MPCA Investigation Finds 3M Mismanaged Hazardous Waste At Cottage Grove Facility

COTTAGE GROVE, Minn. (WCCO) - Pollution regulators in Minnesota say one of the state's largest companies mismanaged hazardous waste in multiple instances over a span of more than two decades.




The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency began investigating 3M's Cottage Grove facility in June 2020 and released its findings Thursday.




The MPCA found multiple violations, including that 3M inaccurately identified hazardous waste sent to its incinerators as non-hazardous in at least nine years between 1996 and 2021.... Read more


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