Wyoming Solid Waste And Recycling

2008 RECYCLING AWARDS Posted: October 2, 2008 - By Beth Andress

Winners of the re-designed WSWRA 2008 Recycling Awards were announced at the annual Awards Banquet. Beth Andress, Co-chair of the Recycling Task Force, made the announcement to the crowd of more than one hundred attendees.

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2008 Solid Waste Management Recognitions Posted: October 2, 2008 - By Joe Megeath

2008 SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT EXCELLENCE AWARDS

The new recognition certification went to a total of fourteen solid waste management entities during the 25^th Anniversary WSWRA Conference awards banquet. With most of the Past Presidents of the organization looking on the first-time Certificates were given to those solid waste entities which had a perfect record - zero violations noted in the last DEQ inspection report. Those recognized at the 2008 conference were:

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2007 Landfill Awards Announced Posted: January 7, 2008

Annual awards for solid waste facilities were announced at the 2007 WSWRA conference in Casper. This year's group includes some who have been in this same winners circle a number of times before.

DIVISION I LANDFILL:

Park County SWDDD, Powell
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2007 Recyclers of the Year Posted: January 7, 2008

Winner of the 2007 Recycler of the Year Award is Del Weinhold of Lovell. Weinhold, a hospital lab technician, has promoted and organized the placement of recycling bins in the community. He maintains the bins, hauling full loads to the Powell Valley Recycling Center when needed.

Bill Vance, Ark Industries in Laramie, headed the recycling nomination and selection committee this year. In making the announcement of the award at the WSWRA awards banquet Vance said, “Here is another example of a private citizen with the vision and the motivation to make things happen in his community.”
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WY DEQ Rules For Solid Waste Training Posted: August 6, 2007 - By Bob Doctor

According to Bob Doctor. DEQ/SHWD, statutory training requirements for solid waste managers and operators is as follows:

Permit applications must include "A description of the solid waste
manager training and examination program to be used by the operator to
assure compliance with the requirements of Chapter 2, Section 5(a). The
description shall include a specific listing of the training courses,
and the required frequency of attendance at each course by the solid
waste manager."

Specificly, the statutes read,
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FEE SCHEDULES FOR SELECT LANDFILLS Posted: April 3, 2007 - By Joe Megeath

The following is Wyoming Solid Waste and Recycling Association Survey information on landfill fees, budgets, and volume as voluntarily reported by the individual landfill entities. Information is updated when replacing data is received by the association.

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WYOMING'S OWN WOOD-SUBSTITUTE PRODUCTS Posted: November 2, 2006 - By Joe Megeath

Heartland BioComposites, LLC, commemorated their startup with a gala grand opening at the company's Torrington facilities. The October 18 event featured both of Wyoming's senators. Senators Mike Enzie and Craig Thomas have been long time supporters of the project and were on hand to express their pleasure at the opening. Enzi told the crowd of over 200, "Its just so exciting to have an example like Heath [the founder and President of Heartland] to be able to show to the rest of the kids in and around the state of Wyoming and the rest of the world as he develops this and builds it into one of the big businesses in the United States."

Thomas noted with his usual wry humor, "My wife Susan is already pressing me to replace the balcony on our porch with this new Wyoming product."
Don't rush down to the local hardware store or home improvement center to buy the product too fast, though. The final contracts with distributors are being finalized. The products will be worth a short wait according to the research and testing results. Watch for their appearance at local retailers.
Heartland BioComposites products are fiber-polymer composites made from wheat straw and recycled plastic. Starting product lines include PrairiePicket^TM (privacy fencing system), PrairieDeck^TM (decking system) and PrairiePallet^TM (shipping pallets). Wyoming recyclers are working with the company to insure a steady supply of appropriate number two plastic for the manufacturing process.
Heath Van Eaton, President, is a charter member of the WSWRA-sponsored Recycling Task Force and is working on a master's degree at the University of Wyoming. Van Eaton was a speaker at the August WSWRA conference in Cheyenne. He has been working on the wood-substitute technologies for over ten years.
Stay tuned to USED NEWS and our web site, WSWRA.COM, for additional information. Heartland is also listed in the resources section of WSWRA.COM.
Materials for this article were provided by Heartland BioComposites, LLC, and the Casper Star.

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2006 Recycle Awards Announced Posted: September 9, 2006 - By Joe Megeath

Winners of the 2006 WSWRA Recycling awards were announced August 23 by Craig McOmie. The banquet honoring the awardees is part of the annual WSWRA conference.

RECYCLER OF THE YEAR was given to Chelsea Kesselheim of Lander. She has provided the Lander community with consistent inspiration for recycling. Following many years of dedication to the diversion of waste from landfills she is currently supervising the steady removal from the waste stream of hundreds of tons of newspapers and magazines.
The diversion comes from recycling bins placed in the post office, emptied twice weekly by volunteers and taken to the CES Recycling Center located at the Lander Landfill. From there the materials are bailed and stored for transportation to an appropriate mill.
Chelsea Kesselheim is a founding member of the local volunteer group, Lander Recycles. In the early 1990s Chelsea donated her time at the volunteer-operated Recycling Center on Tweed Lane. Once the Recycling Center was taken over by Community Entry Services (CES), Chelsea turned her attention to providing recycling opportunities at the Lander Post Office for postal box customers.
Fremont County named her the 2005 Recycler of the Year for the county.

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2006 Landfill Awards Announced Posted: September 6, 2006

DEQ representative Tim Link announced the following winners in the annual landfill contest:

Landfill, Division 1, Park County SWDD, Powell Landfill (Population over 3000)
Willie Pitt accepted the award for Park County.

Landfill, Division 2, Johnson County SWDD, Buffalo Landfill (Population 1000 to 3000)
Doug Shimic accepted the award for Johnson County.
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