Solid Waste Management

The Randolph County Solid Waste Management District (SWMD) was formed in 1996, after leaving W.U.R (Wayne, Union & Randolph) SWMD. The districts were set up by the government to proactively reduce the amount of waste going to final disposal (in landfills and incineration) through education, source reduction, re-use and recycling. Each district may differ in how they operate, but all of them are supervised by boards of locally elected officials and work towards one common goal; to reduce the solid waste disposed of by the residents and businesses of Indiana.

District Director-Steve Longnecker

Recycling Programs Offered to Residents

19 voluntary drop-off sites open year round 24/7. There is a site at each of the five county schools; as well as in some popular shopping and residential areas. Materials collected include mixed paper and cardboard, clear and colored glass, plastics #1 and #2, aluminum, steel and tin. (Residents with questionable materials may call us at 765-584-9816)*
4 oil, oil filter and anti-freeze drop-off sites.*
4 household battery drop-off sites.*
Pollution Solution--open the third Friday and Saturday of each month, March-October. Items accepted on these dates are: household hazardous wastes, fluorescent light bulbs, electronics, white goods (appliances) and tires. There are some minimal fees for disposal of tires and televisions. The recycling of white goods is offered year round. (See Pollution Solution page for more information on dates, fees and what is accepted)

*Please visit the What and Where to Recycle page for locations

Education Programs Offered to Residents

The district promotes the 4R's (Reuse, Reduce, Recycle & RETHINK) through presentations and workshops to local clubs and organizations, public and private businesses, and school students and personnel.

Adult Education Presentations Topics

Recycling (Home Recycling-What you need to know!, Reclaim Your Day, Packaging, Let's Limit Junk-Mail)
Litter (What is Litter, How Much Garbage is in Our Lunch?)
Landfills (Edible Landfill)
Composting (Let's Get Yucky, Composting 101)
Household Hazardous Waste (Alternative Cleaners, Un-Wanted Meds)

Student Education Presentation Topics

Recycling (Tons of Trash, Plastic Parade, Over-Packaging, Let's Get IT Started, Paper People)
Litter (What is Litter, How Much Garbage is in Our Lunch, Litter Detectives)
Landfills (Edible Landfill)
Composting (Warming Up To Worms, Let's Get Yucky)
Household Hazardous Waste (What's so Hazardous about Hazardous Waste

Board of Directors

Steve Croyle-Board President
Jim Hufford-Vice President
Gary Girton
Bob McCoy
Tom Sells
William Terrell
Mike Wickersham

Citizens Advisory Committee

Ed Thornburg-President
JR Childress
Donna Coalter
Cliff Coulter
Jim Davis
Eugene Hime
Mark Mullen

Randolph County Solid Waste Management District

215 South Main Street

P.O. Box 443

Winchester, IN 47394

Phone/Fax: 765-584-9816

E-mail: Steve Longnecker at Steve@pceaze.com

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