Important recycling information La Crosse County | Wisconsin

Vol. 4 No. 1 January • 2019

Landfill Hours of OperationLandfill and Citizen’s Drop-Off Area Hours:Summer Hours (April – October)

Monday – Friday: 6:30 AM – 4:30 PM1st and 3rd Saturdays: 9:00 AM – Noon

Winter Hours (November – March)Monday – Friday: 8:00 AM – 4:00 PM

Office Hours/Reuse Room HoursMonday – Friday: 8:00 AM – 4:00 PM

For special hours see our website atwww.lacrossecounty.org/solidwaste

* PLEASE READ SIGNAGE*Things have changed at the landfill. The Solid Waste Department recently redesigned the entrance to the Landfill site on Highway 16 to improve efficiency and safety. Our new site address is 3240 Berlin Drive. The diagram to the right illustrates this new entrance. Department staff are available at the main office, the Household Hazardous Materials (HHM) facility and the new scale facility to provide further instruction when you enter the site. The landfill entrance now features two scales, inbound and outbound. All customers must scale in on the inbound scale. Access to the main office has also changed. The entrance door and parking are now located on the southeast side of the building. Access to the Reuse Room is now located directly across from the HHM canopy. For information on changes to the Household Hazardous Materials Facility Entrance and the Reuse Room please see the reverse side of this flyer.

INSIDETrash/Recycling InformationHow to Prepare Materials for RecyclingYard Waste DisposalAppliance DisposalContact Information

These fees apply to garbage (normal household waste), large items (furniture, toys, bikes, grills, stoves, washers, dryers, and small appliances) and demolition/construction (wood, drywall, doors, flooring, windows, sinks, and roofing). Other materials such as brush, yard waste, tires, and freon containing appliances (air conditioners, dehumidifiers, and refrigerators) have different fees. See our website at www.lacrossecounty.org/solidwaste for a complete list of fees*Garbage/Demolition/Construction waste: $120/ton Trailers, Cargo Van, UHAULS, Businesses (Including Landlords): $15 service fee + $62/ton by weightMattresses and Box Springs: $15Microwaves: $10*Fees subject to change without notice. PLEASE NOTE: There is a 2.5% convenience fee for the use of credit and debit cards

Landfill Fees*

Recycler 2018 Municipality Contacts:City of La Crosse

608-789-7508 www.cityoflacrosse.orgCity of Onalaska

608-781-9500 www.cityofonalaska.comTown of Bangor

608-486-4543 townofbangortownship@gmail.comVillage of Bangor

608-486-4084 www.villageofbangor.comTown of Burns

608-486-4272 www.townofburnswi.comTown of Campbell

608-783-0050 www.townofcampbell.orgTown of Farmington

608-857-3139 www.townoffarmingtonlax.org

Town of Greenfield608-787-0400 www.townofgreenfieldwi.org

Town of Hamilton608-786-0989 www.townofhamiltonwi.org

Town of Holland608-526-3354 www.townofhollandwi.org

Village of Holmen608-526-4336 www.holmenwi.com

Town of Medary608-781-2275 www.townofmedary.com

Town of Onalaska608-783-4958 www.townofonalaska.org

Town of Shelby608-788-1032 www.townofshelby.com

Village of West Salem608-786-1858 www.westsalemwi.com

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Do Not Discard.

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Landfill Disposal Site: 3240 Berlin Dr. La Crosse, WI 54601HHM Disposal Site: 3202 Berlin Dr. La Crosse, WI 54601For mail: 3200 Berlin Dr. La Crosse, WI 54601For questions please call 608-785-9572

Information and Directions

All landfill customers must drive onto the inbound scale. Only people authorized by site attendants may use the facility. You must provide your own labor for unloading materials. Due to safety concerns, we do not permit salvaging once waste is placed in the container.

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Beautiful and picturesque aren’t words that you would normally use to describe a landfill but the La Crosse County waste disposal complex fits this description. We are a WDNR Green Tier certified facility and are proud of our reputation. We take our commitment to superior environmental performance seriously. Some of our many partners include: Gundersen Heath System, Xcel Energy, Scouts, WisCorps, Outdoor Recreation Alliance, and the North American Squirrel Association. If you’d like to see the landfill and all it has to offer please contact Nick Nichols, our sustainability coordinator, at 608-785-9768.

Tours of Complex

1. When you purchase a new mattress, ask the local mattress store to recycle your old one; or

2. For home pick-up of an old mattress, without the purchase of a new one, contact a hauler that will recycle your mattress; or

3. Take your mattress to the Citizen’s Drop-off area at the County Landfill for a fee or contact 7 Rivers Recycling at 608-781-0257 to find other drop-off locations.

MattressR E C Y C L I N G

For missed pick ups of trash or recycling, please call your waste hauler or municipality.

