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Manitowoc County’s Recycling Center is reminding people to check their recycling guidelines ahead of a special day.
This Sunday (November 15th) is America Recycles Day, which Operations Manager Jon Reisenbuechler says is a nationally recognized holiday designed to build awareness of recycling and its benefits, and to encourage people to recycle correctly and buy recycled products.
The recycling center adds that it’s important to make sure recyclables stay put when you put them out for collection, especially with weather like rain and wind. Manitowoc County is also very good at recycling.
Reisenbuechler says in 2025 there were 3.8 million pounds of paper and cardboard and 512,600 pounds of plastic bottles recycled through the local recycling center.
But more could still be done.
Recycling Center staff had previously cleaned out 156,400 pounds of contamination from the local recycling stream.
Also, numbers taken from the Wisconsin DNR waste composition study suggest that about 16% of materials going into landfills are commonly recycled materials, like #1 PET bottles/jars (1.7%), office paper (1.4%), corrugated cardboard boxes (3.2%), and other recyclables.
To learn more about what Manitowoc County accepts for recycling, go to the Manitowoc County Recycling Center page at manitowoccountywi.gov.
