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New! Municipal Discount for Household Recycle Bins (Deadline August 1, 2008)

New! Hancock County Brownfields Information

SOLID WASTE and RECYCLING INFORMATION

HCPC Provides an array of solid waste services to towns in Hancock County. This page helps to describe some of what we do and some municipal options for managing solid waste.

Click on the following topics for articles published in the Solid Waste Digest Newsletter:

• Household Hazardous Waste (HHW) (PDF)
• Safe Disposal of Mercury
• Home Depot Compact Florescent Bulb Recycling Program
• Composting
• CDD Disposal (PDF)
• Recycling
• Pay-As-You-Throw
• Take out the Garbage Text (89K PDF)
• Take out the Garbage Poster ( 98K JPG)

SOLID WASTE SERVICES

The HCPC works with local officials to evaluate and improve transfer station and recycling center management.

HCPC staff can: