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Residents press council over Curbside Waste plan to expand transfer‑station services
Summary
Curbside Waste told Dayton council it plans to seek a state environmental review to accept additional waste types; neighbors raised concerns about traffic, odor, overnight storage and missing fire suppression. Staff said the EAW/MPCA process will take a year-plus and annual CUP inspections are intended.
The Dayton City Council heard a concept presentation Thursday from Curbside Waste on plans to seek an Environmental Assessment Worksheet (EAW) that would allow the company’s transfer station to accept municipal solid waste, construction and demolition debris, recycling and residential organics in addition to yard waste.
Planning staff said the facility began operating in April 2025 under a 2022 conditional‑use permit for yard‑waste transfer and that the EAW and solid‑waste permitting steps are separate state processes managed by the Environmental Quality Board and the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA). Staff said an EAW and related reviews typically take 12–14 months to complete and that any changes requiring a local ordinance amendment and a new CUP would follow that state review.
Matt Herman, chief operating officer of Curbside Waste, described day‑to‑day operations and the firm’s…
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