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Welcome to our new newsletter.  We have combined our printed quarterly newsletter –Source – and our monthly e-newsletter into one, more informative online newsletter.  In doing this, we are following our own advice and reducing the amount of paper products we use and send to our readers.

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June - 2024

June

Featured Articles:

  • MnTAP IMPACT for Minnesota
  • Wastewater Cohort Energy Efficiency Training Program
  • Turning Down Flow in the Metro
  • BMPs for MN Food and Beverage Industries

Read June Source

May - 2024

May

Featured Articles:

  • Alaina Ryberg Celebrates 10 Years with MnTAP
  • Does Recycling Work
  • Get Ready for Sprinkler Season
  • Save the Date! 2024 MnTAP Intern Symposium

Read May Source

March - 2024

March

Featured Articles:

  • Better Nutrient Treatment for Wastewater Ponds
  • Wasted Food Scale
  • MnTAP is Hiring
  • Prescription Drug Take Back Day

Read March Source

February - 2024

February

Featured Articles:

  • Energy Efficiency Success in Minnesota Wastewater Treatment Plants
  • PFAS Source Identification & Reduction Site Visits
  • Apply Now for the MnTAP Intern Program
  • Organics: Recovery & Recycling

Read February Source

January - 2024

January

Featured Articles:

  • Apply NOW for Your 2024 MnTAP Intern
  • New Pollution Prevention Advanced Boiler Tune-ups Project
  • The Once and Future Savings
  • Reuse Success Story: Nonin Medical

Read January Source

Archive Source Newsletters

Archived copies of MnTAP’s free newsletter, Source. Articles contain information that helps you take action on your waste issues. They also recognize the success of companies who have undertaken waste reducing activities.

2023

2023

December

Featured Articles:

  • Kelsey Klucas Named Director of MnTAP
  • Energy Efficiency Training
  • 2024 MnTAP Interns
  • Anesthetic Gas Pollution Prevention

Read December Source

November

Featured Articles:

  • 2023 Solutions for Minnesota Business
  • Water Efficiency Projects
  • Waste Prevention Projects
  • Energy Efficiency Projects

Read November Source

October

Featured Articles:

  • EPA Proposed TCE Ban and Safer Alternatives
  • MnTAP PFAS Industry Survey
  • Water Efficiency for MN Businesses

Read July Source

July

Featured Articles:

  • 2023 MnTAP Intern Program to Wrap up with Symposium
  • Water Efficiency Projects
  • Energy Efficiency Projects
  • Waste Reduction Projects

Read June Source

June

Featured Articles:

  • NEW! Aqueous Cleaning Toolkit: Free Resources
  • MnTAP Welcomes Logan Wikstrom

Read June Source

May

Featured Articles:

  • MnTAP IMPACT for Minnesota
  • MnTAP is Hiring
  • Wastewater Energy Efficiency Training Program
  • Metal Fabrication: Identifying and Sharing Best Practices

Read May Source

March

Featured Articles:

  • A Ten-YEar Partnership Supporting Industrial WAter Conservation
  • Reuse in Aciton
  • MnTAP is Hiring
  • Safer TCE Alternatives

Read March Source

January

Featured Articles:

  • Apply for Your 2023 MnTAP Intern
  • Minnesota Materials Exchange: An Upgrade to a Popular Busines Reuse Network
  • Water Tops MnTAP Website Visits
  • Wastewater Loading Top Newsletter Articles From 2022

Read January Source

2022

2022

December

Featured Articles:

  • Outstanding Wastewater Nitrogen Treatment
  • Apply for Your 2023 MnTAP Intern!
  • PFAS Pollution Prevention Best Practices
  • Food Processing Pollution Prevention

Read December Source

November

Featured Articles:

  • 2022 Solutions for Minnesota Businesses!
  • Water Efficiency Projects
  • Waste Reduction Projects
  • Energy Savings Projects

Read November Source

October

Featured Articles:

