Recycling
Clay Turner
- Executive Director
Solid Waste District of LaPorte
County
2354 N. U.S. Hwy. 35
LaPorte, Indiana 46350
Email The
Solid Waste District
Phone: (219)326-0014
Toll Free: 1-800-483-7700
Fax: (219)326-5310
Office Hours: 8:30 a.m. to
5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday
Important Information
The Solid Waste District of
LaPorte County was formed in 1991 to reconcile
the abundance of materials entering the
waste stream. In order to comply with
and hoping to exceed the State of Indiana's
goals, a twenty year plan was formulated.
The dynamics of this plan was designed to
reduce the amount of solid waste incinerated
and disposed of in the landfills by 40%
before January 1, 1996 and 60% before January
1, 2001. The State's mandates (House
Enrolled Act 1240, HEA 1240 and Senate Enrolled
Act 25, SEA 25) called for 35% and 50% respectively.
The District's Plan was submitted
in October 1992 and eventually met with
the approval of the Indiana
Department of Environmental Management
(IDEM). In addition to the goals of
reduction, the Plan called for provisions
to assure the disposal capacity of the remaining
solid wastes generated in the District for
the next twenty years.
