If you count all that trash together, that adds up to about 8.2 million tons of trash in Wisconsin landfills in 2021, a 2.1% increase over 2020, according to the report. More: A first-of-its-kind ...

Many items are banned from landfills in Wisconsin. Recycling programs are intended to keep those products out of the garbage so they can be reused.

Keeping trash out of Wisconsin landfills Two Men and a Truck shows us ways to keep garbage out of landfills as people start their spring cleaning.

A study released this month shows that the amount of trash going into Wisconsin landfills declined between 2007 and 2021.

Wisconsin is creating less trash than it did ten years ago. But while that can be good for the environment, it could hurt the bottom line of your city ...

The Wisconsin statute banned 15 kinds of recyclables from landfills, including newsprint, aluminum, glass, cardboard and several kinds of plastics, among other items.

MILWAUKEE—The amount of garbage from other states dumped in Wisconsin landfills declined about 229,000 tons last year to about 1.9 million tons, the state Department of Natural Resources says.

A recent map shows how far the rest of the country will have to come to catch up. There are 2,000 active landfills in the country, and the average American throws out 4.4 pounds of trash a day.

A new state law in Wisconsin aimed at pulling recyclable and possibly toxic electronic junk out of landfills also will hit residents of Northeastern Minnesota whose trash ends up in Superior.

30% of Wisconsins’ food waste in landfills in 2021 was compostable UW-Stevens Point is working hard to limit food waste through composting efforts The API failed to deliver the resource.

People who recycle are making a difference. Current recycling efforts in Wisconsin keep about 1.7 million tons of materials out of Wisconsin landfills and incinerators annually. But, there is ...

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