Recycling
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Repair Cafe Oshkosh joins global effort to reduce waste, fix broken items
A new community organization in Oshkosh is helping residents fix their broken household items free of charge, and it’s part of a global movement.
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Northwoods tribal leader reflects on 40th anniversary of court protecting treaty rights
This year marks the 40th anniversary of a landmark ruling that reaffirmed the 1837 treaty rights of a northern Wisconsin tribe to hunt, fish and gather on ceded territory. In 1983, two brothers from the Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior Chippewa, Fred and Mike Tribble, were arrested for spearfishing outside the boundaries of…
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Wisconsin’s Driftless region is the setting for Rebecca Gilman’s off-Broadway play, ‘Swing State’
In a lower Manhattan off-Broadway theater, tucked away from the traffic and bright lights, an old farm house nestled on 40 acres of remnant prairie introduces theatergoers to a Wisconsin woman making zucchini bread, and Rebecca Gilman’s play “Swing State” begins. The play, set “somewhere in the Driftless area of Wisconsin” in the late summer…
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Green Bay paper mill becomes first certified as net zero for water use
While Green Bay is a national leader in paper production, the paper industry has left an environmental stain on the Fox Valley region and Lake Michigan. But Wisconsin’s newest papermill, opened by Green Bay Packaging in 2021, is striving for a cleaner model. Last year, it was validated as a “net-zero” water user, meaning it…
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New recycling technique developed in Wisconsin could help keep flexible plastics out of landfills
A University of Wisconsin-Madison professor and a Green Bay company are working together to upscale a new recycling technique that could help keep flexible plastics out of landfills. The project is still in the early stages — with hopes to open a commercial demonstration facility in Green Bay by 2025 at the earliest. UW-Madison chemical…
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Less garbage going into Wisconsin landfills means less potential money for environmental programs
The amount of trash heading to Wisconsin landfills fell by nearly 25 percent between 2007 and 2021, driven largely by a sharp increase in fees and reduced consumption during the Great Recession. A “Talking Trash” report from the Wisconsin Policy Forum shows the annual amount of garbage being dumped in Wisconsin landfills fell from nearly…
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Tips to avoid holiday waste this giving season
When families and friends gather this season for holiday celebrations, they’re often left not just with happy memories, but with mountains of leftover food and discarded gift packaging. The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources provided tips for people during a virtual news conference on what can be recycled and items that are best left for…
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Appleton group gives, receives gifts to connect neighbors and create community
When Sarah Scanlan met a woman she messaged on Facebook in her Appleton garden, she expected to give away camomile tea leaves. But then the two connected over composting, too, and Scanlan walked away with a gardening friend and a deeper sense of community. The two women met because of Appleton’s Buy Nothing Facebook group,…
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Plastic has made farming easier, but what happens to the material after it’s used?
Madeline Uraneck moved from Oklahoma to Wisconsin 50 years ago. While she’s not a farmer, Uraneck said she’s always paid attention to what’s going on in farm fields as she drives around the state. “As you go through the beautiful farmland, you notice the changes in farming like from the hay bales to the (round…
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Weekend Roundup: Donations From Yelich, American Family To Upgrade Little League Fields
Donations from Milwaukee Brewers’ Christian Yelich, American Family and others are going toward fields for Beckum-Stapleton Little League, reports the Journal Sentinel. Beckum-Stapleton Little League is a nonprofit, volunteer organization that’s been around since the 1960s, supporting baseball opportunities for youth on Milwaukee’s north side. With the donations, the league will upgrade dugouts, uniforms and…
