Oneida County Land Fill

Dump tours
A couple weeks ago, 16 brave souls showed up at the landfill on a beautiful Saturday afternoon for a tour. We ended up spending a little over two hours talking about landfills, recycling, composting, hazardous waste, hybrid poplars, turkey vultures and more than a few other odds and ends.

Now, many folks will correct me when I say dump or landfill, but after fourteen years of trying to convert Bob Bruso on the thought, I finally gave in. That and the fact that when we answer the phone out here saying, “Oneida County Solid Waste Department”, about half of our callers ask, “ISN’T THIS THE LANDFILL?”. After a couple hundred such exchanges you become a bit disheartened and ‘wave the white flag’.

But, being a bit stubborn, you decide now and again to mount a Public Education Offensive, and that’s one of the reasons that we had the tour. Actually, we give between 10 and 15 tours of the Solid Waste Site a year to school classes, including College of Natural Resource majors from UW-Stevens Point, civic groups, DNR folks, Boy Scouts, Brownies, and just about anybody who wants to learn to ‘talk trash’.

So, in the promos for the latest tour, Bart offered “free samples to all participants”. That particular offer seemed to peak more than a bit of interest, due to the non-descript nature of the ‘samples’. Many folks asked what the samples were going to be, to which the response was, “You have to take the tour to find out.”.

And so at the end of our latest tour, I noted just a bit of trepidation when we came to the end and it was time to receive the ‘free samples’. We have a few things out here that can be a bit unpleasant and the fact that most of the participants knew me did nothing to calm their imaginations. But, in the end, each person received their choice of three bags of yard waste compost or recycled, dyed woodchips.

Hopefully these folks not only received some valuable landscaping materials, but also an appreciation for the different operations conducted at the ‘landfill’. Most of which are expressly to keep things out of a landfill.

If you or your group is interested in a tour, just give me a call at 282-4945. Look at it this way, you’ll take care of your turn to find an activity… and they might not ever ask you to do so again.

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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