2025 Spring Information Meetings
Schedule
For our 2025 plans, we used resident feedback from our Monongalia County Solid Waste Authority 2024 Public Opinion Survey Results Reports. We asked Monongalia County residents for feedback about reduce waste efforts and other local efforts to reduce waste going to the landfill. Thirty-two percent said they would be interested in attending a virtual meeting to learn about various topics.
Topics residents were interested in learning more about were disposing of hard to dispose of items (52%), community general recycling (37%), recycling hard to recycle items (36%), household hazardous waste (31%) and e-cycling (22%).
The kind of information residents were interested in were where to dispose of hard to dispose of items (54%), where to recycle hard to recycle items (49%), how to reduce waste going to the landfill (34%) and how to recycle properly to reduce contamination (32%).
In addition, 89% of residents surveyed said it is important that their household reduce waste going to the landfill. It is with this feedback from Monongalia County residents that we put together a schedule of guest speakers to inform residents and provide another option to convey reduce waste tips.
We will update the schedule as we confirm guest speakers. Subscribe to our e-newsletter for updates.
February
February 6th, Thursday, 6:00 pm
Scott’s Run Resonance Project Repair Café
Special Guest: DJ Cassell
Program Director
Join DJ as he discusses Scott’s Run Resonance Project Repair Café! Learn about what it is, how to participate, what to know about the up-and-coming February 15th Repair Café and more!
Learn more about the Scott’s Run Resonance Project Repair Café at their Facebook page
February 11th, Tuesday, 6:00 pm
WV DEP’s Youth Environmental Program (YEP)
Special Guest: JoAnn Snoderly
Public Information Specialist and YEP District Coordinator
Join JoAnn as she discusses WVDEP’s WV Youth Environmental Program, Adopt-a-Highway/Adopt-a-Spot, Adopt-a-Stream, Make It Shine, and the Rehabilitation Environmental Action Plan, which all aim to support West Virginians who want to take action against litter, open dumping and the amount of trash sent to landfills.
February 20th, Thursday, 6:00 pm
City of Westover Recycling
Special Guest: Jason Stinespring
Director of Public Works/Building Official
Join Jason as he shares information about residential recycling provided by the City of Westover and has a discussion with the Monongalia County SWA Director, Lynn Castro, about Recycle Right, the Recycle Guide and efforts to keep contamination out of your blue bin.
All Monongalia County residents are welcome to attend! (This event is open to all interested residents even outside of Monongalia County)
March
March 6th, Thursday, 6:00 pm
Backyard Composting
Special Guest:Jim Kotcon
City of Morgantown Green Team Chair
Join Jim as he discusses backyard composting and Dos and Don’ts and answers your questions to help you with your current backyard composting or how you can get started today!
All Monongalia County residents are welcome to attend! (This event is open to all interested residents even outside of Monongalia County)
April
April 10th, Thursday, 6:00 pm
Household Hazardous Waste Collection
Special Guest: Chris Dale
Director of Communications, MUB
Join Chris as he shares information about how to prepare for MUB’s Household Hazardous Waste Collection Day Event including types of items accepted, not accepted, safety information and other tips for this important yearly event! Then the Monongalia County SWA Director, Lynn Castro, will join Chris to answer your questions.
April 16th, Wednesday, 6:00 pm
Recycling Circularity and What Happens to Waste
Special Guest: Tom Beary
General Manager, Republic Services
Join Tom as he shares information about Recycling Circularity and how it works, Landfill Operations, and What Happens to Waste and then has a discussion with the Monongalia County SWA Director, Lynn Castro. Stay for the end when Tom and Lynn will answer your questions.
May
May 7th, Wednesday, 6:00 pm
Youth Composting Education and Programming
Special Guest: Lauren Click
Executive Director, Let’s Go Compost
Join Lauren during International Compost Awareness Week (ICAW) 2025 as she discusses how WV K-12 schools, Girl Scouts, Boy Scouts, 4-H or other youth groups can utilize Let’s Go Compost’s Free Classroom Composting Program to reduce food waste and more!
All WV educators are welcome to attend!
