As Teton Valley Community Recycling is a very small organization with only one half-time employee and an equally small budget, we have to get creative in how we implement reduce, reuse, and recycle strategies in our community. Our committed Board of Directors serve as volunteers and visionaries for the organization, and Iris Saxer, as the…
DetailsOn Tuesday, Teton Valley Community Recycling was awarded a $500 grant from the Community Foundation of Teton Valley’s Youth Philanthropy program. Students at Teton High School honors history class deliberated over how to allocate $5,000 worth of funds to support valuable community projects. Our $500 grant goes towards making a “Recycling in Teton County, Idaho”…
DetailsA few weeks ago, a 300 pound magnet was delivered from Michigan to Saul Varela, Solid Waste Manager, at the Teton County Transfer Station. Teton Valley Community Recycling purchased this industrial magnet for the county through a generous grant from the CHC Foundation in Idaho Falls. It is designed to be mounted on a forklift…
DetailsThe staff and board of Teton Valley Community Recycling are excited to announce the addition of three new board members this February. While we will greatly miss the two dedicated board members, Ashley Koehler and Al Young, co-chairs of TVCR, who are stepping down after serving their terms, we are excited for the renewed energy…
DetailsStarting 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…
DetailsTeton County, RAD Curbside, and Teton Valley Community Recycling invite you to attend a Recycling Town Hall meeting to learn about all recycling efforts in Teton County. All three organizations will provide a brief presentation with a question and answer period to follow. Please join us and help spread the word. Click here to view…
DetailsTeton Valley Community Recycling has teamed up Habitat for Humanity in Jackson to collect your discarded, worn out, just-won’t fit blue denim! Now through February 28, bring your denim to the Teton Geotourism Center on Main Street in Driggs (in the 24-hour lobby) or the Laundry Company on Main Street in Victor and Habitat will…
DetailsDo you envision living in a healthy community that reduces, reuses, recycles, and rethinks its way towards zero waste? Are you interested in making a difference in your community? Do you have skills that you want to share with a small, grassroots organization? You too can be on the front lines of waste diversion in…
DetailsIn December, Teton Valley Community Recycling (TVCR) experimented with offering battery recycling receptacles in convenient locations around town. Within two weeks, we collected 180 pounds of used batteries which were transported to the Recycling Center for proper disposal. The cool thing about batteries is that 95-100% of the material can be fully recycled. It is…
DetailsAs people rely more on internet shopping, we’ve seen an influx of cardboard boxes in the valley and they come full of a variety of protective packaging material. Also, as the holiday season has arrived, many of us need a reminder of what materials are accepted by the Recycling Center at Teton County’s Transfer Station.…
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