City of Muskego Electronics and Appliance Recycling Collection Event Open to...
Waukesha, WI – An electronics and appliance recycling collection event will be held on Saturday, September 12 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Muskego City Hall Parking Lot, W182 S8200 Racine Avenue...
View ArticleFree Public Tours at the New Recycling Facility!
Waukesha, WI – Residents are invited to tour the newly opened City of Milwaukee/Waukesha County Materials Recovery Facility (MRF) located at 1401 W. Mt. Vernon Ave., Milwaukee on Saturday, September 19...
View ArticleAn Open Letter: National Recycling Coalition’s Response to Media Attacks on...
October 13, 2015, John Tierney’s effrontery with his “The Reign of Recycling” piece in the New York Times (10/3/15) has once again become evident with his feeble attempt to lay waste to the recycling...
View ArticlePutting the Squeeze on Recycling – Resource Recovery installs new recycling...
(Green Bay, WI) Brown County Resource Recovery is streamlining the recycling process by putting a new recycling compactor to work. County Executive Troy Streckenbach and members of the Solid Waste...
View ArticleSWANA: Op-Ed Joint Industry Viewpoint on Recycling
Recent media reports have painted a confusing and misinformed picture of recycling, calling it wasteful, ineffective, and costly. Unfortunately, these articles completely overlook the positive economic...
View ArticleAROW Supports Sen. Robert Cowles & Effort to Provide Additional Recycling...
Stevens Point, WI (October 22, 2015) – Associated Recyclers of Wisconsin (AROW) stands in strong support of Senator Robert Cowles’s (R-Green Bay) efforts to restore a portion of the recycling funding,...
View ArticleTEMPORARY CLOSINGS AT WAUKESHA COUNTY HOUSEHOLD HAZARDOUS WASTE COLLECTION SITES
(WAUKESHA, WI) – To effectively manage program costs, several Waukesha County Household Hazardous Waste Collection sites will be closed from November 28, 2015 through January 2016. The closed sites...
View ArticleCommunities Join Waukesha County Recycling Program; Save Tax Dollars
(WAUKESHA, WI) – The Town of Vernon and City of Muskego will join the Waukesha County recycling program beginning January 1, 2016, a move that could potentially recover program costs and save tax...
View ArticleREMEMBER CARTONS THIS AMERICA RECYCLES DAY – Nearly 56 percent of U.S....
DENTON, Texas—In honor of America Recycles Day on November 15, the Carton Council of North America is pleased to announce that more than 65.2 million U.S. households can recycle food and beverage...
View ArticleSenate PUBLIC HEARING Committee on Natural Resources and Energy including SB340
The committee will hold a public hearing on the following items at the time specified below: Wednesday, December 2, 2015 / 10:00 AM / 330 Southwest Senate Bill 243 Relating to: approval, reporting, and...
View ArticleRecycling News from the WI DNR
The DNR recently announced the winners of the Wisconsin Recycling Excellence Awards. This program recognizes communities and organizations for their outstanding achievements in four categories. For...
View ArticleEco-Friendly Holiday Tips
Thank you to our friends at EE in Wisconsin for this great compilation of waste reduction holiday tips… According to Use Less Stuff, “Americans throw away 25% more trash during the Thanksgiving to New...
View ArticleWaukesha County Receives Recycling Excellence Awards
(WAUKESHA, WI) – The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) recognized Waukesha County for superior performance as the recycling program exceeded DNR expectations and provided a higher...
View ArticleChristmas and New Year’s Holiday Closings at Waukesha County Household...
(WAUKESHA, WI) – All Waukesha County Household Hazardous Waste Collection sites will be closed on Christmas and New Year’s Day. Menomonee Falls Site Closed:...
View ArticleGo Green With Holiday Gifting
Our friends at USAgain have put together some great tips on going green this holiday. See the link at the bottom for a great holiday waste reduction infographic. The holidays are a time of abundance....
View ArticleNavigating the Mountain of Cardboard
(Brown County, WI) Christmas morning will be here before you know it. And after all the presents are opened, you’ll most likely be staring at a sea of cardboard. Brown County Resource Recovery wants to...
View ArticleSpecial One-Day Electronics and Appliance Recycling Event
(WAUKESHA, WI) – The City of Brookfield will be hosting a special one-day collection of electronics and appliances open to any Waukesha County resident on Saturday, January 9th from 9:00 a.m. to noon....
View ArticleHoliday Celebrations Can Increase Waste — and Recycling
Holiday celebrations are nearly over but you may still be managing holiday waste and gearing up for other events around bowl games or any other large events throughout the year. Thank you to Ann...
View ArticleCarton Recycling Access Reaches New Heights – Fifty-Seven Percent of U.S....
DENTON, Texas—The Carton Council of North America is proud to announce that carton recycling made great progress in 2015, with 57 percent of U.S. households now reporting access to carton recycling....
View ArticleBasketball? Colleges Nationwide Fight for a Different Type of Championship as...
16th Annual Competition Builds Impact with new Electronics, Most Improved Categories STAMFORD, Conn. (Jan. 28, 2016) – RecycleMania, the premier collegiate recycling competition managed by Keep America...
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