MNCC News • November, 2025 | | November 6 Annual Meeting, Toolkit Launch/Info Session, and Dakota Prairie Facility Tour | | Thank you to all who attended the MNCC 2025 Annual Meeting at Dakota Prairie Composting on November 6. It was a full house and a full schedule of events. Below are the links to the presentations. | | 2026 Board Election Results | | |
There were five positions up for election for the 2026-2028 Term.
Thank you to the following members who chose to continue serving on the board, decided to serve as our newest board members, and two hard-working board members who have decided to step down at the end of 2025.
The time commitment is deeply appreciated. This is a small but mighty organization that has accomplished a lot since its inception in 2013.
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Minnesota Introduces New Compost Laws
and Programs
Minnesota has a long history in composting, beginning with the 1987 launch of its first mixed-waste municipal compost facility. Since then, voluntary yard waste-only and food scrap collection sites have cropped up across the map, and now the North Star State is preparing for a new change to take this work further.
| | Composting Bins and Bags: How to Easily Maximize Organic Disposal with the Right Containers - Waste Advantage Magazine | |
Composting success starts with the right tools. Whether it is a simple DIY container, a sturdy kitchen caddy, or a PFAS-free molded fiber option, choosing | | | | |
Welcome, Addie Morrisette
2025-26 MNCC/Carver County GreenCorps team member
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Hello! My name is Addie.
In the beginning of October, I began my term as a Minnesota GreenCorps member in the Carver County Environmental Services Office. I’m a recent graduate of Scripps College in Claremont, California where I received a bachelor's degree in Environmental Analysis with a focus on policy. I grew up in St. Paul, and I’m thrilled to be contributing to environmental sustainability in the region I’ve called home for most of my life. While serving, I will continue the work of past GreenCorps members to promote waste reduction, recycling, and composting, working closely with the Minnesota Composting Council.
With the MNCC, I'll focus on outreach and the Plate to Garden events. Additionally, I will support community partners and residents as Carver County’s sustainable building materials reuse program — ReClaim It — continues to expand. I'm looking forward to the coming year!
| | Congratulations on your new position | | |
MNCC Board Member Kris Coperine has accepted a new position as Program Manager-Minnesota at Circular Action Alliance.
Of course, this announcement is bittersweet for us. Due to the new position, Kris chose not to run for a second term and will no longer serve on our board.
We will miss her board involvement, but we know she will go on to do great things at Circular Action Alliance.
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Thank You
Ramsey/Washington Recycling and Energy
for the organizational support
as an MNCC Strategic Partner
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Ramsey/Washington Recycling & Energy (R&E) is the organization through which Ramsey and Washington counties collaborate to responsibly manage waste. R&E offers programs to help residents and businesses reduce waste and recycle better. R&E also manages the R&E Center, which processes all trash from the two counties to recover valuable materials and divert waste from landfills.
R&E’s compost market development program provides financial and technical assistance to government, for-profit, nonprofit, and community-based organizations that incorporate compost into earthwork, landscaping, and gardening projects. To learn more, visit RecyclingAndEnergy.org/Compost.
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Certified Compostable Products: Perspectives
December 11th | 1:30 - 3:00 PM | Free Webinar | Register Now
Join panelists to examine the role of certified compostable products in the waste stream and their impact on composting infrastructure and MRFs.
Northeast Recycling Council
| The Northeast Recycling Council, Inc. (NERC) is a multi-state non-profit organization committed to environmental and economic sustainability through responsible solid waste management. Its programs emphasize source reduction, reuse, recycling, composting, environmentally preferable purchasing (EPP), and decreasing the toxicity of the solid waste stream in the 10-state region comprised of Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Vermont. | | | |
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COMPOST2026
USCC Conference & Tradeshow
| | | | Support Composting in Minnesota | | If you have an article, event, idea, or event you'd like to share, please send your submissions to: Mary Cich at compostmn@gmail.com | | Follow MNCC on Social Media | | |
The Minnesota Composting Council is dedicated to the development, expansion,
and promotion of the composting industry based upon sound science,
principles of sustainability, and economic viability.
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The Minnesota Composting Council is the MN State Chapter of the United States Composting Council. The Minnesota Composting Council received its non-profit status from the State of Minnesota in January 2013. It officially became the State Chapter of the United States Composting Council (USCC) in December 2013. | | | | |
