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Environmentalists sue Hennepin County over ash from HERC trash incinerator
By Andrew Hazzard at Sahan Journal
· July 7, 2026
· 4 min read
A lawsuit filed Tuesday accuses Hennepin County of violating state law by not developing plans to reduce the quantity and toxicity of the ash produced at its garbage incinerator in downtown Minneapolis .
The Minnesota Center for Environmental Advocacy (MCEA) says the state’s largest county isn...
Key takeaway That trash is burned down to about 80,000 tons of ash each year, which is disposed of in a landfill in Rosemount, according to MCEA attorney Luke Norquist.
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Category: local ·
Published: July 7, 2026 ·
Source: Sahan Journal ·
Reading time: 4 min
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What is this story about? A lawsuit filed Tuesday accuses Hennepin County of violating state law by not developing plans to reduce the quantity and toxicity of the ash produced at its garbage incinerator in downtown Minneapolis.
The Minnesota Center for Environmental Advocacy (MCEA) says the state’s largest county isn...
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