Jul
08
Recycle Eureka Board of Directors Solicits Help from the Montana Department of Environmental Quality
The Recycle Eureka Board would like to thank Dusti Johnson for giving of her time and expertise to help establish a viable recycling program for household waste in the Tobacco Valley. In addition, special thanks to Krista Tincher for her ongoing and outstanding coverage of our efforts. Ms. Tincher’s recent article from the Tobacco Valley News is quoted in italics below:
Say you are trying to make a business out of firewood cutting. But you only have an axe. You manage to chop up a few pieces of wood, and try to sell them. Are you going to make it as a firewood cutter?
The answer to that question applies to any business - including recycling, explained Dusti Johnson, recycling and market development specialist for the Montana Department of Environmental Quality.
You need proper equipment to start a business, and the volume to make it profitable to sell your resource. Buy a chain saw and a truck and cut a few cords at a time to sell, and you’re in business.
The same goes for recycling.
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Jul
01
Krista Tincher Continues In-depth Coverage of Recycling Challenges
Per Ms. Tincher, “The Tobacco Valley ships 72,000 pounds of trash per day, three to four times a week to the Lincoln County Landfill near Libby.” Tincher goes on to identify existing recycling efforts in the Tobacco Valley being carried out by Recycle Eureka as well as the Lincoln County Public Schools & the Eureka Landfill.
Alice B. Elrod, co-founder of Recycle Eureka, highlights the necessity for the public to realize that initially, recycling costs money until volumes increase. In addition, other sources echo Recycle Eureka’s findings that programs in other cities are subsidized by tax dollars or collection fees.
Special thanks to Krista Tincher and the Tobacco Valley News for their ongoing efforts and coverage of all recycling efforts in the Tobacco Valley.
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Jul
01
Eureka Elementary 4th grade teacher, Heather Dunn, Commended For Recycling Efforts
The plastic bag recycling program initiated by Heather Dunn has now taken 2nd place in the state, 2nd only to Helena, and has earned a $2000 grant for its efforts. This is proof positive that with ongoing community support and unwavering volunteers, recycling can be a profitable enterprise. Economics notwithstanding, recycling 167 60-gallon bags full of shopping bags has had a huge environmental impact saving thousands of bags from blowing around the Libby landfill .
Congratulations to Ms. Dunn, to all the students and to the concerned patrons who made this possible!
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