City Receives Recycling Excellence Award For Swap Event

The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources recently recognized outstanding recycling and waste minimization efforts through its annual Recycling Excellence Award program.

The City of Platteville is proud to announce that we have received the 2022 Recycling Excellence Award for Special Events, with the City Swap! The first Swap took place in 2021 as a partnership between the City of Platteville, Faherty Incorporated and the UW-Platteville Sustainability program. The most recent Swap was held May 21, 2022 and swapped items included furniture, clothing and non-perishable and non-hazardous household items.

Public Works Director, Howard Crofoot commented, “Waste reduction and diversion is important to the City of Platteville for two reasons:  cost, and it is the right thing to do.  Every pound of waste reduced or diverted reduces disposal costs for city taxpayers.  It also reduces the disposal burden on current and future generations.”

The City would like to thank the organizers, volunteers and participants of this event. Without everyone's involvement, we couldn't have saved thousands of pounds of items from going to the landfill!

Learn more about the 2022 Recycling Excellence Awards here: https://dnr.wisconsin.gov/topic/Recycling/Awards.html