Christine Miller Outagamie County Recycling Coordinator Single-Stream Recycling in Calumet County

Tri-County Recycling Facility 1419 Holland Rd Appleton, WI Opened July of 2009 Brown Outagamie Winnebago service area:  65 communities/50,000 tons of material year 2012 added communities outside BOW area: Western WI, Upper MI, Shawano Co, Calumet Co, Waupaca Co & others Doubled annual tonnage and added a second shift 2014 added sorting stations, storage silos and a second baler, to accept more materials to recycle

“ADDED” Plastics in 2014 Dairy Containers & Lids Produce, Bakery & Deli Containers

“New ” message PLASTIC: ACCEPT All Plastic Bottles & Containers: Soda, Water & Other Drink Bottles Food & Household Bottles, Jars & Jugs Dairy Containers & Lids Produce, Bakery & Deli Containers DO NOT ACCEPT No Plastic Bags, Wrap or Film No Motor Oil Bottles No Styrofoam GUIDELINES: Empty and rinse all bottles and containers Remove and discard all screw caps

“ADDED” Cartons in 2014 Milk, Juice, Broth, Soup, Wine

“New ” message PAPER: ACCEPT Newspapers & Inserts Cardboard & Paperboard (cereal & cracker boxes) Junk Mail & Office Paper Milk, Juice & Soup Cartons Phonebooks, Books, Magazines & Catalogs DO NOT ACCEPT No Paper Contaminated by Food or Grease No Tissue No Gift Wrap GUIDELINES: Flatten and cut cardboard to no larger than 2’ X 2’ Place shredded paper in paper bag, secure and label

“Nothing New” METAL AND GLASS: ACCEPT Aluminum Bottles & Cans Steel, Tin & Bi-metal Cans Empty Aerosol Cans Food & Beverage Glass Bottles and Jars DO NOT ACCEPT No Aluminum Pans or Foil No Empty Paint Cans GUIDELINES: Empty and rinse all bottles and containers Remove and discard all screw caps

“We Need YOUR Help to” Eliminate Plastic Bags! No recyclables IN plastic bags! No bags of bags! No bags! VS

Put correct information on your websites and outreach Include cartons Correct plastics message No plastic bags message “We need YOUR help to” educate

Questions? Remember: Recycle More Landfill Less (920)