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Kosciusko County Recycling Depot has noticed their services being used more since they started offering free events.
The depot's services were discussed during a board meeting Tuesday.
KC Recycling held a shred day on Oct. 7 for county residents to bring documents to shred. This shred day had over 100 community members in a consistent flow bringing in their documents to be shredded. Despite the heavy rain, this was more than their first event on Aug. 6. While KC Recycling spent less on advertising than they did for the August event, local media outlets ran press releases about the October shred event, and KC Recycling made more posts on Facebook about it.
Tom Ganser, director of KC Recycling, told the board that he believes that these free public events have proven to be an effective method to educate the public about the organization and the services they offer. Most of the attendees had used KC Recycling’s services before, but for many this was their first time interacting with the business. KC Recycling staff shared flyers about their services and educated a lot of people in the community. The business has seen an increase in the amount of community members they are able to provide services to with each of these free events that they host.
Board member Cary Groninger asked how much these events cost KC Recycling, and Ganser said that it is about $1,500 per event. The board all agreed that this is relatively low-cost and doing an excellent job at spreading public knowledge about the services offered by KC Recycling.
The shred events in particular have been appreciated by the community. KC Recycling staff reported that many clients thanked them for offering it, and a large number stayed to watch their personal documents be shredded on the truck.
KC Recycling’s next shred event is scheduled for Dec. 2.
Other Matters
Ganser brought forward a resolution for claims payment. This resolution asked the board to approve a reallocation of funds. Specifically, Ganser asked that $6,150 be taken from the adult and school education fund to make up for deficits in the following budgets: $500 for repairs and maintenance, $150 for postage, and $5,500 for recycling services, specifically to support their tire recycling programs. This was approved unanimously by the board.
Currently, their advertising is focused on encouraging freon recycling. Freon is found in air conditioners, dehumidifiers, refrigerators, freezers, etc. KC Recycling works with an electronics recycler, Greenwave, and can currently dispose of any freon containing appliance that is a 5-foot cube or smaller.
Recently, the Warsaw Street Department started leaving stickers on curbed refuse that they are unable to take. These stickers tell the owner to reach out to Kosciusko County Recycling for assistance disposing of the item(s). The board really appreciated this and began discussion about doing this throughout the community.
KC Recycling is also working to make their website ADA compliant. They are still determining who to work with to make the changes to the site, but the changes are not due until mid-2026.
GFL reached out to city attorney Scott Reust to arrange a time to meet.
The e-mail addresses for Kosciusko County Recycling have also changed. The new e-mail for general inquiries is: info@kcrecycling.com.
