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Media Contacts:

Daniel Guild, Village Administrator, Weston, WI
715.359.6114 | dguild@westonwi.gov

Meleesa Johnson, Director, Marathon Co. Solid Waste Dept.

715-573-3165 | Meleesa.Johnson@co.marathon.wi.us

 

Todd Mitchell, Area Manager, Advanced Disposal

715-359-6637 | todd.mitchell@advanceddisposal.com

 

Village of Weston Promotes Recycling Through America Recycles Day Contest

 

Weston, WI (October 27, 2014) - Earlier this year Village of Weston residents stopped sorting newspapers from plastics, glass, aluminum, and began placing household recyclables in 95-gallon single-stream recycling carts.  The "One and Done" carts help keep Weston neighborhoods cleaner, are easy to use, promote greater recycling, and help the Village save money on landfill disposal.  After nearly a year of single-stream cart recycling, the Village wants to challenge residents to be the best "One and Done Marathon Recyclers."

 

As a part of the national America Recycles Day, slated for November 15th, the Village is planning a week-long contest to reintroduce the "One and Done" theme.  Village Administrator, Daniel Guild, reports that, "While the Village's recycling rate has increased using the single-stream recycling cart program, unfortunately, so has contamination of recyclables.  We hope the contest will help highlight how important it is to understand the single-stream recycling cart rules" 

 

Contamination occurs when garbage is mistakenly mixed with recycling, or when items like tires, batteries, and large plastic toys end up in the recycling cart   "When a cart full of recyclables is soiled with garbage and hard to recycle items, the viability and value of the entire load is reduced," says Todd Mitchell, General Manager for Advanced Disposal.  Mitchell adds that recyclables too contaminated with garbage may end up in landfills.      

 

During the America Recycles Day contest, Village households will have the opportunity to win prizes for being identified as "One and Done Marathon Recyclers."  In order to identify qualifying households, recycling and waste carts of randomly selected households will be inspected by the route drivers from Advanced Disposal.  A "One and Done Marathon Recycler" household will have a recycling cart without contamination and a waste cart with no recyclables.  Qualifying households will then be entered into a drawing for a number of prizes, including a 32-inch LED HDTV and gift certificates from local businesses. 

 

"The idea behind the contest is to make recycling fun and exciting, while enlisting the help of residents in reducing contamination," says Meleesa Johnson, Director of the Marathon County Solid Waste Department.

 

The Village of Weston, Advanced Disposal, and the Marathon County Solid Waste Department are partnering on this novel project and hope that all Weston residents become "One and Done Marathon Recyclers".  The drawing for prizes will take place at the Weston Municipal Center, on Friday, November 14th, at 4:15PM.    

 

To learn more about what items can go in the single-stream recycling cart, contact either the Village of Weston (www.westonwi.gov) or the Marathon County Solid Waste Department (www.marathoncountysolidwaste.org).

 

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Just a reminder to Weston residents, please make sure you are recycling the correct items in your 95 gallon cart (the yellow cover cart). For more information, or if you are unsure of what items can be recycled, please watch the video below. If you have any questions please call our office at 715.359.6114 or Advanced Disposal, the garbage company, at 715.359.6637.

The In's & Out's of Weston's New Single Stream Recycling Program

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT CHAPTER 70 OF THE WESTON MUNICIPAL CODE OF ORDINANCES WILL BE STRICTLY ENFORCED.

 

Sec. 70.104.  Depositing snow removal.  "It shall be unlawful for any person to push or deposit snow, or cause snow to be pushed or deposited from his own personal driveway or parking area into the public streets and/or right-of-way so as to cause a nuisance or obstruction. The village may cause such deposits of snow to be removed from the street, and the cost of such removal shall be charged to the property owner."

 

Sec. 70.112.  Cleaning of sidewalks.  "The owner of property or the party in possession of the property abutting on any sidewalk shall, without notice and at all times, keep such abutting sidewalk clean and free from debris, dirt, sweepings, obstructions and clear of snow and ice and shall not deposit or place any sweepings or debris or other foreign matter upon the sidewalk, or in the street. Snow and ice shall be removed within 48 hours.  If any owner shall fail or neglect to keep any sidewalk free of debris, dirt, sweepings, obstructions, snow or ice, the Village may proceed to clear such sidewalk and shall charge the expense, as defined by the Village Board in the village schedule of fees, thereof as a special tax against the premises to be collected as other taxes on real estate.  The Village may, but shall not be required to, give notice to the owners of the property before providing for the Village to clear such walks."

 

The Village will be responsible for clearing sidewalks, walkways, driveways, and parking lots around Village-owned and maintained buildings and properties. The Village will also be responsible for clearing the sidewalks of the three major 4-lane arterials (main thoroughfares) that run through the Village:  Camp Phillips Road, Business Highway 51, and Schofield Avenue; the Ross Avenue Round-a-bout sidewalks and all multi-use paths within the Village.  All other sidewalks of the Village, not listed above, will be the responsibility of the property owners of a building or lot. 

 

Pursuant to Wisconsin Statutes 66.0907(5), the Village may also impose a fine or penalty for neglecting to keep sidewalks clear of snow and ice.

 

VILLAGE OF WESTON

Loren White, President

This year's Fall Yard Materials Pick-up started on Monday, October 13, 2014.  As of Wednesday November 12th, approximately 500 dump truck loads of material had been picked up by the Village crew.  Unfortunately due to the early onset of winter, material pick-up was halted for a few days to take care of the recent snowfall.  Yard material pick-up started up again on Thursday Nov. 13th to finish up the Thursday refuse route. 

 

Crews will be going around with a front end loader picking up the remainder of the material that is visible through the snow.  We ask that you do not bring more material out to the roadside as the crews try to finish up. Any material that is left out at the side of the road can always be brought to the Village's yard waste site (free of charge) located at 8200 Ryan St (1/4 mile south of Weston Ave.)  When bringing items to the yard material site, please remove leaves from bags and dispose of the bags in the provided container.

 

Below is one of our new informational Weston V-Chat videos. This video is all about the Weston yard materials pick-up and our Yard Waste Site. 

 

Weston Yard Materials Site and Pickup

The Village of Weston has started creating informational videos called Weston V-Chat. During the next year we will be posting several short videos to communicate preferred procedures and practices for your services. Services like Spring and Fall Yard Materials Pick-up, the wheres and whys for snow removal process, proper yard maintenance, etc. Please view the video below.

Our videos will be posted on our YouTube page. Please check out our page to view the Weston V-Chat videos and other informational videos as well. 

https://www.youtube.com/user/WestonWI 

The Planning and Development Team has released the first draft of the Zoning Map for 2015 on the Village's website. The Planning Team welcomes you to review the map and the zoning code and give them your feedback using the feedback form provided on the website.

 

The Plan Commission will also be meeting to discuss the proposed zoning code and zoning map at their meeting this coming Monday, November 10th at 6pm at the Village Municipal Center. Residents with questions are encouraged to attend.

 

There is also a set of flashcards to help you better understand each zone and what land uses are compatible in each zone. The team looks forward to hearing from you soon.

• Zoning Code Update Page
• Draft Zoning Code
• Draft Zoning Map 
• Zoning Flash Cards