Sam Holl is the facility director for the Ramsey/Washington Recycling & Energy Center (R&E Center), an advanced material recovery facility, located in Newport, Minnesota. The R&E Center manages more than 450,000 tons of municipal solid waste (MSW) per year. At the R&E Center, MSW is processed to recover recyclable metals and make refuse derived fuel for that is sent to two Xcel Energy waste-to-energy plants. Through this system, R&E is maximizing the recovery of resources and diverting as much as possible from landfills. In 2024, the R&E Center diverted 85% of waste in the two counties from landfills.