Oneida County Land Fill

The Empire Strikes Garbage!
Yup, nothin’ like spring weather to get the creative juices flowing. After viewing the first Star Wars flick (for the tenth time ) where Luke, Leah, Chewie & Hans are stuck in one of the Evil Empire’s garbage compactors just sets one to thinking… First off, Steve Spielberg is betting there still will be garbage to deal with in the 25th Century (or whenever Darth and the boys are supposed to be running around zapping planets and Jedi. Somebody will undoubtedly give me the proper star date).

Secondly, spring time means new construction. Now some folks who will refer to most any public works projects as “Empire Building”. Being spring and since I am prone to try to make stuff out of garbage, let’s run with that!

So what’s up at the Dump this year? Well, a couple projects. First we will be building a sort line for recyclables. This will allow us to accept larger amounts of recyclables from garbage haulers and transfer stations.

Our evaluation of using landfill gas to heat greenhouses will be completed by mid-summer. If all goes well we should be applying for a state grant to build greenhouses next spring.

Our mobile hazardous waste collection program will see a significant increase this year, increasing from 3 to 8 collections. Locations will be : Tomahawk, Minocqua, Florence, Forest County X 2, Schoepke (Pelican Lake), Lac du Flambeau, Eagle River and Merrill.

The landfill will be filled sometime this fall. The $128 question is, so where do we go with the garbage then? It’s a good question, and one we’ve actually been working on for the past five months. As with any complex issue there are pluses and minuses for each option. Working with another County will ensure that the landfill owner will be around in 30, 50 or 100 years when we need to clean up our current sanitary landfills. Working with a large, private hauler, ensures you market share and indemnifies you for at least the near term.

You get to the point that you can make a good argument for and against each option. Of course we could just put all of the potential outlets on a roulette wheel, spin it and see what happens. We could probably ask Channel 12 to provide live coverage. Odds makers in Vegas could set up the odds. The State Lottery would probably muscle in for a cut (and your lottery tax relief would increase by 2.5 cents!).

STORY ARCHIVES

Been there,…Done that	Delays, delays
Demolition Man	Demolition Man, demolished
Dump tours	Dumps O’er Wisconsin
Haunting Hazardous Waste	Hey Buddy, Got a Landfill?
Historical Composting	How’d you like your asbestos?
If at first, second	If you have a hard time reading this, perhaps you should recycle your glasses!
It’s spring time, do you feel… hazardous?	Just sign on the dotted line……
Mercury My…Oh My	Mommas don’t let your babies grow up to be junk men
Oneida County Compost, the compost with guts! And, probably for sale this spring!	Paper Recycling Exceeds 50%!
Perennial Plastics Problems	School’s in
So, are we recycling, or not?!	Spinning Recycling Percentages
The Empire Strikes Garbage!	The Good Stuff
Tis’ a sad, sad day…..Bob was right?!!!	We’re not only still recycling, but it’s easier?!
004 Composting Season Opens!	A composter’s guide to better leaf areas in the City of Rhinelander
Earth Day, thinking globally acting localy	Governor’s Task Force on Waste Materials Recovery and Disposal: Part I
Governor’s Task Force on Waste Materials Recovery and Disposal: Part II Electronics, We’ll all be in the same boat, does anybody know the words to Kumbaya?	If ya’ can’t stand the heat, get out of the compost pile!
Oneida County Solid Waste Department Takes Drugs!	Responsible Manufacturers… the rest is up to us!
The Recycling Inspector Cometh…	Thinking Globally, Acting Locally

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