1. Recycling in Cherokee County, IA
Brent Kach - Manager
Cherokee County Landfill

2. Reduce, Reuse & Recycle
Reduce – It’s much better not to make waste in the first place. How?
Reusable lunch bag, Reusable grocery bags, clothe napkins, print on both sides of paper, etc.
Reuse – Many items around your house can be reused by you or someone else. How?
Donate old toys & clothes, garage sale, compost, etc.
Recycle – If the first two steps don’t work you should look to recycle instead of just throwing it in the trash.

3. The benefits of Recycling are endless!
Recycling reduces the need for landfilling.
Recycling conserves natural resources such as timber, water, and minerals.
Recycling prevents pollution caused by the manufacturing of products from virgin materials.
Recycling helps sustain the environment for future generations.
Recycling saves energy.
Recycling decreases emissions of greenhouse gases that contribute to global climate change.
Recycling protects and expands US manufacturing jobs and increases US competitiveness.
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4. Where and how do we recycle?
There are a number of options available:
Curbside pickup
Drop off locations
Bring it to the Landfill

5. Curbside Recycling Program Cities of Cherokee & Marcus
Consumer sorts trash from recyclable materials to avoid contamination
NOTE: There is no need to bag recyclable materials; however, if bags are used, they need to be a clear or see-through colored plastic bag.

6. Curbside pickup
Recyclable materials are picked up curbside, then transferred to a Material Recovery Facility for sorting.

7. Recycle Drop-off Trailers are parked in all towns for their residents plus rural County residents

8. Bring your Recycle to the Landfill

9. What is Recyclable?
Glass food jars & beverage bottles – rinsed, unbroken, any color is acceptable.

10. Paper

11. Aluminum cans
Tin Cans – empty, rinsed, caps, lids and foil. Food and beverage cans, hair spray can, cooking spray can. Labels can be left on

12. Plastics - rinsed with lids removed
Plastics - rinsed with lids removed. Clear & colored plastics with #1-#7 stamped on bottom, milk and soap jugs, food, beverage, and household cleaning bottles. Plastic bags, potato chip bags, individual cheese wrappers. Look for the recycle symbol.

13. Cardboard – tissue boxes, cereal, shoe & beverage boxes, food boxes without food stains as in hamburger helper box, cake box, laundry soap box.

14. Other Recyclables at Cherokee County Landfill
Scrap Metal
Asphalt Roofing Shingles

15. Other Recyclables
Electronic Waste
Fluorescent Bulbs

16. Sorting
Each material is sorted at the facility and processed for the next step in the recycling process.

17. Baled for Shipment

18. What isn’t recyclable?
Any container with traces of hazardous materials.
Any dirty or food-stained paper (paper towel, etc.)
Any household garbage, including diapers and food waste.
Styrofoam cups and Styrofoam packaging
Diabetic needles.

19. Cherokee County Recycling – July 1, 2014 – March 31, 2015
Fiber – tons recycled:
9,746 trees saved
4,013,310 gallons of water saved
2,610 gallons of oil saved
2,306,570 kilowatts of electricity saved
2,116 cubic feet of landfill space saved

20. THANK YOU!!!