  • The Metal Fabrication Industry Spoke and MnTAP Listened
  • Water, Water Everywhere – Do We Really Need to Use so Much?
  • MnTAP Welcomes Jon Schroeder
  • Prescription Drug Take Back Day

Read October Source

July

Featured Articles:

  • 2022 MnTAP Intern Program to Wrap up with Symposium
  • Beckman Coulter takes Reduce, Reuse, Recycle to Heart
  • Shearing Energy Bills with Faribault Woolen Mill
  • No Horsing Around – Decreasing Waste and Improving Throughput

Read July Source

June – IMPACT

Featured Articles:

  • MnTAP IMPACT for Minnesota
  • Providing Technical Assistance for All Minnesota
  • Industrial Water Conservation Initiatives
  • Metal Fabrication: Identifying and Sharing Best Practices

Read June IMPACT Source

June – Interns

Featured Articles:

  • 2022 MnTAP Intern Program Launched
  • Water Efficiency Intern Projects
  • Waste Reduction Intern Projects
  • Energy Efficiency Intern Projects

Read June – Interns Source

April

Featured Articles:

  • MnTAP Honored with CSWEA/R2E 2021 R2E Award
  • Princeton WWTP Process Improvements Save Big
  • MnTAP Welcomes Kevin Philpy!
  • New MPCA Permit Training
  • Energy Efficiency Training for WWTP Operators, Cohort 3 starts in May!

Read April Source

March

Featured Articles:

  • Cutting Oil Recovery: Quality = Performance + Savings
  • TCE Reductions – First Round Implementation!
  • MnTAP Welcomes Kelsey Klucas!
  • New Resource for Healthcare Waste Management

Read March Source

January

Featured Articles:

  • Hot Topics From 2021
  • MnTAP is Hiring
  • Reducing Wastewater Nutrient Impacts & Costs: Solutions Through Collaboration & Upstream Source Reduction
  • ACT NOW – 2022 MnTAP Intern Company Selection

Read January Source

2021

2021

December

Featured Articles:

  • Apply for Your MnTAP Intern Today!
  • MnTAP is Hiring
  • Tools & Calculators
  • Wastewater Treatment Energy Efficiency Training: Huge Success!

Read December Source

November

Featured Articles:

  • 2021 Solutions for Minnesota Businesses!
  • MnTAP is Hiring
  • MnTAP Welcomes Kira Peterson
  • Energy Savings for Wastewater Plants: Cohort Training Program

Read November Source

August

Featured Articles:

  • 2021 MnTAP Intern Program to Wrap up with Symposium
  • Energy Efficiency
  • Waste Reduction
  • Water Conservation

Read August Source

June

Featured Articles:

  • Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe Automotive Repair Shops Implement Safer Degreasers
  • You are Invited to the 2021 MnTAP Intern Symposium
  • Chloride Discharge Reduction
  • Optimizing Nutrient Treatment in Wastewater Ponds

Read June Source

May – Interns

Featured Articles:

  • The 2021 Intern Program Has Launched!
  • Water Efficiency Projects
  • Metal Fabrication Efficiency Measures
  • MnTAP Welcomes Gabrielle Martin

Read May – Interns Source

May – IMPACT

Featured Articles:

  • MnTAP Continues to IMPACT Minnesota Businesses
  • MnTAP Contributes to Minnesota Business Bottom Line
  • Energy Efficiency in Municipal Water Supply Facilities
  • Industrial Wastewater Discharge Nutrient Reduction

Read May – IMPACT Source

March

Featured Articles:

  • City of Baudette, MN: Wastewater Operations Changes Produce Big Returns
  • MnTAP Welcomes Laura Sevcik
  • Green Chemistry Intern Opportunity from MPCA
  • MnTAP is Hiring!

Read March Source

January

Featured Articles:

  • Metal Fabrication Best Practices – New Project for 2021
  • Recycling Contaminated Water Streams – 2017 Intern Project
  • Don’t be Left Out! Call MnTAP to Plan Your 2021 Intern Project
  • MnTAP is Hiring!

