Waste Management
Waste Management
Land-of-Sky Regional Council offers technical and
planning aid to our member governments and others on waste
management issues. We work to improve program cost
effectiveness, waste reduction, material reuse, recycling,
buying recycled products, composting, landfilling, and
household hazardous waste management. We also offer
solid waste grant writing services, technical and regulatory
plan creation and updates, and facilitation services. Feel
free to contact the staff at any time with questions or
needs.
In an effort to improve the quality of recycling programs
across the region, member governments are working with the
Council to investigate the feasibility of bringing a new
private-sector recycling processing facility to the region.
This project hopes to increase individual program revenues,
convenience of recycling for the public, and even offer some
new materials for collection in areas that have limited
programs. Grant funding has been secured through the US
Department of Agriculture-Rural Utility Service's Water and
Environmental Services Department as well as the USDA-Rural
Utility Service's Rural Development Division.
For more information, click header above.
The Region's
Household Hazardous Waste Advisory Committee (H2WAC)
has successfully implemented new HHW collection programs
in Buncombe, Madison, and Transylvania Counties. Click
the above link for more information on how you can participate
in these programs.
This project also provides a lot of great educational
and "how to" materials available on this site!!
This EPA AWARD WINNING mobile center tours schools, festivals
and more. This fun "field trip that comes to you" teaches
about the waste we generate; how, why, and where to reduce,
reuse, and recycle; what the items we recycle get made
into for us to buy; important lessons on household hazardous
waste; and a whole lot more.
Check out our photo tour and events schedule!
For more information, click header above.
BUNCOMBE COUNTY 10-YEAR SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT FINAL
PLAN BEING ADOPTED BY BUNCOMBE COUNTY AND MUNICIPALITIES
PREPARED BY:
Buncombe County Solid Waste
&
Land-of-Sky Regional Council
To view the plan, click here.
To comment on the plan,
ron@landofsky.org
Waste Reduction Partners
Waste Reduction Partners is an award winning program
that allows industries, businesses, and organizations
to get free, non-regulatory, and confidential advice
on how to save money through better waste management
practices as well as improved energy and water use.
Click here to go to the Waste Reduction
Partners Web Site
A Planning Tool Kit for Solid Waste Managers
This tool kit, produced by Land-of-Sky Regional Council,
provides a basic set of tools to help address the challenges
of solid waste management for rural areas.
Available on-line at www.usda.gov/rus/water/docs/swmgmt.pdf.
Technical Services
Land-of-Sky Regional Council offers a variety of solid
waste related technical services to it's 19 member
governments and their constituents including:
•
Regional Systems Research and Development
•
Individual Government System Consulting
•
Multimedia Educational Outreach Assistance
•
Regulatory Compliance Consulting
•
Technical Report Writing
•
Short and Long Term Planning
•
Grant Writing Services
•
Meeting Facilitation Services
•
Public/Private Partnership Consulting
•
Contract Assistance
•
Policy Development
For more information on the Land-of-Sky's Waste Management
programs contact:
For Solid Waste and Recycling:
Ron Townley at (828) 251-6622
e-mail: ron@landofsky.org
For Waste Reduction Partners:
Terry Albrecht or DonHollister at
(828) 251-6622
e-mail: wrp@landofsky.org
County/Municipal Programs
To learn more about waste management programs in
your county or municipality, click on one of the links
below. If there is not a link to the county or municipality
of your selection, contact them directly by phone.
Buncombe County Solid Waste
City
of Asheville Sanitation
Biltmore Forest Public Works
Town of Black Mountain, Water Administration Department
Montreat-Pam Snypes 669-8002
Weaverville Sanitation
Woodfin-Charles Rector-253-5551
Henderson County Solid Waste-Gary Tweed 698-5115
Madison County Solid Waste-Jim Brown 649-2311
Transylvania County Solid Waste
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