Single socks? Socks with holes too big to darn? Stained socks? Torn socks? We’ve all got some. While socks can be repurposed for fun things like sock puppets, rags, or hair ties, and natural fiber socks (wool, cotton, hemp) can be composted in your backyard, every household still has some socks they need to throw…
We are lucky that our County’s traditional recycling collection has stayed strong through the early months of coronavirus thanks to hardworking staff at the County Transfer Station and RAD Curbside. Many other communities shut down their recycling. Teton Valley Community Recycling (TVCR) did ask community members to hang on to their “hard to recycle” TerraCycle…
Teton Valley Community Recycling (TVCR) is doing a special recycling collection for the month of July through our TerraCycle program. With summer in full swing and people grilling, picnicking, floating, and playing outside, lots of us are consuming packaged chips and snacks. TVCR will collect and recycle all savory snacks and chips bags through the…
Most people already know that newspapers, glass, aluminum and tin cans, #1 and #2 clean, clear plastic bottles, and corrugated cardboard can be recycled easily in Teton Valley. But did you know since January 2018, Teton Valley Community Recycling (TVCR) has offered TerraCycle as an option for Valley residents and visitors to recycle additional hard-to-recycle…
TerraCycle, the company that harnesses manufacturers to pay for collection and processing of “hard to recycle waste” is growing in popularity. Here in Teton County, Teton Valley Community Recycling volunteers have been collecting a growing array of waste materials to recycle through this program at two local sites – the GeoTourism Center in Driggs (open…
Teton Valley Community Recycling is proud to announce our new centrally-located Recycling Education Center in the GeoTourism Center in downtown Driggs. Thanks to a generous grant from the Youth Philanthropy program of the Community Foundation of Teton Valley and to volunteers, Lee and Kristie Eggebroton. The new installation has a brochure rack with current events…
Teton Valley Vision Clinic has partnered with Teton Valley Community Recycling to recycle your used contact lenses and the blister packs they came in. Through an innovative program funded by Bausch & Lomb, our partnership with TerraCycle allows us to collect, package, and ship used contact lens waste back to the manufacturer for recycling and…
Local Dentists offer Dental Recycling Three Teton Valley Dental offices have agreed to join forces with Teton Valley Community Recycling to provide convenient locations to drop off your dental waste for proper recycling. This includes old toothbrushes, empty toothpaste tubes, empty floss containers, and any associated packaging. The recycling program, which is financed by Colgate…
Starting in 2018, avid recyclers in Teton County, ID will have the opportunity to recycle even more items from our remote mountain valley. The county recycling program is limited by the cost of transporting collected bales of recycled material. Materials Receiving Facilities (MRFs) are not located near the Tetons and our mountain passes are often…