Waste
- Hearing/Meeting
Landfill Standards and Solid Waste Fees Advisory Committee Meeting
This is a public meeting of the Landfill Standards and Solid Waste Fees Advisory Committee. The agenda will be focused on the economic impacts of draft rulemaking proposals and solid waste fees.
- Hearing/Meeting
Waste and Materials Management Study Group
This is a public meeting of the Waste and Materials Management Study Group.
- News
DNR Offers Tips On Reducing, Reusing And Recycling Waste This Holiday Season
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is offering tips to help families save money, reduce waste and keep recycling and trash workers safe during upcoming holidays.
- News
Make A Plan Now To Dispose Of Your Holiday Tree
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is encouraging Wisconsinites to make a plan now to properly dispose of their holiday trees after their celebrations wrap up.
- Hearing/Meeting
Waste and Materials Management Study Group
This is a public meeting of the Waste and Materials Management Study Group.
- Webpage
Hazardous waste rules and statutes
Wisconsin's Legislature creates and revises the Wisconsin Statutes (Wis. Stats.), while state agencies such as the Department of Natural Resources create and revise the rules required and authorized by those statutes. These agency rules constitute…
- Hearing/Meeting
Solid Waste Interested Parties (SWIP) annual meeting
Meeting topics will include a Waste and Materials Management Program financial update, an overview of the department's enforcement procedures, information on the new electronics rules and general program updates.
- Webpage
Waste Facilities and Transporters
Several types of solid, hazardous and infectious waste transporters and storage, treatment, processing and disposal facilities require Department of Natural Resources approvals and/or licenses to operate. The pages below provide details about…
- Webpage
Transporting Infectious Waste
Infectious waste is solid waste that contains pathogens with sufficient virulence and in sufficient quantity that exposure of a susceptible human or animal to the solid waste could cause the human or animal to contract an infectious disease.…
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Transporting Hazardous and PCB Waste
Hazardous waste is a subset of solid waste with stricter requirements to protect human health and the environment. Federal and state laws regulate how businesses, institutions, governments and other non-households must manage hazardous waste.A…