Sponsored by Ramsey/Washington Recycling & Energy in partnership with Minnesota Waste Wise, the Business Pollution Prevention Program helps businesses reduce the use of harmful chemicals, transition to safer, more sustainable chemicals, and install high-efficiency equipment.

In Ramsey County, climate change is causing periods of extreme cold, extreme heat, drought and flooding. This severe weather negatively affects our health, safety and wellbeing.

Have you ever wondered where your trash goes after setting it on the curb or dropping it down a trash chute? Ramsey and Washington counties work together to manage waste through an organization called Ramsey/Washington Recycling & Energy (R&E). 

Diapers can cost $70-$80 per baby each month. One in three families struggles to afford this. 

Ramsey County's updated strategic priorities emphasize working with community to determine what resources, programs and services the county should offer to reduce the impacts of climate change on vulnerable communities and support climate adaptation practices across the county. 

This year, celebrate the people you love by giving memories they’ll treasure. 

Information for hazardous waste generators about burning used oil for heat.

There are two dangerous feedback loops that occur in relation to climate change, air quality and racial and health equity:

• Extreme heat can lead to poor air quality and in turn poor air quality can cause rising temperatures. Data shows that when extreme heat and poor air quality combine, the effect on public health is vastly worse than when either extreme heat or poor air quality occur on their own.
• Health disparities between racial and ethnic communities are worsened by the industries that have caused climate change and climate change in turn worsens disparities in health outcomes.

Climate change is the term used to describe long term shifts in temperature and weather patterns. Here in Minnesota we're experiencing warmer nighttime temperatures all year round, extended periods of heat and drought as well as intense storms such as polar vortexes and rain/wind storms, in all seasons.