Covanta Hennepin Energy

Community Voices: Take the next big step and shut the HERC down

Activists have been fighting against the “Hennepin Energy Recovery Center” (HERC) and other garbage incinerators for decades.

Great River Energy may take over county contract for Minneapolis trash burner

Hennepin County may give a local firm the longstanding contract to run its garbage-burning power generator near Target Field.

Garbage burning emits significant amounts of toxic pollutants, particulates

Hennepin County is moving ahead with a plan to increase burning by 20 percent at the downtown Minneapolis incinerator.