Hennepin County offers tours at the Brooklyn Park Transfer Station waste drop-off facility. The facility provides an opportunity for residents to properly manage household hazardous waste, recyclables, organics, and problem materials such as computers, TVs and appliances. Tours describe how the facility works and highlight the importance of reducing, reusing, recycling and preventing pollution.

Dates and times

Youth and Adult tours are available Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays, with start times between 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. Adult tours may not be available on Thursdays depending on our staff availability. Tours typically last 1 to 1.5 hours. 

Participants and chaperones

• Tour participants must be 7 years of age or older
• Group sizes can range from 5 to 28. (A presentation is available for larger groups at their school or location)
• One adult chaperone per 5 youth is required for grades 2 to 8
• One adult chaperone per ten youth is required for grades 9 to 12

• Science: 0E.1.1.1.2, 0P.2.1.1.1,   1E.4.2.1.1, 2E.4.2.1.1, 4E.4.2.1.1, 4E.4.2.2.1, 6E.1.1.1.3, 6E.3.2.1.3, 7L.4.1.2.2, 8P.4.2.1.1, 9E.2.1.1.2, 9E.2.2.1.3, 9E.3.2.2.1, 9E.4.1.1.3, 9L.2.2.1.2, 9C.4.2.2.1, 9P.3.2.2.2
• Math: 3.1.3.2, 3.4.1.1, 4.4.1.1, 6.1.1.3
• Social Studies: 0.1.4.8.1, 0.3.1.1.2, 2.2.3.5.1, 2.3.4.9.1, 3.1.1.1.1, 3.1.4.6.1, 3.2.3.5.1, 4.2.3.3.1, 4.3.4.9.1, 5.1.1.1.2, 5.1.4.6.3, 6.1.1.1.2, 7.4.4.23.1, 8.1.1.1.1, 8.2.3.4.1, 9.1.4.6.8, 9.2.5.11.1, 9.3.4.9.1