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Sustainability Resources for Residents
- Curbside Recycling Event
- Home Energy Squad
- Everyday Sustainability
- Sustainable Building or Remodeling
- Sustainable Food & Products
Each spring, the city partners with local trash and recycling haulers to offer a one-time, reduced-fee curbside recycling pick-up.
In 2023, the Curbside Recycling Event is scheduled for May 15-18. More information, including scheduling deadlines and costs, will be posted in April.
Questions can be emailed to Heidi Quinn.
The city partners with a local nonprofit, Center for Energy and Environment (CEE), to offer discounted Home Energy Squad enhanced visits to Woodbury homeowners. The enhanced visit program evaluates homes for energy efficiency opportunities.
As an incentive, the city will buy down the cost of the program's Energy Planner Visits. These visits include the installed items listed above plus a comprehensive energy audit with a blower-door test to measure for air leaks, insulation inspection, safety check on heating system and water heater and recommendations for next steps. Normally $100, Woodbury residents only pay $70 for this visit.
Free in-person visits are also available to income-qualified households.
Learn more and schedule your visit on the Home Energy Squad website, or call 651-328-6220.
- Take the Minnesota Energy Challenge! By taking the Energy Challenge, you are agreeing to take steps to reduce carbon dioxide emissions - and saving money on your utility bills.
- Minnesota Pollution Control Agency's (MPCA) Do It Green! Minnesota is a guidebook that helps educate Minnesotans about green and sustainable living and building a healthy, local community. The website provides extensive information from the guidebook, and a Green Community Calendar for Minnesota.
- Living Green - MPCA offers tools, resources, and events for helping Minnesotans prevent pollution, build healthier communities and live more sustainable lives.
- Use the Green Routes website to find unique places to eat, play, shop, sleep, and learn.
- Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) Green Building: Extensive resources and assistance for residents and businesses who are interested in nearly any aspect of green buildings including renewable energy and conservation, landscaping, green building and remodeling, and financing, etc.
- Neighborhood Reinvestment Fund: Residents looking to make home improvements that enhance energy conservation in homes are eligible for this loan program.
- The Minnesota Grown Directory can be used to find fresh produce, meat, trees, shrubs, flowers, Christmas trees and many other products. The Minnesota Grown program is a partnership between the Minnesota Department of Agriculture and nearly 1,000 Minnesota growers and processors that provide quality locally grown products.
- The Woodbury Farmers' Market is operated as a satellite market of the St. Paul Farmers' Market. Check out the website for market location and times.
- The Eat Well Guide provides an easy and comprehensive way to search for restaurants, stores, and farms that provide sustainable food options. The database is continually updated, and can be used to search locally, or throughout the U.S. and Canada if you are traveling.