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. Make sure soiled items like plastic containers ...

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.

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.

Ruling it an undue burden on interstate commerce, a federal appellate court in Chicago has struck down a Wisconsin law that effectively prevents garbage generated in Illinois from being sent to ...

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.

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 recent Tribune editorial recommended that the state`s environmental law should be changed to make it easier to site new landfills in the state. It pointed to a Wisconsin law that vests landfill ...

Maps. First Alert Email. SkyCams. Photos. Weather Wise. ... Unfortunately not everywhere in Wisconsin priorities composting. “Over 30% of materials going into landfills was organic, ...

A study released this month shows that the amount of trash going into Wisconsin landfills declined between 2007 and 2021. By WBAY news staff Published : Jun. 30, 2023 at 5:26 PM CDT ...

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.

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. Suzanne ...