recycling facilities in Minnesota and will help the state reach its 2030 goal for food waste and organics recycling. Right now food waste and other organics waste like used paper towels or facial tissues is about 40 percent of all the material that is landfilled. The end … [Read more...]

New business recycling requirements now in place

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New business recycling requirements are now in place for most businesses and for sports facilities and stadiums.  Businesses and sports facilities are now required to recycle at least three types of materials. Examples of those materials include: Paper: Office paper, cardboard, newspaper etc. Glass: Container glass Plastic: #1 to 7 Metal: Cans, scrap, etc Organics: Food waste, non-recyclable paper Other recyclables that may require specialized collection, such as textiles Single sort … [Read more...]