Read January Source

2020

2020

December

Featured Articles:

  • Now is the Time! Call MnTAP to Plan Your Project for 2021
  • Pollution Prevention in Metal Fab
  • Energy Efficiency in Metal Fabrication
  • Optimizing Water Use in Metal Fabrication

Read December Source

November

Featured Articles:

  • 2020 Intern Program an Outstanding Success
  • Water Efficiency Projects
  • Energy Efficiency Projects
  • Waste Prevention Projects

Read June Source

October

Featured Articles:

  • Clean Water – Strategies for Wastewater Nutrient Reduction
  • Technical Assistance
  • Metal Fabrication
  • Cleaner Parts

Read June Source

September

Featured Articles:

  • Celebrating Pollution Prevention Week
  • MnTAP Intern Symposium – A Resounding Success!
  • Intern Presentations are Available for Review
  • Cleaning the Air – eTRU

Read June Source

July

Featured Articles:

  • Don’t Miss Out – Register for the 2020 MnTAP Intern Symposium NOW!
  • Technical Assistance
  • MnTAP is Here When you Need Us
  • Water Matters

Read June Source

June – Interns

Featured Articles:

  • Record Year for MnTAP
  • Water Efficiency Projects
  • Energy Efficiency Projects
  • Waste Reduction Projects

Read June Source

June – TCE

Featured Articles:

  • Minnesota Legislature Enacts Nation’s First TCE Ban
  • Minnesota Businesses are Working to Replace TCE
  • What Can I Do to Eliminate TCE from My Operations?
  • Help in Financing Your Transition from TCE

Read May Source

April

Featured Articles:

  • $1.1 Million in Savings in MnTAP’s 35th Year!
  • MnTAP Contributes to Minnesota Business Bottom Line
  • Energy Efficiency Training for Wastewater Treatment Facilities
  • Industrial Water Efficiency Success!

Read April Source

March

Featured Articles:

  • Support During Challenging Times

Read March Source

February

Featured Articles:

  • Clearing the Air in the Phillips Community
  • Dangers of Mixing Common Cleaning Products
  • TURI Report on Safer Alternatives to Methylene
  • Green & Safer Product Chemistry Grants

Read February Source

January

Featured Articles:

  • See a Clear Path for a 2020 Intern
  • Improve Your Wastewater
  • Water Efficiency
  • Reducing Solid Waste

Read January Source

2019

2019

November

Featured Articles:

  • 2019 Intern Program an Outstanding Success!
  • Water Conservation
  • Energy Conservation
  • Waste & Chemical Prevention

Read November Source

September

Featured Articles:

  • Reflections on MnTAP’s 35th Anniversary & Intern Symposium
  • Intern Highlights
  • U.S. EPA Award
  • Wastewater

Read September Source

July

Featured Articles:

  • MnTAP’s 35th Anniversary Celebration & Intern Symposium
  • Legacy of MnTAP
  • MnTAP Intern Program
  • 1st Intern Project – 1985

Read July Source

May/June

Featured Articles:

  • Energy Efficiency Implementation in Minnesota Wastewater Treatment Facilities (2015-2017)
  • Wastewater Treatment Energy Efficiency: Training & Implementation
  • Wastewater Nutrient Removal Optimization
  • Pharmaceutical Wastes: New Requirements & Allowances

Read May/June Source

April

Featured Articles:

  • Cut Your Chemicals & Your Costs
  • Savings Under Your Feet: Food Processing
  • Don’t Make the Wrong Switch: Avoiding TCE
  • Food Processing: MnTAP’s 2yr Grant Project

Read April Source

March

Featured Articles:

  • Introducing Source
  • MnTAP Celebrates 35 Years!
  • MnTAP’s Impact on Minnesota in 2018
  • North Minneapolis Air Reduction

Read March Source

2018

2018

Issue 1

In this edition of Source we will feature MnTAP’s impacts on Minnesota businesses through site visits and our intern program.

2018 Source Issue 1

2017

2017

Issue 1

In this edition of Source we’ll share case studies in which companies have adopted lean processes and have been rewarded with lower costs and smoother work flows while conserving precious resources.

