Success Stories
IDEM recognizes successes of the SWMDs by sharing highlights of substantial improvements in recycling and household hazardous waste management in the districts throughout the state of Indiana. The following are examples of SWMD achievements:
- Allen County SWMD: Public/Private Partnership for Compact Fluorescent Light Bulb Collection [PDF]
- Bartholomew County SWMD: Electronics Recycling Expands [PDF]
- Bartholomew County SWMD: Utilization of Used Motor Oil [PDF]
- Brown County SWMD: Business Cardboard Recycling Success [PDF]
- Brown County SWMD: Increased Community Sponsorship for Document Shredding Day [PDF]
- Cass County SWMD: Plastic Bag Contest [PDF]
- Hendricks County SWMD: Environmental Education for Youth [PDF]
- Hendricks County SWMD: Successfully Handling Unwanted Medicines through Community Partnerships [PDF]
- Lake County SWMD: The Green Team! [PDF]
- Lawrence County SWMD: School Recycling [PDF]
- Marshall County SWMD: Breaking All-time Recycling Records [PDF]
- Martin County SWMD: Roofing Shingles Now Recycled [PDF]
- Porter County Recycling District: First Master Recyclers Certified [PDF]
- Porter County Recycling District: First Master Recyclers Graduates in Indiana [PDF]
- Southeastern Indiana Recycling District: Utilization of Donated Clothing [PDF]
- Wabash County SWMD: Resident Enthusiasm [PDF]
- Wabash County SWMD: Wabash River Defenders' 62 Ton River Fest and Other Recognitions [PDF]
- Wabash County SWMD: Wabash River Jr. Defenders Inducted [PDF]
- West Central SWMD: "Recycling" Old Buildings & Cleaning Up Hazardous Waste [PDF]