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Dairy Waste
Dairy Waste Reduction Tips Find out what Minnesota dairy companies are doing to reduce wastewater and product losses. Includes 10 water conservation strategies.

Developer
Maybe Your Chemistry Can Come in Small Packages You don't have to be on the Mir Space Station to benefit from using freeze-dried products. They may be advantageous right in your facility.

Disinfectants
Disinfection Best Management Practices Using best management practices for disinfecting will help ensure that you are cleaning appropriately to kill the bugs—the microbes—you need to kill. Ultimately, best management practices protect patients, employees and the environment.

Drums
Managing Empty Containers When a container is empty it can't always be thrown in the trash. Some containers may pose health and safety concerns because of the type of material they held. This fact sheet can help your business properly manage empty containers.

Dry-cell Batteries
Managing Dry-cell Batteries Hazardous batteries need to be recycled or managed as hazardous waste. When hazardous batteries are disposed of in a landfill or incinerator the mercury, lead, cadmium or silver can contaminate the air and surface and ground water.

Dry Cleaning These web pages offer ideas and resources for preventing pollution. They also provide information on the environmental and safety rules in Minnesota for dry cleaning shops.

 

 

 

 

Use MnTAP's search feature to find additional waste-related topics or to look for waste from specific processes (i.e., zinc AND plating).

Check GreenGuardian.com or the MPCA Recycling Markets Directory for items not listed, to find information on recycling and proper disposal.

 
 
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