One area of the wastestream that tends to getoverlooked is the organicportion. In Iowa we havebanned grass clippings andleaves from our landfills,but there is still quite a bitof organic waste that islandfilled. One organiccategory that tops thecharts in municipal garbageis kitchen waste.

Work has begun on BremerCounty's Customer Conven-ience Center and is on trackto open to residents onOctober 1st. The CustomerConvenience Center willoperate similar to a smallloads drop-off site, in thatrefuse will be dumped into30-yard roll-off bins.When full, county staff willhaul the waste to the BlackHawk County Landfill fordisposal. (continued on page 3)

Backyard CompostingWorkshop ScheduleCoordinator, Tammy Turner

will present free workshopsin Readlyn, Sumner, Waverly,Tripoli, and Denver. Find aprogram near you!

The 'overage Americanproduces 300 pounds offood waste each year!Now that's a lot of moldyfood, leftovers, fruit rinds,husks, vegetable peels, andapple cores! But why wastea good banana peel whenyou can turn it into "blackgold"-otherwise known ascompost!

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Topics to be covered in thecompost workshop: items toinclude and exclude fromyour compost bin, styles ofbins, lazy versus aggressivecomposting, compost activa-tors, and getting a balanceof nitrogen and carbon inyour bin. (Schedule on Page 2)

To recycle tires, contactyour local tire dealer or callthe Bremer County Landfill

at (319) 352-4574.

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Tuesday, August 21stRead lyn Library,Community Room7:00 PM

Thursday, August 23"Sumner LibraryProgram Room7:00 PM

Tuesday, August 28thWaverly Civic Center7:00 PM

Wednesday, August 29thTripoli City Hall7:00 PM

Thursday, September 6thDenver Public Library,Community Room7:00 PM

For more information about theworkshops, contact Tammy Turnerat (319) 882-4742.

Bremer County Receives SWAP Grant From Iowa MR

In an effort to control hauling costsfor both the Bremer County Recy-cling Program and Customer Conven-ience Center (CCC), Bremer Countywill be purchasing a hook-lift truckthat will be able to haul both thecommunity recycling roll-off bins andthe refuse roll-off bins at the CCC.

This summer, the county receivedword from the Iowa Department of

Natural Resources that the SolidWaste Alternatives Program (SWAP)grant that the county submitted fora hook-lift truck was accepted.

Currently the county hires a privatecompany to bring full recycling binsfrom participating cities to theBremer County Recycling Center.The $20,000 grant will be used to-wards the purchase of the truck

that will be shared between Recy-cling and the Customer Conven-ience Center.

SWAP grants are open to all levelsof government, schools and busi-nesses. Grants are acceptedquarterly, with the next proposalsdue October 1st. For more details,log onto www.iowadnr.com/waste/financial/index.html.

RCC Services di Appliance Recycling to Continue at Landfill

Although the Bremer County Landfillwill see many changes this fall, thesite will still operate its householdhazardous materials collection pro-gram at the Regional Collection Cen-ter (RCC). Residents with old clean-ers, lawn & garden pesticides, andother common household productscan still make an appointment,

Monday through Friday to take theirmaterials to the RCC at the landfill.The disposal service remains free toall Bremer County households.

Local businesses will need to call thelandfill for more information ondisposal/recycling costs of industrialhazardous products.

Appliance Recycling will continueat the landfill as well. Call thelandfill for disposal costs.

Tire Recycling will continue at thelandfill. The fee for recycling ortires remains $1.00/tire. For allother size tires, call the landfillfor more details, (319) 352-4574.

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Since receiving word from the IowaDNR and EPA (Environmental Pro-tection Agency) that the BremerCounty Landfill was required toclose due to new landfill liner re-quirements, Bremer County did notwant to leave residents without alocal place to get rid of garbage.

Instead of making all citizens driveto the Black Hawk County Landfillto get rid of smaller amounts ofgarbage, the Bremer County Super-visors decided that the countywould provide a local drop-off site

for residents, which will save themfuel traveling to Waterloo with theirgarbage.

The Customer Convenience Center(CCC) will be located adjacent to thecurrent landfill, next to the house-hold hazardous collection buildings.The current scale and same accessroads will be used once the site turnsinto a customer convenience center.

The concrete work and approachesare finished at the CCC and the nextstep is an enclosure to stop garbage

from blowing out of the roll-off binson windy days. Roll-off bins as wellas a hook-lift truck for the Cus-tomer Convenience Center arescheduled to arrive in September.

For more information on the CCC,contact Bret Bienemann, BremerCounty Landfill Manager at (319)352-4574 or contact the BremerCounty Supervisors at (319) 352-0130.

In the lower section, Bremer Countywill place roll-off waste containers.

The Bremer County Landfill will no longer beable to bury refuse after Sept. 30, 2007due to federal regulations.Municipalities and large waste generatorswill be required to direct-haul their waste tothe Black Hawk County Landfill startingOctober 1, 2007.Residents with small loads will be able to usethe Bremer County Customer ConvenienceCenter (CCC) starting October 1, 2007.

