The 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.…
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…
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