ABOUT THE SMSC ORGANICS RECYCLING FACILITY

The Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community (SMSC), a federally recognized Native American tribe, opened the SMSC Organics Recycling Facility in 2011.

These facilities are part of the SMSC’s Dakota tradition of caring for the earth. We take what may have been tossed in a landfill and instead create high-quality compost, compost blends, colored mulch, and more for whatever project you’re working on.

For more information about the new Dakota Prairie Composting location, please visit the SMSC Projects Page

Good Neighbors

GOOD NEIGHBOR

Through the SMSC Organics Recycling Facility, the SMSC also helps its neighbors. The facility accepts yard waste from several local municipalities, including Prior Lake, Savage, and Shakopee. Other hauling companies and cities bring organic materials to the SMSC Organics Recycling Facility, saving money, drive time, and the environment.

GOOD STEWARD OF THE EARTH

The SMSC’s enterprises create a complete, sustainable cycle for waste. The SMSC Organics Recycling Facility recycles and repurposes organic waste from the SMSC’s many internal departments and enterprises, including Mystic Lake Casino Hotel, Little Six Casino, and the natural food market Mazopiya. The end product naturally fertilizes the SMSC’s lands and organic farm, Wozupi Tribal Gardens. Any leftover produce then makes its way back to the facility for processing.

Good Stewards of the Earth

SEVEN GENERATIONS

Dakota people have lived in the Minnesota River Valley for hundreds of years. The Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community (SMSC) intends to protect and preserve the area for generations to come. The SMSC makes it a priority to plan seven generations ahead, and the SMSC Organics Recycling Facility is one of the many ways the SMSC works to accomplish this goal of being a good steward of the earth.

NativeGreen

NativeGreen

Caring for Uŋci Mak̇a, Grandmother Earth, is at the heart of what the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community (SMSC) strives to do. Whether it is restoring prairies, forests, wetlands, protecting our aquifers, or encouraging native plants, animals, and insects to make our lands their home, the tribe employs multiple land stewardship programs to help fulfill this mission of being a good steward of the earth. Learn how the SMSC’s NativeGreen initiative promotes a greener, more sustainable planet for all through conservation, sustainability, and self-sufficiency.