Environmental Reports & Studies

​Solid Waste Management Plan

• 2024-2044 Dakota County Solid Waste Management Plan
  
• Metropolitan Solid W​aste Management Plan

County recycling progress reports

Solid waste progress reports provide an update on the county's projects, programs and activities that help Dakota County and its communities reduce, reuse and recycle. Each report has data that shows progress towards the state's goal to reduce landfill disposal. This is described in the Metropolitan Solid Waste Management Policy and Dakota County's solid waste management plan​.

• 2023 Dakota County Solid Waste Pro​gress Report
  
• 2022 Dakota County Solid Waste Progress Report
  

Regional & state reports

• School Waste Composition Study
• Minnesota MSW Composition Study
• Residential Recycling Audience Research

Recycling and waste research coordinated by Dakota County

• Residential Survey to Assess Recycling and Solid Waste Resources 2019-2020
• Phone Survey Report
• Focus Group I – residents' attitudes, knowledge and thoughts on recycling terminology and imagery
• Focus Group II– evaluation of container labels, handouts and online recycling directory
• Preventing Wasted Food in Schools, Minnesota GreenCorps Project 2018-2019
• Analysis of Residential Organics Collection​ in Dakota County
• Greenhouse Gas Systems for Landfill and Refuse Derived Fuel Analysis
• Waste Audits for 13 Municipal Buildings
• Food Waste Prevention Pilot, Minnesota GreenCorps Project 2015-2016
• Dakota County City Policies Addressing Commercial Waste, Recycling and Organics
• Multi-unit Residential Waste Enclosure Report
• Model Language and Co​ntracts for Recycling at Large Public Gatherings

Anyone seeking environmental information about a parcel in Dakota County should send an inquiry to environ@co.dakota.mn.us.