Environmental Reports & Studies

​Solid Waste Master Plan

• 2018-2038 Dakota County Solid Waste Master Plan
• Metropolitan Solid W​aste Management Plan

County recycling reports

The Solid Waste Progress Reports address new and on-going projects, programs and activities that were undertaken during the report year. This includes relevant data to identify progress in achieving land disposal abatement objectives as stated in the Metropolitan Solid Waste Management Policy and the 2018-2038 Regional/Dakota County Solid Waste Master Plan.

• 2022 Dakota County An​nual Progress Report
  
• 2021 Dakot​a County Annual Progress Report
  
• 2020 Dakota County Annual P​rogress Report
  
• 2019 Dakota County Annual Progress Report
  
• 2018 Dakota County Annual Progress Report
• 2017 Dakota County Annual Progress Report
• 2016 Dakota County Annual Progress Report
• 2015 Dakota County Annual Progress Report
• 2014 Dakota County Annual 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 Recycling 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.