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In This Issue Carton Council Sponsors AROW and Recycle More Wisconsin Support AROW, RMW and WLW through WI Gives Back Campaign Member Highlights - Carton Council AROW State Coordinators for America Recycles Day - November 15, 2011 Waste Less Wisconsin Gets a New Look and Another Reduce Your Waste Stream Challenge Communities Post Local Recycling Informaiton on RecycleMoreWisconsin.org AROW Program Updates ____________________________ AROW Discussion Groups: The Way to Stay Connected Senate Resolution 251 - AROW Signs On in Support ____________________________ AROW Board of Directors President Jennifer Semrau Winnebago County Recycling 920-232-1850 Vice President Toral Livingston-Jha Universal Recycling Technologies 608-314-8153 Secretary Waukesha County RSW Office 262-896-8317 Treasurer Meleesa Johnson Marathon County Solid Waste 715-345-5970 meleesa.johnson@co.marathon.wi.us Jennifer Havens St. Croix County Recycling 715-386-4675 jenniferha@co.saint-croix.wi.us Mark Heal Mary Klun Douglas County 715-395-1293 Laura Krist 715-366-4968 Cory Tomczyk IROW 715-693-7123 Ex Officio Cynthia Moore Wisconsin DNR 608-267-7550 Board Appointee Toral Jha Universal Recycling Technologies (URT) 608-314-8153
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AROW also has exciting news to share this month. In this newsletter, AROW is announcing a brand-new sponsorship from the Carton Council. The Carton Council is providing a financial contribution to support AROW’s Recycle More Wisconsin campaign. Read more about the Carton Council as our featured Member Highlight below. In addition, AROW will serve as the statewide coordinator for Wisconsin for America Recycles Day. Through an agreement with Keep America Beautiful, AROW will promote America Recycles Day in Wisconsin and encourage our members and others to hold community events commemorating the day. AROW will also co-promote Recycle More Wisconsin in our America Recycles Day outreach. More on America Recycles Day below. Finally, while February may seem like a long way off, AROW, with WCSWMA and SWANA, is already heavily in the planning stages for the 2012 WI Integrated Resource Management Conference. This year’s conference will be held at the Wilderness Territory/Glacier Canyon Lodge in WI Dells, February 29-March 2, 2012. I’m especially looking forward to our keynote speaker, Jeremy Seifert and the screening of his movie Dive! on Wednesday night. I guess only those of us in our industry would be so energized to see a film on dumpster diving! Read more about the conference below as well. See you in the Dells! Carton Council Sponsors AROW and Recycle More Wisconsin to increase Recycling in Wisconsin The Associated Recyclers of Wisconsin announces that it has received a major sponsorship from Carton Council of North America to promote increased recycling in Wisconsin. The sponsorship will allow AROW to expand its efforts in working with Wisconsin communities and collection service providers to maximize recycling education and outreach through AROW’s Recycle More Wisconsin campaign and website www.recyclemorewisconsin.org. Read full press release-click here. Support AROW, RMW and WLW through WI Gives Back Campaign The best part is that with every purchase of a $15 calendar, $9 will come back to AROW, RMW or WLW. So do your christmas shopping now and get calendars for all your friends, family, co-workers, and yourself, and support AROW and it's programs at the same time. The calendar campaign runs from September 18th - December 18th. Go to www.wi-givesback.com for more information and to purchase calendars. Be sure to select AROW, RMW or WLW as your organization to support. Thanks for your support and feel free to spread the word! This section highlights some of the great things AROW members are doing, or informs us of who our members are and what they do. If you would like to get highlighted please send a brief announcement to programs@arow-online.org. We will highlight different AROW members in each newsletter. Carton Council Through an interactive, grassroots-inspired approach to communications, the Carton Council has developed a distinguished presence in the recycling world, having been present at more than 50 state and industry conferences in 2011 and continually reaching out to communities to support recycling on a local level. The success of these in initiatives is evident in the numbers, as carton recycling access has increased from 22% of US households in 2009 to 35.6% in mid-2011. Cartons are already accepted for recycling in many Wisconsin cities, including Madison and Green Bay, as well as areas in Waukesha County and Brown County. The Carton Council is proud to be a part of the growing recycling initiative in Wisconsin. AROW State Coordinators for America Recycles Day - November 15, 2011
