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DuBois County Solid Waste District reports new trucks, waste-tire grants and bilingual recycling outreach
Summary
The county solid waste district told the council it has acquired two new vehicles, is pursuing multiple IDEM grants including a waste-tire recycling grant, and plans a bilingual countywide recycling signage and mailer campaign supported largely by a grant partner.
Carla Strickl (identified in the meeting as associated with the DuBois County Solid Waste Management District) briefed council members on district activities, grants and outreach plans.
Strickl said the district has received two new trucks and that district operations are "going well." She noted she serves on the Patoka Lake Watershed Stewardship Steering Committee and invited council members to a June 17 tour of the water plant and dam; invitations will be mailed and one packet was available at the meeting.
The nut graf: The district reported several recent and pending grants. In 2024 the district received an $8,000 "waste hire" grant through the Indiana Department of Environmental Management (IDEM), which Strickl said required no local match and was used to increase waste-tire collection; the district reported a roughly 73% increase in tires collected during the program. The district said it applied again and expects another $10,000 award to continue large-volume tire collections under an 18-month window.
Strickl described a community recycling grant for a signage and outreach project estimated at about $14,000. Under that project the district will install bright, bilingual decals on recycling dumpsters at county drop sites showing photos of acceptable items and will update brochures and a possible county mailer. She told the council that "IBM is gonna be paying a little over 11,000 of that," leaving a modest county share. She also said the highway department operates eight drop sites and the district does not count those sites' tonnage except for materials the district directly handles (oil, antifreeze, oil filters, batteries, books, film plastic).
Strickl also said the district plans to apply for materials-management planning funds the state will make available to districts and counties and encouraged council members to contact her or the district watershed coordinator, Emily, with questions about the June 17 event.
Ending: Strickl left copies of the district nnual report material and said legislators sometimes review the packet; she asked council members to read the report sections describing district expenditures, personnel and programs and to contact her with follow-up questions.
