Big money and policy changes needed before Hennepin County trash incinerator can close startribune.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from startribune.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Hennepin County needs to dramatically change how it deals with solid waste if leaders are going to close a controversial trash incinerator and not send more garbage to landfills. That was the takeaway from a 39-page briefing on "reinventing the county's solid waste system" presented Thursday in response to a unanimous resolution from the County Board in October asking what it would take to .
Neighbors describe the odorscoming from Smith Foundry and Bituminous Roadways as chemical, sickly sweet, metallic and, at times, like burning tires. People who live near the south Minneapolis iron foundry and asphalt plant have spent years sounding alarms about what the sites are sending into the air — out of concern for their health, but also the simple nuisance of a pervasive stench. But the .
Odor complaints about Minneapolis foundry and asphalt plant mostly went nowhere startribune.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from startribune.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.