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ORGANICS RECOVERY EXPANDS IN WYOMING'S TETONS
Bio Cycle Magazine. Read Full Article
THE TOWN of Jackson, Wyoming is located in a glacial valley, originally referred to as Jackson's Hole by the fur trappers and game hunters who came down out of the mountains to rendezvous and sell their goods for shipment to markets back east. Today, elk and bison spend winter on the National Elk Refuge, its fence line abutting the town of Jackson, where they are fed and protected until they return to the upland meadows of Grand Teton and Yellowstone National Parks, and the National Forests that surround Jackson. ... Read Full Article
TERRA FIRMA ORGANICS AWARDED "NEW RECYCLING PROGRAM OF THE YEAR"
Bio Cycle Magazine. Read Full Article
Terra Firma Organics' food scrap and paperboard composting program was recognized as the state's "New Recycling Program of the Year" at the Wyoming Solid Waste and Recycling Association's conference in Casper in August. "The program shows that composting is a very important part of reducing waste in the municipal solid waste stream," says Recycling Task Force co-chair Beth Andress. ... Read Full Article
1% FOR THE TETONS-GRANT APPLICATION FORM
Approved grant application form for 1% For The Tetons. Read Full Application
Phase II of the Food Waste Pilot program will be a continuation of the Food/Paperboard Compost Pilot Project which was partially funded by the 2007 1% for the Tetons Grant. In Phase II, The Teton Conservation District, Terra Firma Organics, Teton County, Wyoming and Jackson Community Recycling are proposing an expanded program to identify a technology to collect and process an increased volume of food waste, paperboard and waxy cardboard. The collected material will continue to be processed at Terra Firma’s composting site at the Teton County Transfer Station. Read Full Application
PILOT COMPOST PROGRAM REDUCING LANDFILL HAUL
Planet Jackson Hole. Read Full Article
Jackson Hole, Wyo.-Operators of a new pilot composting program in Jackson are working to divert the food and paper waste that local restaurants, grocery stores and businesses toss into the Big Piney Landfill. Read Full Article
OUR POSITION: CHANGING WASTE INTO RESOURCES IN TETON COUNTY
Teton Valley Community Recycling. Read Full Article
In 2001, TVCR began a long process of self, and then public, education. A handful of volunteers with tiny budgets, have run pilot programs, attended conferences, collected data and met with experts from around the country which led us to our own backyard, Jackson Wyoming. We researched Terra Firma Organic’s (TFO) operation of waste diversion and recommended the county have a look, which led to TFO becoming the managers of our interim transfer program, starting in November of 2007. Read Full Article
INTEGRATED SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT PLANNING PROJECT
Western Wyoming Planning Group. Read Meeting Minutes
General characteristics of integrated solid waste management system were discussed. These characteristics were used to facilitate discussion of the existing waste management system, as well as alternative waste management systems that may be needed to meet the communities’ long-term needs. Read Meeting Minutes
REGIONAL ROUNDUP
Bio Cycle Magazine. Read Full Article
TERRA FIRMA ORGANICS AWARDED “NEW RECYCLING PROGRAM OF THE YEAR.” Terra Firma Organics' food scrap and paperboard composting program was recognized as the state's “New Recycling Program of the Year” at the Wyoming Solid Waste and Recycling Association's conference in Casper in August. “The program shows that composting is a very important part of reducing waste in the municipal solid waste stream,” says Recycling Task Force co-chair Beth Andress. ... Read Full Article
EVERYDAY IS EARTH DAY, ESPECIALLY TODAY
The Mountain Culture. Read Full Article
Here in Jackson, we do a ton, but sometimes none. My friends and I write postcards on the back of cereal boxes because we can’t recycle them here. But, we still drive 20 minutes up to Teton Pass to ski and 20 minutes back to our hot showers. We still heat our homes with baseboard heaters and fly back and forth to the east coast for multiple family visits a year. We still buy Organic salad mix in nonrecyclable plastic containers and mix it with avocados shipped in from Mexico. ... Read Full Article |
