MANAGING WASTE MATERIALS IN THE 21ST CENTURY

SHIFTING FROM RESPONDING TO SOCIETY TO TAKING ACTION

TO CHANGE SOCIETY

MELEESA JOHNSONMELEESA.JOHNSON@CO.MARATHON.WI.US

• 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…