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Wisconsin Promotes Salt Awareness to Reduce Chloride Levels

January 13, 2023

The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) and Wisconsin Salt Wise invite the public to learn more about the impacts of road salt on drinking water and freshwater ecosystems during…

Filed Under: Member News Tagged With: drinking water, Stormwater, waterbodies

ECOS State Survey on Offsite Compliance Monitoring: A Summary of Findings

September 16, 2022

This ECOS Green Report highlights the utility of off-site compliance monitoring (OfCM), including the use of virtual walkthroughs to supplement but not supplant onsite inspection activities. Based on the results…

Filed Under: Green Reports Tagged With: compliance

Medical Sharps Collection Program

August 3, 2022

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…

Infectious Waste Regulations Resources

August 3, 2022

Wisconsin created a webpage with information and resources for infectious waste basics, legal requirements for disposal, COVID-19 healthcare waste, and COVID-19 vaccine waste.

Wisconsin Welcomes Specialty Recycling to its Unique Green Tier Program

December 23, 2021

The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) welcomes Wisconsin Specialty Recycling as a Tier 1 participant in its Green Tier program, which recognizes organizations committed to going beyond compliance and…

Filed Under: Member News

Wisconsin Awards Grants to Assist with Extreme Summer Storm

December 3, 2021

The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) has announced Urban Forestry Catastrophic Storm Grants to assist with damage from the July 28, 2021 extreme storm events statewide. The grants are…

Filed Under: Member News Tagged With: Stormwater

Great Lakes States Urge Action on PFAS

August 6, 2021

In July, Governors of five Great Lakes states sent a letter to the U.S. House of Representatives in support of the PFAS Action Act and uniform national policy. Specifically, they…

Filed Under: Member News Tagged With: cercla, PFAS, TSCA

ECOS White Paper: Processes and Considerations for Setting State PFAS Standards, 2021 Update

March 2, 2021

In recent years, federal, state, and international authorities have established various health-based regulatory values and evaluation criteria for a number of specific per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in response to…

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: PFAS

Wisconsin Offers Tips for Turning Recycling into Bird Feeders

February 26, 2021

In honor of National Bird Feeder Month, the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources is promoting ideas for turning your recycling into a bird feeder. Individuals are encouraged to think about…

Filed Under: Member News Tagged With: recycling

ECOS Green Report: State Environmental Agency Modernization — Leveraging Unmanned Aerial Systems to Improve Environmental Results

February 11, 2021

In recent years, states have established the use of drones within various environmental programs to boost emergency preparedness and response, water monitoring (harmful algal blooms, E. coli, Cyanobacteria, bathymetric, &…

Filed Under: Green Reports Tagged With: drones, technology

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