2 Use of the Town of Hamilton’s Drop Off Site• Xcel Energy Burnable Compactors• Commingled Recycling Bin• Appliance, Tire, E-Waste & Used Oil Building • Metal Dumpster• Landfill Dumpster• Wood Ash Receptacles• Yard Waste Bin

Xcel Energy Burnable Compactors• These compactors are for burnable refuse. Please BAG BURNABLE ITEMS IN CLEAR OR SEMITRANSPARENT BAGS before placing

them in the compactor.• NO pallets, carpet, tarps, silo storage bags, twine, glass, or metal. Wood items up to 4 feet in length are acceptable.• NO wood ash or burning materials (see Wood Ash Receptacles below).

Commingled Recycling Bin• Place clean glass bottles, metal cans with labels removed, and aluminum in the commingled bin. Plastic Bottles #1 & #2 and cartons

• Aluminum cans are also accepted separately for recycling.

Appliances, Tires, E-Waste, & Used Oil Building (prices are subject to change; see list at site)

• $25.00 fee is charged for e-waste and certain appliances. Fees must be paid before you unload the materials.

refrigerators stoves ovens

freezersdishwasherscouches

clothes washers and dryers dehumidifiers air conditioners

televisions computer monitors water heaters

furnaces boilers

microwave ovensmattresses andbox springs

• Pickup load of contruction materials: $25.00 fee

• Tires: Car tires: $5.00 each. Truck tires: $10.00 each. Tractor tires: $35.00 each. Add $3.00 per tire if tire has not been removed from rim.

• E-waste. Each piece is $5. Keyboards, mice, flash drives, speakers are FREE. Items accepted:

CPUs & towershard drives

laptops external hard drives

printers, modemsscanners

DVDs/VCRs fax machines

copy machinestelephones w/screen

stereosoffice chairs

• Used oil: There is no charge for dropping off used oil, but be sure to bring it in a container small enough so that you can pour it into the barrel.

Metal Dumpster ONLY metal items can be placed in the dumpster.

Large Household Item Dumpster

• Please use this Dumpster sparingly—it is mainly for large items. $5.00 per item.

• Acceptable items:

carpet (limited to small remodeling projects—1 room maximum)

silo storage bagstwine

furnituretarps

EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY -ABSOLUTELY NO REMODELING OR CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS ACCEPTED - YOU MUST PROVIDE YOUR OWN DUMPSTER FOR CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS.

• HINT: With minimal disassembly, some items may go into appropriate receptacles: - Kitchen chair: seat and back go in Xcel Energy Burnable Compactor. - Pallets—saw them in half and put in Xcel Energy Burnable Compactor. - Boards—saw them into lengths less than 4 feet long and put in Xcel Energy Burnable Compactor.

Wood Ash Receptacles • These receptacles are for any type of smoldering ash, or ash at its kindling point

or in the process of initiating combustion. In the past, fires have developed inside the compactor due to improper disposal of wood ash.

Yard Waste Bin • Grass, leaves, hedge trimmings, garden wastes, and Christmas trees can be brought

to the Yard Waste Bin, which is open 24 hours a day. • Brush must be less than 6 feet long and 6 inches in diameter.

Open BurningOpen burning permits, which allow burning of clean wood and brush, must be obtained from the Town Chairman or a Supervisor.

Contact Information

Town of HamiltonPhone at Town Hall: 608-786-0989

Town Board meetings are held the second Tuesday of the month at 7:30 pm unless posted otherwiseChairman . . . . . Blaine Lee . . . . . . . . 786-1727Supervisor I . . . Ray Ebert . . . . . . . . . 786-1046Supervisor II . . Kevin Hoyer . . . . . . . 786-0058Clerk . . . . . . . . Sara Schultz . . . . . . . 786-1516Treasurer . . . . . Katie Reding . . . . . . . 786-4489

Drop Off SiteN5105 North Leonard Street, West Salem (just off Highway 16)

Hours: Tuesday 9 a.m.–5:30 p.m., Saturday 7 a.m.–3 p.m. Vehicles must display a Town of Hamilton sticker.

You may obtain a sticker from the Drop Off Site attendant.

Household Hazardous Materials Site(La Crosse County Landfill)

6502 Hwy 16, La Crosse Phone: 785-9999

You will receive a brochure like this at the beginning of each year, so please keep it! If you misplace it, please call 786-0989 for a new one.

www.townofhamiltonwi.org

WARNINGThe Drop Off Site is for the use of Town of Hamilton residents ONLY—

not relatives or friends from

outside the township. Do not risk losing your

disposal privileges.If rules are not

followed, citations will be issued according to

Recycling Code Chapter IV.4.18(C)

Remember: To use the Drop Off Site, your vehicle must display a

Town of Hamilton sticker. Stickers may be obtained from

the attendant at the site.

