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Recycle Depot No Longer Taking Tires From Businesses or Farms

by Marianne Peters | Sep 6, 2023 | Recycling

The Recycle Depot takes scrap tires from Marshall County residents as a service to those residents trying to dispose of tires on their property. However, by unanimous Board of Directors’ decision on September 5th, the Depot will no longer be accepting tires from...

Clean and Dry: New Standards for Recycled Materials

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...
Open Trash Burning: Still Illegal in Indiana

Open Trash Burning: Still Illegal in Indiana

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...

A Guide to the Best Rechargeable Batteries

by Marianne Peters | Dec 29, 2017 | Batteries, General, Household Hazardous Waste, Recycling, Uncategorized

As of January 1st, the Recycle Depot will stop taking alkaline batteries. Like latex paint, they are non-hazardous and costly for us to recycle. We are encouraging our customers to ease away from disposable one-time-use batteries and try rechargeable batteries....

Depot Changes for 2018

by Marianne Peters | Dec 18, 2017 | Adult Outreach, Batteries, Director's Blog, General, Household Hazardous Waste, Paint, Recycling, Trash/Waste

The new year is nearly here, and we are making a few changes at the Depot starting January 1st. Here’s a brief outline, but the changes will be going up on the website soon. Starting January 1, 2018: Car and truck passenger tires off the rim will cost $2. (All...

December 2017 Depot Dispatch is out!

by Marianne Peters | Nov 30, 2017 | Batteries, Depot Dispatch, Environmental Education, General, paper shredding, Recycling, School and Youth Programs, Uncategorized

Here’s the Depot Dispatch for December! News about the Grateful Shred, a new alkaline battery policy, and pictures of fun educational programs from last month!  
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