by Marianne Peters | Jun 14, 2024 | Adult Outreach, Director's Blog, General, School and Youth Programs
Cherie Ramirez is the new full-time education coordinator at the Marshall County Solid Waste Management District. Her first day was June 10th. As education coordinator, Cherie’s job will include providing environmental education for all ages as well as handling social... by Marianne Peters | Apr 6, 2023 | Adult Outreach, Environmental Education, Household Hazardous Waste, Programs
Join us for our tree sapling giveaway ($1 donation to Trees for the Future) and tours of the Recycle Depot. See how we do what we do every day as we collect and safely manage your household hazardous waste. by Marianne Peters | Sep 24, 2019 | Adult Outreach, medicine, sharps
A few weeks ago, I decided that my bathroom cabinets were not “sparking joy” (thanks, Marie Kondo!). Besides the usual crusty nail polish and past-its-prime mascara, I found a collection of accumulated medication. Since some of the old rules of drug disposal had... by Marianne Peters | Jul 23, 2018 | Adult Outreach, Director's Blog, Environmental Education, Recycling, Reduce, Trash/Waste
By now, you may have heard the U. S. recycling industry has hit a speed bump. In the last couple of years, our biggest recyclable materials importer, China, has shifted a lot of its manufacturing to other Asian countries. It no longer requires as much raw material as...
by Marianne Peters | May 25, 2018 | Adult Outreach, Open Burning, Recycling, Reduce, Trash/Waste, Uncategorized
Depot patrons who tell me they burn their trash are often surprised when I remind them that open trash burning is illegal in Indiana. Illegal, as in “against the law.” The most common response I receive is “We’ve burned our trash for fifty years!” And that’s...