NO OPEN

BURNING WITHOUT A

PERMIT

If you wish to have curbside pickup, please contract

with a local refuse pickup service.

Unacceptable TrashHazardous materials

Cleaners, solvents, gasoline, oil, or other toxic, corrosive, explosive, or highly combustible materials may not be placed in the regular trash. Refer to the front page to see which hazardous materials are accepted at the La Crosse County Household Hazardous Materials Site. If in question, call the facility for a recommendation at 608-785-9999.

Vehicle parts, 250-gallon gas/fuel oil drums, other metal weighing 10 pounds or moreTake such materials to a salvage yard.

Commercial wasteWaste generated from commercial businesses is not accepted at the Drop Off Site. Businesses must contract for refuse disposal.

Commercial appliancesContact Hilltopper Refuse & Recycling W6833 Industrial Blvd, Onalaska, WI 54650 608-783-6727.

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Please sort items before coming to the Drop Off Site.

Recycling Center/ Drop Off SiteN5105 N. Leonard St.,

West Salem

Hours: Tuesdays

9 a.m.–5:30 p.m.

Saturdays 7 a.m.–3 p.m.

Closing December 24th at Noon

If you have questions or concerns,

please call the Town of Hamilton

786-0989 or a supervisor

(see opposite page).

How to Prepare Recyclables

GLASS:Jars and bottles only! • NO light bulbs, dishes, glassware, window

glass, mirrors, or ceramics. • Remove metal rings and lids and rinse

clean.

STEEL CANS: Empty food, paint, aerosol cans only!• NO chemicals, scrap metal, or vehicle

parts.• Ends of cans can stay attached. Flattening

of food cans is appreciated.

ALUMINUM: Cans only!• NO food or pie plates• Drain liquid and rinse cans clean.

Flattening is appreciated.

PLASTIC: Bottles only!* • NO plastic packaging, ice cream buckets,

food containers, or Styrofoam.

• Look for #1 or #2 mark on bottom or bottom edge.

• Rinse clean; discard cap.

NEWSPAPERS • NO magazines, junk mail, telephone books.

• Newspapers: Shiny inserts are OK.

• Please keep newspaper as dry as possible!

Please Note:The Town of

Hamilton contracts with Xcel Energy

to burn our waste for energy,

therefore the Town recycles ONLY

the items listed in this brochure.

Items such as plastic packaging and nonrecyclable containers should be placed in the

compactor. Town of Hamilton

CARTONS: Milk, juice, broth, soup, and other food & beverage cartons • What is a carton? It’s a type

of food and beverage packaging. There are two types: shelf-stable (broth, soup, soy milk, juice, milk, wine) and refrigerated (milk, juice, cream,

egg substitutes).

• Drain liquid.

Recycling Center/ Drop Off Site Open Dates

HolidaysNote: December 24th, 2019 - Hours: 9am-3pm

JANUARY 2019S M T W T F S

1 2 3 4 56 7 8 9 10 11 12

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MAY 2019S M T W T F S

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12 13 14 15 16 17 1819 20 21 22 23 24 2526 27 28 29 30 31

SEPTEMBER 2019S M T W T F S1 2 3 4 5 6 78 9 10 11 12 13 14

15 16 17 18 19 20 2122 23 24 25 26 27 2829 30

FEBRUARY 2019S M T W T F S

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10 11 12 13 14 15 1617 18 19 20 21 22 2324 25 26 27 28

JUNE 2019S M T W T F S

12 3 4 5 6 7 89 10 11 12 13 14 15

16 17 18 19 20 21 2223 24 25 26 27 28 2930

OCTOBER 2019S M T W T F S

1 2 3 4 56 7 8 9 10 11 12

13 14 15 16 17 18 1920 21 22 23 24 25 2627 28 29 30 31

MARCH 2019S M T W T F S

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10 11 12 13 14 15 1617 18 19 20 21 22 2324 25 26 27 28 29 3031

JULY 2019S M T W T F S

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14 15 16 17 18 19 2021 22 23 24 25 26 2728 29 30 31

NOVEMBER 2019S M T W T F S

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APRIL 2019S M T W T F S

1 2 3 4 5 67 8 9 10 11 12 13

14 15 16 17 18 19 2021 22 23 24 25 26 2728 29 30

AUGUST 2019S M T W T F S

1 2 34 5 6 7 8 9 1011 12 13 14 15 16 1718 19 20 21 22 23 2425 26 27 28 29 30 31

DECEMBER 2019S M T W T F S1 2 3 4 5 6 78 9 10 11 12 13 14

15 16 17 18 19 20 2122 23 24 25 26 27 2829 30 31

For answers to questions, call La Crosse County HHM program, 785-9999

or visit our Web site: www.lacrossecounty.org/solidwaste/hhm

E-Waste RecyclingThese items are accepted at the Household Hazardous Materials Facility. Fees apply as noted ($):• TV’s and computer monitors $• Video playing devices: VCR’s, DVD players, gaming consoles, cable tv receivers etc.• Computers: desktop towers/CPU’s, laptops, tablets• Computer accessories: printers, scanners, fax machines, keyboards, speakers, mice, external hard drives, flash drives/USB’s, etc.• Cell phones and digital cameras• Microwaves and small Freon appliances $