2017 Source Issue 1

Issue 2

Infrastructure, Investment, & Opportunities

2017 Source Issue 2

2016

2016

Issue 1

This special issue on degreasing includes success stories, greener products we’ve tested and tips on what to look for when evaluating current products or looking for safer ones. The issue also highlights 2015 success and 2016 projects and the intern program

2016 Source Issue 1

2015

2015

Issue 1

Focus on energy and wastewater treatment and other focus areas

2015 Source Issue 1

Issue 2

30th Anniversary and Focus on industrial painting, water conservation, and intern program

2015 Source Issue 2

2014

2014

Issue 1: Focus on new VOC reduction project and other ongoing initiatives

2014 Source Issue 1

Issue 2: Focus on new EPA regulations, water conservation, VOC reduction initiatives, and intern program

2014 Source Issue 2

2013

2013

Issue 1

Focus on resource efficiency and special grant funded projects

2013 Source Issue 1

Issue 2

Special issue focusing on energy projects and initiatives

2013 Source Issue 2

2012

2012

Issue 1

Focus on energy reduction and resource efficiency and team and intern solutions

2012 Source Issue 1

2011

2011

Issue 1

Focus on reducing packaging waste in manufacturing and healthcare

2011 Source Issue 1

Issue 2

Focus on how MnTAP interns can help your facility reduce waste and save money

2011 Source Issue 2

Issue 3

Focus on how food processing success stories and new projects at MnTAP

2011 Source Issue 3

2010

2010

Issue 1

Focus on pollution prevention and energy efficiency for machining/metal fabrication facilities

2010 Source Issue 1

Issue 2

Focus on energy efficiency opportunities for a variety of facilities

2010 Source Issue 2

Issue 3

Focus on pollution prevention and energy efficiency for machining/metal fabrication facilities

2010 Source Issue 3

2009

2009

Issue 1

Focus on financing options and energy efficiency for chemical manufacturers and metal casters

2009 Source Issue 1

Issue 2

Focus on pollution prevention and energy efficiency in healthcare facilities

2009 Source Issue 2

Issue 3

Focus on interns, green teams, and ultraviolet finishes

2009 Source Issue 3

2008

2008

Issue 1

Focus on water reduction project, energy savings, and steam trap testing

2008 Source Issue 1

Issue 2

Focus on teams, interns, and site visits that lead to waste reduction, pollution prevention, and cost savings

2008 Source Issue 2

Issue 3

Focus on paint and powder coating opportunities as well as the 2009 Paint and Powder Coating Expo

2008 Source Issue 3

2007

2007

Issue 1

Focus on pharmaceutical waste and healthcare facilities

2007 Source Issue 1

Issue 2

Focus on reducing raw material waste, cleaning chemicals, and energy use

2007 Source Issue 2

2006

2006

Issue 1

Focus on boiler efficiency, paint and powder coating, and compressed air leaks

2006 Source Issue 1

Issue 2

Focus on laboratory waste, compressed air opportunities, and BOD/TSS loading

2006 Source Issue 2

Issue 3: Focus on increasing steam efficiency and reducing defect waste

2006 Source Issue 3

2005

2005

Issue 1

Focus on reducing scrap waste and extra supplies

2005 Source Issue 1

Issue 2

Focus on celebrating milestones in pollution prevention and materials exchange

2005 Source Issue 2

2004

2004

Issue 2

Focus on award-winning programs and companies

2004 Source Issue 2

2003

2003

Issue 1

Focus on understanding and reducing water use

2003 Source Issue 1

Issue 2

Focus on using water effectively and efficiently

2003 Source Issue 2

Issue 3

Focus on energy efficiency in a variety of facilities

2003 Source Issue 3

2002

2002

Issue 1

Focus on environmental systems management

2002 Source Issue 1

Issue 2

Focus on employee training

2002 Source Issue 1

Issue 3

Focus on making decisions to reduce waste

2002 Source Issue 3