 Welcome to the Oneida County Solid Waste Department's Informational Story page. You'll find a lot of very interesting and informational stories here from OCSWD's director of operations Charlie Evenhouse, as well as from past OCSWD's director Bart Sexton. Stories on how to help save our environment, how to reduce the amount of garbage that we throw away, how to deal with certain types of recycling issues, how to handle the disposal of hazardous waste, and a lot more. If you have any questions please contact Charlie either by phone: 715-282-4945 or you can email him at cevenhouse@co.oneida.wi.us. A composter’s guide to better leaf areas in the City of Rhinelander Yup, it’s that time of year again when folks in the City dutifully bag up their fallen leaves and leave them on the curbside. This bounty is then gathered up by ye’ olde Public works crew. But it doesn’t have to be this way! As a community service to the composting public in the Rhinelander area, the Daily News is glad to present this informational guide to free carbon sources a.k..a. leaves. But you’d better hurry!, because Randy’s cre Read more--> Demolition Man, demolished My last article regarding demolition of old structures has brought some deserved reprimands. “So Bart, what ever happened to reduce, REUSE & recycle?.” “ Just throw all that stuff away, huh?!” Well, touché … You don’t have to throw it all away. Quite often we can save some items of value when demolishing a structure. Wood prices being what they are, a few 2x4s, 2x10s and/or tongue and groove salvaged can save some real money. Old Read more--> Delays, delays Now, how many times do you know of a business begging for state regulation? Well, Bart did just that back in 1998 regarding compost standards. Quite a number of states already have standards and such states also have a number of active solid waste composting programs. But, this is Wisconsin, Land of Landfills… Well it’s been over three years and the latest schedule given me by the state for making state compost standards goes until May, Read more--> |
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