($) Fee Applies – see website or call for current pricing information. TVs and other electronics that have been salvaged or disassembled will be charged a fee per pound.

For more information about pricing and acceptable materials call 608-785-9999 or visit http://lacrossecounty.org/solidwaste/hhm.

NON-HOUSEHOLD USERS?

Many businesses and organizations, including farms, in-home businesses, rental properties (landlords), churches, schools and municipalities generate small amounts of hazardous waste and are looking for an efficient means to dispose of such items. The current agreement between La Crosse County and all participating municipalities mandates that qualifying businesses and organizations must pay for the disposal of their materials at the HHM facility.

Steps for businesses and organizations:

1. Prequalification is required. Call 785-9999 or visit: www.lacrossecounty.org/solidwaste/hhm to get qualification information, pricing and forms.

2. Fill out and return the “VERY SMALL QUANTITY GENERATORS (VSQG) CERTIFICATION FORM” and theWASTE INVENTORY FORM”. The completed forms can be emailed to hhm@lacrossecounty.org

3. Once the forms have been submitted to and approved by HHM staff, we will call you to set up an appointment to drop off your materials. Businesses and organizations will not be allowed to drop off waste without an appointment.

Safe Transportation of Hazardous Materials1. If possible, bring items in their original containers, or clearly mark contents on container. If you do not know what is in the container, tell the attendant.2. Tighten all covers and lids. 3. NEVER MIX CHEMICALS! 4. If a container is leaking, pack it separately in a leak-proof container (i.e. pail or tub)5. Do not load wastes in the passenger compartment of a vehicle. 6. Avoid spills. Put waste containers, upright, in a sturdy container and place them

securely in the trunk or back of a truck or van.7. Do not put different types of wastes into a garbage bag. 8. Read and follow all directions when you arrive at the Household Hazardous Materials Facility.9. Gasoline and Used Oil should be transported in approved safety gas cans. Approved containers can be emptied and returned to the customer.

Household Hazardous Materials (HHM) Facility Hours:

La Crosse County

Same Building—New Location. The entrance to the new Reuse Room is located on the east side of the Solid Waste office buildingSee Map Above Under HHM Facility Hours.Annually over 70,000 lbs of reusable mateials are made available here. Items are FREE, donations appreciated! Open during regular landfill hours.

New ReUse Room

MONDAY Noon - 4:00 pm

TUESDAY 8:00 am - 4:00 pm

WEDNESDAY 10:00 am - 6:00 pm

THURSDAY Noon - 4:00 pm

FRIDAY CLOSED

First and Third SATURDAY of the Month 9:00 am - Noon

Residential/Household Users Drop-Off Hours:

All non-household users including businesses, non-profit organizations, agencies, landlords municipalities, etc. by appointment only. Call 608-785-9999 for information.* Household users with large loads (more than 200 lbs of material) must call to schedule an appointment for drop off.

SAVE YOURSELF A TRIP!

• Empty paint and aerosol cans (recycling bin) • Alkaline batteries (trash bin)• Dried out paint cans (trash bin) • Incandescent light bulbs (trash bin)

These items can and should go into your regular curbside trash or recycling:

• Pesticides, herbicides, rodenticides and other lawn and garden chemicals• Paint, stain and varnish• Oil, gasoline and other automotive fluids• Household cleaning products• Pool chemicals• Fluorescent and compact fluorescent light bulbs• Rechargeable, lead acid and lithium batteries• Mercury thermometers, thermostats with mercury in them and other small mercury containing devices• Sharps (see “Sharps and Needles” for proper packaging instructions)• Handheld propane cylinders

Sharps and Needles“Sharps” must be brought to HHM in puncture resistant containers, including a registered, red “Sharps” container or a thick plastic laundry detergent bottle with a screw type cap.

NOTE: No other container will be accepted.

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• Ammunition• Black Powder• Explosives• Fireworks

• Radioactive Materials • Compressed Gas Cylinders • Shock or Heat-Sensative Materials (Peroxide, Picric Acid)

Unacceptable Materials at HHM

Acceptable Materials at HHM

New HHM Facility Entrance

Follow Road Signs. Approach and exit roads are one-way.