New Look for Recycling Report & New Statewide Recycling Website

Recycling Report
E-News

August 2008 - Vol. 1 Issue 1

Greetings!

The Recycling Report E-News, previously The County Conservation E-News, has undergone some major revisions! Our new version promises to keep you up to date on recycling, waste reduction, and composting issues in the county four times a year. If you would like to continue to receive this publication, be sure to click 'confirm' at the top of this e-mail. Also, please feel free to forward this publication to your friends and family. Waukesha County will never rent, sell, or share your name with any other party. Be sure to check out our other newsletters, including such topics as golfing in the county, environmental education, water issues, and gardening to name a few. We hope you enjoy this new version of our E-news and, as always, thank you for recycling more.

Recycle More Wisconsin

New Statewide Recycling Website

Recycle More Wisconsin (www.recyclemorewisconsin.org) is a website aimed to reach all Wisconsinites and encourage them to continue or improve their current recycling efforts.

The website was created after completing research done by the Be SMART Coalition. Local research shows that while Wisconsinites recycle, they could be doing a lot better. By rediscovering all of the benefits of recycling, residents will be encouraged to recycle more. Additionally, people are more likely to recycle when they know what the recycled items will make as final products as well as the economic and environmental benefits of recycling. Finally, research showed that people wanted one-stop shopping for all of this information as well as information on what exactly their community can recycle and how to prepare the materials.

Recycle More Wisconsin is a campaign from the Be SMART Coalition (Save Money And Reduce Trash) to encourage residents to rediscover recycling. Find out what you can recycle in your community.
Watch this short video on what happens to your materials after they are collected. This video was created at our local Waukesha County Materials Recycling Facility! Don't forget to check out the recently revised Waukesha County Recycling Website. Check out our new presentations, kids page, and product disposal guide.	The website gives residents many reasons to recycle, including the energy savings, economic benefits, resources savings, pollution savings, and the background of the recycling law. Learn how to dispose of other items such as electronics, tires, paint, and yard waste.

We hope you like the new look and feel of Waukesha County's Recycling Report E-News. Remember to confirm that you would like to continue Waukesha quarterly updates from Waukesha County's Recycling Division. Also, we would love to hear what you think of the new website! Let us know by e-mailing us at recycling@waukeshacounty.gov.

Sincerely,
The entire Waukesha County recycling team
Waukesha County

Free
Blue Bin & Magnet

Come to the Recycle More Wisconsin kick-off event at the Waukesha Recycling drop-off site. Located at 900 Sentry Drive in the city of Waukesha. Recycle Raccoon will be on hand to distribute free blue bins to residents in the county's recycling program who need either a replacement blue bin or an extra bin for additional materials. Magnets with the new Recycle More Wisconsin logo will also be distributed by a local scout troop. Coupon not neccessary for redemption.

Communities participating in Waukesha County's recycling program include the cities of Brookfield, Delafield, New Berlin, Oconomowoc, Pewaukee, and Waukesha. Towns include Brookfield, Delafield, Lisbon, Merton, Oconomowoc, Summit, and Waukesha. Villages include Big Bend, Chenequa, Dousman, Eagle, Elm Grove, Hartland, Lac La Belle, Merton, Nashotah, Oconomowoc Lake, Pewaukee, and Wales.

Event Date: August 9th. 10 AM to Noon