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Welcome to Hennepin County Zero Waste Challenge!

Watch the short video below to learn the basics.
You'll be an Hennepin County Zero Waste Challenge expert in no time!

Hennepin County
Hennepin County Zero Waste Challenge
May 1 - May 31, 2021

Collective Impact

Small actions add up to big impact — this is what happens when thousands of actions are taken together.

Have you joined the challenge yet? Be part of the collective impact.

  • 328
    Actions completed
  • 201
    participants
  • 62
    teams
  • up to
    18
    pounds
    food waste prevented
  • up to
    36
    pounds
    waste avoided
  • up to
    416
    pounds
    waste composted
  • up to
    59
    pounds
    waste recycled
  • up to
    387
    pounds of CO2
    have been saved
  • up to
    5
    disposable cups
    not sent to the landfill
  • up to
    1
    documentaries
    watched
  • up to
    664
    minutes
    spent learning
  • up to
    80
    pieces of litter
    picked up
  • up to
    2
    locally sourced meals
    consumed
  • up to
    40
    pounds
    packaging waste avoided
  • up to
    34
    pounds of paper
    have been saved
  • up to
    7
    plastic bottles
    not sent to the landfill
  • up to
    8
    plastic containers
    not sent to the landfill
  • up to
    6
    pieces of plastic cutlery
    not sent to the landfill
  • up to
    4
    plastic straws
    not sent to the landfill
  • up to
    2
    waste audits
    conducted
  • up to
    59
    gallons of water
    have been saved
  • up to
    11
    zero-waste meals
    consumed