In this webinar, presented live on April 14, 2022, we learned how you can more easily encourage sustainable building material management in your community.
Agenda
· Melissa Wenzel, Built Environment Sustainability Administrator, MPCA
o Implementing best practices to meet climate, sustainability, and solid waste plan goals
· Riley Gage, Administrative Manager | Policy Associate - Rethos Places Reimagined
o MN Main Streets, classes & workshops
· Sandy Gunderson, Household Hazardous Waste and Recycling Coordinator - Becker County
o Waste Diversion and Material Reuse Program
· Melissa Wenzel, Built Environment Sustainability Administrator, MPCA
· Olivia Cashman, Environmental Protection Specialist, Hennepin County Environment & Energy
o Hennepin County & Ramsey County deconstruction grants
· Monika Mann, Community and Economic Development Support Specialist, city of South St. Paul
o Old bank, new apartments
· Risi Karim, GreenStep Cities Coordinator & Assistant to the City Administrator, city of Northfield
· Emily Barker, Executive Director, ReUSE Minnesota
o How to host a “building material drop off day” event
· Melissa Wenzel, Built Environment Sustainability Administrator, MPCA
- See the Reuse Minnesota video: Building material collection events
- See the final 10 minutes of the workshop
- Sustainable Building and Material Management, MPCA webpage
- Minnesota Main Streets - Rethos
- Rethos classes
- Becker County Reuse Room
- Deconstruction Grants - Hennepin County, Ramsey County
- Hennepin County Climate Action Plan
- Northfield Energy Action Team and Environmental Quality Commission
- Reuse Minnesota
- Reuse Ecosystem Map
- BP 2 - Efficient Existing Private Buildings
- BP 5 - Building Redevelopment
- BP 15 - Sustainable Purchasing
- BP 18 - Parks and Trails
- BP 22 - Sustainable Consumption and Waste
- BP 24 - Benchmarks and Community Engagement
- BP 25 - Green Business Development
- BP 28 - Business Synergies and EcoDistricts
- BP 29 - Climate Adaptation and Community Resilience