Wisconsins Local Government Perspective Wess Damro Brown County
Wisconsin’s Local Government Perspective Wess Damro Brown County Associated Recyclers of Wisconsin
Overview • What’s Happening Now ▫ ▫ Residential Trash Recycling Household Hazardous Waste Non-Residential • Possible Pilot Project ▫ Using a HHW Facility
What’s Happening Now • Residential Trash ▫ Benefit Cheap & Easy ▫ Not Acceptable in Curbside Recycling ▫ Obvious Problems Flammable Atmosphere unless Purged Loss of Resources
What’s Happening Now • Recycling ▫ Puncture or Pull Pin & Send to Scrap Metal One Program ▫ Accept Punctured for Scrap Metal Two Programs ▫ Recommend Resident to 3 rd Party One Program ▫ Tell Residents to Throw Away/HHW Exchange Everyone Else
What’s Happening Now • Household Hazardous Waste (HHW) ▫ Pros Product Exchange – Reuse Program ▫ Cons Limited Hours Limited Locations Not All Areas Have Program Government Run on a Shoe String Budget EXPENSIVE to Handle as Hazardous Waste Voluntary Program
What’s Happening Now • Non-Residential ▫ Businesses, Churches, Schools, etc. DNR, DOT Regulations ▫ Handle as a Hazardous Waste Generator Status Universal Waste Status? Is On-Site Treatment Legal?
Thank You Wess Damro Recycling Manager Brown County Port & Solid Waste Department President Associated Recyclers of Wisconsin 920 -492 -4954 damro_ww@co. brown. wi. us
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