Socks-essful Local Reuse Solution

In June 2023, TVCR started collecting unwanted socks through the TerraCycle Sock Recycling program funded by Gold Toe socks.  TVCR collects clean socks at our standard TerraCycle collection locations: the Geo Center (Driggs) and General Laundry (Victor).  With the help of General Laundry’s Deb Grove, we quickly learned that the local thrift stores are largely…

Trash Bash 2023

The entire Board and Staff of TVCR are so excited to host Trash Bash this year. The event has existed in one form or another for almost two decades and it never ceases to amaze! On Saturday November 4th, the Teton Valley Trashionistas will once again reveal their upcycled glamorous creations. TVCR is throwing the annual…

C&D Fee and Policy Changes at Teton County Transfer Station

October 2023 – Changes for FY2024 As the Transfer Station Construction & Demolition (C&D) Waste Sorting facility nears completion, the County will be adjusting fees to cover the cost of sorting loads which contractors have delivered “unsorted” – that is lumber mixed with metal, brush, and other reusable items which could have been separated and…

Mixed Paper Recycling is back at the Transfer Station

For the past three years, Teton County Recycling Center staff have been trying to maximize returns to the County coffers by separating out white office paper from newspaper rather than co-mingling these materials.  Buyers pay considerably higher prices for clean newsprint and for clean office paper, which RAD customers and self-hauling recyclers have been making…