(Spirit Lake)– An update has been made to what’s being referred to as a solid waste comprehensive plan for Dickinson county. Kim Wermersen represents the Board of Supervisors on the Dickinson County Recycling Commission. He reported at Tuesday’s Board of Supervisors meeting the update included a review of the county’s recycling program…
“S-E-S Engineers was retained by the Dickinson County Recycling Commission to assist in the development of a 2027 Solid Waste Comprehensive Plan. It basically says how we handle the waste in Dickinson county. This plan is required to be submitted to the Iowa DNR at least every five years. 100 percent of the communities participated in our study in Dickinson county into the general satisfaction of services and programs related to recycling. Recycling options are recycling itself, to appliance recycling, tires, household hazardous materials, yard waste, electronic wastes, and education. The lowest rated in all the programs in Dickinson county is education. Part of the challenge is we have such a big tourist population here many of the months. We have to do a better job of letting them all know where our recycling centers are and how we can do a better job with that.”
Outside of that, Wermersen says the findings for Dickinson county were positive with above average ratings for all other categories.
