by Lenn Detwiler | Apr 11, 2016 | Adult Outreach, Green Cleaning, Learning Center
Challenge: Read the ingredients listed on the back of one of your household cleaners. Can you pronounce them all? Do you know what they are? Do you know what the health and environmental effects of those cleaners are? Maybe you should. Good news! You can. By taking...
by Lenn Detwiler | Feb 22, 2016 | Adult Outreach, Household Hazardous Waste, Learning Center, Programs, Unwanted Medicines
Most of the time when we are talking about proper disposal of Household Hazardous Materials, we are talking about cleaners, paint, paint products, driveway sealer, automotive fluids and the like. But, there are other waste materials that need special handling to avoid...
by Lenn Detwiler | Jan 7, 2016 | Adult Outreach, General, Household Hazardous Waste, Latest, Learning Center, Programs, Recycling
Thanks, Hendricks County, for making 2015 a record breaking year for the District’s Tox-Away Day program! Over 4,000 residents utilized the program (more than any previous year). We had our biggest day ever on April 11th at Brownsburg High School when 1,031...
by Lenn Detwiler | Dec 23, 2015 | Adult Outreach, General, Learning Center, Recycling
It’s such a busy time of the year, we’ll get right to the point: The amount of waste American’s produce spikes about 25% between Thanksgiving and Christmas! So, here’s what you need to know about recycling this holiday season…...
by Lenn Detwiler | Nov 20, 2015 | Adult Outreach, General, Learning Center
We all learned to share before we could walk. “Sharing is caring”, right? Right! Caring for the each other, the community and the Earth can be as easy as sharing what you have. We already share everything on social media, why not turn that sharing into...
by Lenn Detwiler | Nov 6, 2015 | Adult Outreach, General, Learning Center, Recycling
America Recycles Day will be celebrated very soon on November 15th. It’s a day to think about your trash: how much you produce, where it goes, the environmental impact of products you buy, reusing what you can, recycling and safe disposal of hazardous materials. This...
