Environmental and Administrative Services
Responsibilities:
Defiance County Environmental and Administrative Services
manages provides recycling and litter programs and other
services for Defiance County as part of the Joint Solid
Waste Management District of Defiance, Fulton, Paulding and
Williams counties. Each county has a county
coordinator responsible for their recycling and litter
programs. These programs are designed to reach the
State's Recycling Goal of 25% Residential-Commercial and 66%
Industrial recycling.
Recycling Trailer:
Manned recycling trailers are brought throughout the county,
eleven (11) locations, to give rural areas opportunities to
recycle. The recycling trailer accepts: corrugated
cardboard, pressboard, newspapers and inserts, magazines,
paper, steel cans, plastic (milk jugs, pop bottles, water
bottles, juice containers, detergent and bleach), and
aluminum cans. Click on Recycling Schedule for more
information.
Recycling Programs:
The school recycling program accepts: plastic bottles,
aluminum cans, steel cans, paper and cardboard. School
recycling is picked up weekly and most schools within the
county participate. The office recycling program accepts
plastic bottles, aluminum cans, steel cans, paper and
cardboard. Office recycling consists of county department
facilities, Bob Latta's office, library, Good Sam and
Weatherization. The Household Hazardous Waste (HHW)
recycling or proper disposal program provides a detailed
list of local businesses that will accept HHW or ways to
dispose of them.
Click on HHW-Household Hazardous Waste
for more information.
Litter Programs:
Environmental services attempts to pick up roadside litter
from every Defiance County road, estimated at over 750
miles. The Adopt-A-Highway (AAH) program promotes
individuals, families and organizations to adopt a road and
keep it free of litter by fulfilling a two year contract
obligation. AAH signs recognizing the individuals,
families and/or organization are placed at the beginning and
the end of the contracted road. The AAH sign and
disposal of the collected litter is paid for by
Environmental Services. Click on Adopt-A-Highway for
more information.
Litter Containment Programs:
County events such as Art in the Park, Sherwood Homecoming
and the Rib Fest utilizes our white plastic litter barrels
to assure that litter in placed into a receptacle and not on
the ground. The event organizer is responsible for the
removal and disposal of the trash. Any event is
eligible; just call the office to schedule.
Great American CleanupTM:
Keep Defiance County Beautiful is an affiliate of Keep
America Beautiful and organizes cleanup events for the Great
American CleanupTM held in early spring.
Click on
GAC-Great American CleanupTM for more information.
Illegal Dumping:
Trash, mattresses, couches etc. dumped along a roadside is
against the law. To prevent further contamination into
our waterways, Environmental Services works with local law
enforcement to get the area cleaned up and look for
identifying items that may lead to a citation or fine.
Other Services:
Click on
Education and Outreach,
Composting ,
Environmental Alternatives for more information.