Wisconsin’s sharps collection program is simple, flexible and voluntary and includes a variety of collection programs, from individual stations to large networks of stations. To protect waste handlers, the public…
Public Outreach
Solid Waste Management for Rural Alaska Operational Guidance
This document is intended to help community leaders and landfill operators tackle those challenges by explaining how best to ensure that solid waste is handled and disposed of in a…
Foods, Liquids, Organic Waste Systems (FLOWS) Innovation Challenge
The FLOWS Innovation Challenge is a program open to businesses, entrepreneurs, universities, public agencies, tribal communities, or non-profits who have investable project ideas with the potential to transform Michigan’s organics…
Recycle Right New York
Recycle Right New York is an education and outreach effort informed by more than 100 recycling professionals from across New York State. The program provides information and resources to help…
Oregon Applied Sustainability Experience (OASE)
The Oregon Applied Sustainability Experience is a non-regulatory, summer program designed to link top-level engineering, chemistry, sustainability and environmental sciences students with business and industry. Collaborations focus on projects to…
Tennessee Materials Marketplace
The Tennessee Materials Marketplace (TMM) is an initiative produced through the collaboration of Division of Solid Waste Management – Materials Management Program, the Office of Policy and Sustainable Practices, and…
Household Hazardous Waste Temporary Collection Infrastructure Grant
The DSWM has crafted a grant to support Objective 2 of the 2025 Solid Waste Management Plan. Objective 2 promotes access to to recycling and collection services. Tennessee currently collects…
Unwanted Pharmaceutical Takeback Program
The permanent prescription takeback boxes provide a safe place for the disposal of unused and expired prescription and over the counter drugs. Items collected in the boxes are transported and…
Thermostat Collection
Provide convenient mechanism to responsibly collect and manage mercury containing thermostats at the end of their useful life and divert them from disposal in landfills and waste to energy facilities.…
Drug Take-back Program
The Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality’s (DEQ) Drug Take-Back Program seeks to provide more convenient opportunities for citizens to properly dispose of unwanted medications, as pills that are flushed or…
