Free Gift Wrap Station at Geo Center Shopping season is officially underway in Teton Valley as locals and visitors alike search for holiday presents, food to feed extended family, and winter sports gear. All this shopping adds up to increased waste. Did you know that Americans create 25 percent more waste between Thanksgiving…
What a fun gathering we had in August to celebrate TVCR volunteers and donors! Keeping in line with TVCR’s mission to reduce waste in Teton Valley, we managed to pull off an almost zero waste event – except for the accidentally broken wine glass (oops! not recyclable). Not bad for a two-hour event for 40…
Rethink your buying habits to reduce the waste you generate. 2021 is a great time to break the wasteful habits of impulse buying – both online and in-person. Remember, many returned items actually end up in the landfill. Before you buy Evaluate if you need it. Is it a need or a want? Consider the…
Our world has been upended in the past few months and we’ve seen many changes both for the better and for worse. Moving into the coming months as our economy reopens, TVCR hopes that you will continue to embrace new sustainable practices that you may have picked up recently such as bread baking, home cooking,…
Thoughts on Creating a Sustainable World Post-Pandemic By Emily Selleck, TVCR Board Secretary May 19, 2020 Webinar sponsored by Waste 360 (Watch the full webinar HERE) I hate plastics. And, frankly, I’m not fond of recycling. However, when I make myself think holistically about the supply chain of materials and how it fits into…
The coronavirus is weighing heavily on all of our minds as we roll into April. Fortunately, Teton Valley is responding proactively with most non-essential workers staying home, schools cancelled, Broulim’s and our smaller grocery outlets doing a tremendous job staying stocked and ensuring people’s health and safety. We are fortunate that the hard-working folks at…
Rethinking Recycling: Thoughts on David Allaway’s March 2020 Webinar March 25, 2020 by Emily Selleck, TVCR Board Something is very wrong… Let’s look at the impact of materials from the perspective of Mother Earth. Up ‘til now, she has provided resources, mineral and biologic, for us to extract, process, transport, and use now and…
Visiting our local Valley of the Tetons Library in Victor, you will soon realize that you can check out far more than books and videos these days. Thanks to start up funding from Silver Star Communications and the Community Foundation of Teton Valley and the passion and motivation of library program manager, Rashell Stanger, the…
Peaked Sports, your one stop shop for all of your favorite mountain sports, has long been a business sponsor of Teton Valley Community Recycling. While we are very appreciative of their financial support, we are also impressed with how they “walk their talk” and try to implement as many green practices as they can in…
Most of us don’t spend a lot of time thinking about waste, but David Hudacsko of RAD Curbside and Saul Varela, Teton County Solid Waste Manager, think about it every day. Both of them are committed to diverting waste from the landfill through creative means. One area both have identified as “low hanging fruit” is…