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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.

  • 1,017
    actions COMPLETED
  • 209
    participants
  • 63
    teams
  • UP TO
    221
    gallons of water
    have been saved
  • UP TO
    828
    pounds of CO2
    have been saved
  • UP TO
    41
    pounds of paper
    have been saved
  • UP TO
    2.0
    conversations
    with people
  • UP TO
    32
    zero-waste meals
    consumed
  • UP TO
    5.0
    locally sourced meals
    consumed
  • UP TO
    31
    plastic bottles
    not sent to the landfill
  • UP TO
    793
    pounds
    waste composted
  • UP TO
    36
    disposable cups
    not sent to the landfill
  • UP TO
    4.0
    documentaries
    watched
  • UP TO
    1,679
    minutes
    spent learning
  • UP TO
    14
    plastic straws
    not sent to the landfill
  • UP TO
    27
    plastic containers
    not sent to the landfill
  • UP TO
    24
    pieces of plastic cutlery
    not sent to the landfill
  • UP TO
    9.0
    waste audits
    conducted
  • UP TO
    146
    pieces of litter
    picked up
  • UP TO
    1.0
    community event
    hosted or attended
  • UP TO
    58
    pounds
    food waste prevented
  • UP TO
    58
    pounds
    waste avoided
  • UP TO
    144
    pounds
    packaging waste avoided
  • UP TO
    129
    pounds
    waste recycled