In the upcoming weeks we will be posting tips, resources, and information on the RMW website to help you in your event planning. Let us help you get the word out about your events by posting it on the ARD website as well as on your community page on Recycle More Wisconsin (RMW). Together, we can get the whole state thinking about recycling more on November 15th and beyond! Waste Less Wisconsin Gets a New Look and Another Reduce Your Waste Stream Challenge This fall Waukesha County has taken on another version of the Reduce Your Waste Stream Challenge by taking it into the schools. On September 19th two STEM Academy schools (Randall and Saratoga) will face off as families will compete for their schools in waste reduction efforts in their homes. You can follow along with highlights and updates at the ReduceYourWasteStream.org website as well as through the blog at the WasteLessWisconsin.org site. Get involved yourself and make comments on the participants blog posts to help encourage them, give them tips, and keep them energized as they make drastic cuts in their household wastestream. In preparation for the upcoming challenge the WLW website is getting some upgrades, including a new look. Check it out after September 26th!!! Communities Post Local Recycling Information on RecycleMoreWisconsin.org
If you already have a page on the site we encourage you to check in and make sure all of the information is current. Please send any changes/questions to Angie Lemar. Recently or Soon to Be Added Communities: Welcome to our new and returning members. New members since July include: Spencer Best, Rehrig Pacific Company
AROW Program Updates AROW has 5 programming priorities: Advocacy, Education, Product Stewardship, Organics, and Hazardous & Special Waste. Below are brief updates and announcements related to each. AROW members are invited to participate on the related committees, developed to guide AROW’s initiatives in each arena. For more information, meeting notes, upcoming meeting information, please visit the Program Info section on the members only portion of the AROW website. Committee Co-Chairs: Meleesa Johnson, meleesa.johnson@co.marathon.wi.us and Jennifer Semrau, jsemrau@co.winnebago.wi.us
Committee Co-Chairs: Elisabeth (Lis) Olson, elisabeth.olson@wisconsin.gov and Meribeth Sullivan, msullivan@waukeshacounty.gov Highlights from AROW’s Education Committee initiatives include:
Many of the AROW’s hazardous and special waste (HSW) initiatives have now been assumed by some of the organizations other program areas. While AROW will continue to prioritize hazardous and special waste issues, our advisory committee for this program area will now meet on an as needed basis. Stay tuned for more information. Committee Co-Chairs: Joe Van Rossum, vanrossum@epd.engr.wisc.edu and Jonathan Rivin, jonathan.rivin@uwsp.edu Highlights from AROW’s Organics Committee initiatives include:
Filtercake windrows at Oneida County Facility Committee Co-Chairs: Jennifer Havens, jenniferha@co.saint-croix.wi.us and Karen Fiedler, kfiedler@waukeshacounty.gov Highlights from AROW’s Product Stewardship (PS) Committee initiatives include:
AROW Discussion Groups: The Way to Stay Connected
WORKSHOPS: Introduction to Landfill Operation and Management How to Conduct Effective Recycling Outreach to K-12 Schools—and WHY! **This workshop, designed for municipalities or haulers, will be offered again at the 2012 WIRM Conference CONFERENCES: Wisconsin Integrated Resource Management Conference - 2012
Conference registration opens this Monday - September 19th!! Senate Resolution 251 - AROW Signs On in Support AROW, along with many other state recycling organization (SRO's), signed Senate Resolution 251 in support of recycling. This resolution expresses support for improvement in the collection, processing, and consumption of recyclable materials throughout the United States. To view the full resolution click here. Next AROW Program Committee and Board Meetings Product Stewardship Committee: October 11, 2011, 1:30pm Not an AROW member? Join today! Become a member of the state's top recycling organization. To learn more go to Join AROW. |
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This is one of my favorite times of year. I love the summer (even the heat of an 85 degree day), but there’s something so special about fall and September…sending kids off to school, watching the leaves begin to change and looking forward to my FAVORITE holiday- Halloween!! 
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