MANAGING WASTE MATERIALS IN THE 21 ST CENTURY SHIFTING FROM RESPONDING TO SOCIETY TO TAKING ACTION TO CHANGE SOCIETY
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MANAGING WASTE MATERIALS IN THE 21ST CENTURY
SHIFTING FROM RESPONDING TO SOCIETY TO TAKING ACTION
TO CHANGE SOCIETY
MELEESA [email protected]
• DIRECTOR: MARATHON COUNTY SOLID WASTE
• PRESIDENT: ASSOCIATED RECYCLERS OF WISCONSIN
• TREASURER: SOLID WASTE ASSOCIATION OF NORTH AMERICA BADGER CHAPTER
• TREASURER: WI COUNTIES SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT ASSN.
• CO-CHAIR: DNR WASTE STUDY GROUP
• CHAIR: FUTURE OF WI RECYCLING DEVELOPMENT
WATER AND AIR, THE TWO ESSENTIAL FLUIDS ON WHICH ALL LIFE DEPENDS, HAVE BECOME GLOBAL GARBAGE CANS.
JACQUES YVES COUSTEAU
U.S. EPA’s
European Commission’s
Waste Hierarchy
SO WHAT DO WE DO?
WEARING MY MARATHON COUNTY HAT
STARTING WITH A PLAN…
• MARATHON COUNTY SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT BOARD & DEPARTMENT STRATEGIC PLAN
• MAXIMIZE REVENUE FROM LANDFILL OPERATIONS
• EMPOWER MARATHON COUNTY RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES TO MANAGE SOLID WASTE TO THEIR
BENEFIT
• MAKE RECYCLING EASY AND FASHIONABLE
• SHIFT THE PARADIGM TO ALTERNATIVE USES FOR WASTE
• INFLUENCE STATE POLICY IN ORDER TO MAKE THE HIGHEST AND BEST USES OF WASTE RESOURCES
Goal: To be the healthiest, safest most prosperous county in the state!
Solid Waste & Recycling Info Line: 877-270-3989
www.marathoncountysolidwaste.org
Recycling & Diversion
OUTREACH TO SCHOOLS & SERVICE GROUPS
VILLAGE OF WESTON-AMERICA RECYCLES DAY PROGRAM
WEARING MY STEVENS POINT HAT
WEARING MY WISCONSIN HAT
PROVIDING STATEWIDE PROACTIVE LEADERSHIP ON WASTE
REDUCTION AND RECYCLING THROUGH EDUCATION,
ADVOCACY, COLLABORATION, PROGRAMS AND SERVICES.
A Group Effort
AROW
Solid Waste Association of North America-Badger Chapter
WI Counties Solid Waste Management Association
WI Counties Association
League of WI Municipalities
Waste Management of WI
National Waste & Recycling Association
2013 ADVOCACY
2013 WI Act 301
Exempting MRF residuals & bad
debts from DNR disposal fees
2014 ADVOCACY
Launching the Future of Wisconsin
Recycling Development (FOWRD)
2015 ADVOCACY
2016 WI Act 392
SB621
2015 ADVOCACY
2015 WI Act 302
2016…
• GLASS TASKFORCE
• C&D RECYCLING WHITE PAPER & ADVOCACY
• PAINT MANAGEMENT-PRODUCT STEWARDSHIP MODEL
• MATTRESS RECYCLING-PRODUCT STEWARDSHIP MODEL
DNR WASTE STUDY GROUP
• ADVISING AND PROVIDING FEEDBACK TO THE WMM PROGRAM IN IMPLEMENTING AND
INTERPRETING STATE AND FEDERAL REGULATIONS PERTAINING TO WASTE AND MATERIALS
MANAGEMENT, INCLUDING ISSUES RELATING TO CONSISTENCY AND FEES;
• PROVIDING THE WMM PROGRAM WITH A SOUNDING BOARD FOR GUIDANCE AND POLICY
DEVELOPMENT, PROGRAM PRIORITIES AND PROGRAM EVALUATION; AND
• FACILITATING PROCESSES TO TACKLE ISSUES, PROMOTING FOLLOW-THROUGH ON ISSUES
DISCUSSED, AND TAKING A ROLE IN IMPLEMENTING CHANGES AS APPROPRIATE.
SW INDUSTRY 2016…
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