Lessons learned from Minnesota’s waste history with Sigurd Scheurle

On this episode of Trash Talk with Trista, Trista sits down with Sigurd Scheurle, a retired planning director at the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency, to talk about the history of waste management in Minnesota and what we’ve learned along the way.

From the Waste Management Act and the environmental impacts of landfilling to the role of waste-to-energy, Sigurd shares how Minnesota’s past can help shape a better approach to managing waste in the future. Find out on this episode of Trash Talk with Trista, hosted by Ramsey/Washington Recycling & Energy’s Executive Director, Trista Martinson.  

This podcast is dedicated to waste management – from the tipping floor to the future of responsible waste policy. Available anywhere you find podcasts. 

More information:  

• Learn more about waste-to-energy: https://recyclingandenergy.org/about-waste-to-energy/  

• Sigurd’s Op-Ed in the Minnesota Star Tribune: HERC garbage burner is a gnat to pollution’s tiger 

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