Waupaca County Solid Waste & Recycling

10/28/2026

Today's monster is Li-Dragon! 🐲🐉

Prevent this monster by keeping rechargeable batteries out of your recycling and garbage bins.

Instead bring them to the PTF (E4981 Swan Rd, Manawa) for proper disposal. Fees apply.

10/27/2026

Happy Halloween Week! 👻🎃

Each day we will share a monster that may lurk in your recycling bin. ♻

First up: Bagzilla!! 😈👹

10/23/2026

Tomorrow is Drug Take Back Day! 💊

To see a list of locations, and what's accepted, visit: https://www.waupacacounty-wi.gov/.../medication_disposal.php

If you have any medications to get rid of, please bring them in tomorrow between 10a-2p.

Take the solid medications/supplements out of the bottle and place into a sandwich bag/plastic grocery bag, or grab a bag to the left of our drop box. Dispose of the empty bottle into the correct receptacle. There is a garbage can across from our drop box.

BRING: Prescription (controlled and non-controlled) and over-the-counter medications, ointments, inhalers, patches, non-aerosol sprays, creams, v**e cartridges and devices (with batteries removed), vials and pet medications.

DO NOT BRING: Illegal drugs, needles/sharps, mercury thermometers, aerosol cans, biohazardous materials (anything containing a bodily fluid or blood), flares, personal care
products (shampoo, soaps, lotions, sunscreens, etc...), household hazardous waste (paint, pesticides, chemicals, oil, or gas), acids or any v**e devices containing batteries of any kind.

SHARPS: Please call a local hospital for a drop off location.

10/22/2026

It's officially spooky season! Here are three quick tips for putting together costumes ! 👻

10/21/2026

10/21/2026

Pumps = trash
Bottles = recycling

A quick note on containers with pumps (e.g. lotion/bodywash/shampoo/etc.)

Standard plastic containers which utilize a pump mechanism are incredibly common in stores. Those pumps normally combine metal springs/mixed plastics, and that combination creates a product that sorting machinery can’t separate at recycling centers.

Prior to placing the plastic container in your recycling bin, please remove the pump for future reuse or place the pump in the trash. Thank you for helping to keep our materials as free of contaminants as possible!

10/20/2026

Aluminum is infinitely recyclable ♻️ That means it can be recycled over and over again without losing its quality!

But there’s a catch… it can’t be recycled if it ends up in the landfill. 😱

Don’t let valuable resources go to waste! Keep aluminum cans out of the trash and put them in the recycling bin instead.

10/16/2026

What a fun idea! Turning a headboard into an awesome decoration!

Weekend project, anyone??

10/15/2026

Did you know that food waste and scraps account for 20% of Wisconsin’s landfill waste by weight according to a recent study by the Wisconsin DNR?

The study estimated that more than three-quarters of this food could have been consumed by people. That translates into money being wasted by Wisconsin households buying too much food, then discarding it.

Try to buy only the groceries you need (to save money and put less into landfills)- you can also compost your waste as an alternative!

More info here: https://dnr.wisconsin.gov/topic/waste/residentialfoodwaste.html