by Lenn Detwiler | May 5, 2016 | Adult Outreach, General, Learning Center
Now that nicer weather is finally here, it’s time to get out and enjoy the great outdoors! Perhaps your summer plans include picnicking or hosting a backyard barbeque. These are wonderful times of making memories with those you love. They can also be very...
by Lenn Detwiler | May 5, 2016 | Adult Outreach, Community Grants Program, General, Latest, Learning Center, Programs
Each year the District earmarks $20,000 to provide grants to fund local projects that further the District’s mission of promoting recycling, waste reduction and responsible waste management in this community. On April 26, 2016, the District’s Board of...
by Lenn Detwiler | Apr 18, 2016 | Adult Outreach, General, Learning Center, Recycling
School’s out for summer…well…close enough… It is time for cleaning out desks and lockers and thinking about reducing school supply waste. Before your kiddos dump their folders, notebooks, glue, scissors, pencils, pens, and the like, talk with them about what...
by Lenn Detwiler | Apr 11, 2016 | Adult Outreach, General, Learning Center
The Safe Sharps Disposal Program is a partnership between the District and the Hendricks County Health Department that gives residents a safe, secure way to dispose of used syringes, lancets and other medical sharps. The program keeps sharps out of the residential...
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 | Mar 4, 2016 | Household Hazardous Waste, Learning Center, Programs, Recycling
The District will again provide five Tox-Away Days in 2016. The events are an opportunity for Hendricks County residents to properly recycle or dispose of household hazardous wastes, medical sharps, unwanted medicines, tires, appliances, computer components and...