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The following is a list of activities available from Bremer Co. Recycling.For complete outlines of each activity on this list, go to the Bremer Co.Conservation Board website and then click on Recycling Education.

Activity Outlines: www.co.bremer.ia.us/new/conservation.htm

Reduce, Reuse, Recycle Bremer Co. Landfill TourPreK- 2nd 3rd- Adult PreK- Adult

Worms Eat My Garbage Trash to TreasuresPreK- 2nd 3rd- Adult PreK- Adult

Green Shopping Hazards in the Home5th- Adult 6th-Adult

Co. Recycling Center Tour Garbage Through History SkitPreK- Adult 5th- 7th

Ecological Picnic The Composting TreePreK- Adult 3rd- 6th

School Waste Audit Poisons in the Home6th- 12th PreK- 1st

Bottle Bill Expansion Debate Drivers Education/RCC6th- 12th High School

Papermaking Virtual Tour PowerPoint1st- Adult 5th- Adult

All programs are free and can be requested for schools, civic groups,groups, scouts, 4-H clubs, or any group wishing to learn more

about waste reduction. Interested groups can call the Bremer CountyConservation Board at (319) 882-4742. Ask to speak with TammyTurner, Bremer County Recycling Coordinator. Or e-mail a request tobremerwr@butler-bremer.com

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Let Us Help YouConduct a School

Wasteaste AuditTo further reduce the amount ofwaste atgenerated sc h oo ls ,

-Bremer County isRecyclingRecyc o ff ering schools a series of activitiesthat engage students in conductingan audit of what and how much iswasted at schools. The activitiesincorporate map skills, naturalresource benchmarks, and mathskills. Students will gain a greaterunderstanding of current campuspractices related to garbage,materials reuse and recycling.

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Through History Skit

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Programs Presented bythe Bremer CountyRecycling Program

Redworms Eat My Garbage9 programs

St. Paul's 3rd Sumner K- 1 classTripoli 1st- 2 classes Janesville 4thWest Cedar K- 2 classes W. Irving- 1 classPrairie's Edge Nature Center

F ieldtrips7 Programs

Nashua-Plainfield 5th- Landfill/County Recycling CenterSt. Paul's 1st & 2nd- Landfill/County Recycling CenterDurant K- Sumner Recycling Center- 2 classesWest Cedar K- Waverly Recycling Center & LandfillWapsie Valley H.S.- Landfill/County Recycling CenterSumner-Fredericksburg H.S.- Landfill/Co. Recycling

.Reduce, Reuse, Recycle

13 ProgramsTripoli 2nd- 2 classes Nashua-Plainfield 5th- 2 classesCarey 2nd- 1 class Janesville 4thW. Irving- 2 classes Sumner 5th- 2 classesC. Lutheran K eit 1st Sumner Girl Scouts- 2 programs

Paper Recycling Papermaking9 Programs

W. Irving- 3 classes Janesville 6th- 2 programsSt. Paul's 1st North Star Community ServicesSumner Girl Scouts- 2 programs

Earth bay Celebration- 9 ProgramsTripoli Book Club Denver 3rd-5th, 8 programs

Recycling PowerPoint/Update2 Programs

Washington Irving 6th- 2 classes

HHW & Hazards in the Home1 Program

Washington Irving 6th- 1 class

Shopping for the Environment4 Programs

W. Irving 6th- 2 classes Sumner 5th- 2 classesBremwood AEA Summer School

Bottle Bill Expansion bebate2 Programs

W. Irving 6th- 2 classes

W. Irving 6th- 1 class Sumner 5th- 2 classes

Trash to TreasuresWaverly St Plainfield Library

Character Counts AssemblySt. Paul's K-6

Bac!:-/zrd CompostingBackyard Conservation Workshop

Co-sponsored with Extension, Bremer Co. Soil &Water Conservation, & Bremer Co. Conservation

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County Schools, civic

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Editor- Tammy Turner,Bremer Co. Recycling Coordinator

P.O. Box 4121104 5. Main

Tripoli, IA 50676Phone/Fax: 319-882-4742

E-mail: bremerwr@butler-bremer.com

Bremer County, in the provision of services andfacilities to the public does not discriminateagainst anyone on the basis of race, color, sex,creed, national origin, age or handicap. If anyonebelieves he or she has been subjected to suchdiscrimination, he or she may file a complaintalleging discrimination with either the BremerCounty Conservation Board or 'the Office of EqualOpportunity, U.5. Department of Interior,Washington, D.C. 20240.

Bremer County Recycling,Landfill, & RCC Recycling & Waste

Reduction Update(Published several times per year for the citizens of

Bremer County. To receive a copy at home, call(319) 882-4742 to get on the mailing list).

For the vision impaired, or for

those who cannot read the size of

print in this publication, a cassettetape or larger sized version of thetext is available by contacting theBremer County Conservation Boardt(319 882-4742.

Bremer CountyRecycling & Waste Reduction Update

1104 5. Main, P.O. Box 412

Tripoli, IA 50676

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