Plastic barrels no longer available

Barrels are no longer available from ESD - But you can sign up for a Rain Barrel making workshop!

Blue plastic 55 gallon barrels are no longer available from the City of Superior Environmental Services, BUT... if you are interested in signing up for our Spring 2016 rain barrel workshop you can join us in making a rain barrel out of these blue barrels for a nominal price.

The barrels are not food safe, and the City makes no claims as to the safety or reliability of the barrel or resulting liquids from the barrel.

Contact: 715/394-0392 or email crousea@ci.superior.wi.us to get your name on the contact list for the spring 2017 workshop.

Here is a video on how to make a rain barrel from a plastic rain barrel:
Make a Rain Barrel

Let's Talk Recycling - Nov 14 at 6 p.m.

What:  Let’s Talk Recycling

When: November 14 (Thursday) at 6 p.m.

Where: Superior Public Library, classroom, 1530 Tower Ave.

More Information:  Environmental Services of City of Superior.  715-394-0392

Come over on November 14 at 6 p.m. at the Superior Public Library, 1530 Tower Ave, to attend the event:  Let’s Talk Recycling.  We’ll talk plastics, paper, but also other items that have been considered ‘waste’ but are recyclable and some that can be an environmental health issue if placed in the trash.   Speakers will include Mary Klun, Douglas County Recycling Coordinator; Steve Christen “The Recycle Guy” AA Roll-off; Dan Hartel, Hartel’s DBJ; and Wendy Grethen, City of Superior Environmental Services.   Each presenter will give a short presentation and then there will be time for questions.  About 167,962 tons of waste came in to the Superior Municipal Landfill in the last year.  Quite a bit of the content could have been recycled and some items could have been reused.  Good news is that 875 mattresses were recycled and 68.5 tons of tires were recycled.  Our decisions as consumers and our waste disposal habits can result in part of the problem but also in creating a solution to reducing waste. 

Plastic Pollution

I saw this video last week on plastic pollution in Lake Erie.  It's interesting because most people would probably not realize that some common products can be so harmful.  We all know that plastic water bottles are a big problem in the environmental world, but facewash?  Even though this is in Lake Erie, not Superior, it's good information that is applicable universally.  Check it out below:
Lake Erie Plastic Pollution Study - WICU12/WSEE Erie, PA News, Sports, Weather and Events

-Written by Jillian Schubert Edwards