Teton 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.…
DetailsGreat news for Teton Valley! The Teton County Transfer Station is now recycling used and broken holiday light strings to be recycled along with e-waste during open hours (this includes old cell phones, flat screens, printer cartridges, and other e-waste). Please do not throw your broken lights in the trash! They are recyclable and this…
DetailsTeton Valley Community Recycling (TVCR) is going to be collecting your used batteries in a pilot program December 12th through 28th, 2017 and again in March 2018. Please don’t throw your dead batteries in the trash. Keep toxic metals from leaching into groundwater. Please bring them to one of the two convenient community drop-off locations…
DetailsShopping season is officially underway in Teton Valley as locals and visitors alike rummage for holiday presents, food to feed extended family, and winter sports gear. All this shopping adds up to increased waste: about 25 percent more than usual according to the United States Environmental Protection Agency. To counter waste this holiday season, Teton…
DetailsRecently, through a coordinated effort of Grand Targhee Resort, Teton Valley Community Recycling (TVCR), and the high school administration, two large outdoor recycling stations found a new home at the Teton High School. Brigid Sinram, Environmental Programs Manager for Grand Targhee, reached out to donate the bins to the community. Teton High School principal, Samuel…
DetailsTrash Bash 2017, celebrating TVCR’s 20th year, was a huge success in fundraising and bringing the recycling community together. On Saturday November 4, revelers were entertained by the talented Miller Sisters at the West Side Yard. There were dozens of wonderful auction items donated by generous local businesses and individuals. Bob Benedict won the raffle…
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