Solid Waste Management District

of Lorain County, Ohio

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

                                                                                                                                                                                

 

 

The Ohio General Assembly established the Solid Waste Management Districts of Ohio in 1989, and required each county to belong to one. Our District was set up to include the whole of Lorain County, plus all of the city of Vermilion. The responsibilities and duties of each District fall into two broad categories:

To prepare and maintain a comprehensive Solid Waste Management Plan, and measure progress toward its goals by collecting detailed statistics on recycling and solid waste disposal.
To promote recycling, reuse, and reduction of solid waste through educational and informational programs, support of recycling businesses and organizations, and the direct operation or support of actual collection events and programs.
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The Lorain County Solid Waste Management District is holding a billboard design contest!

We are asking students to come up with a design for a billboard that will remind our residents to Keep Lorain County Clean and Beautiful. The winning design will be used for promoting the Lorain County Beautiful Day Clean-up, which is a county-wide event that is held on the third Saturday of May every year. This event is part of the national Great American Cleanup and brings together more than 2,000 Lorain County residents who volunteer on this day of service.

 

This contest is open to all Lorain County students. Please remind your students to be creative with their designs, incorporating large areas of color that will reproduce well and be simple enough to read from a moving vehicle. Designs may be created using markers, crayons or colored pencils but must be on the provided contest form. There will be three winning designs chosen!

 

Please see the list of official rules by clicking 2022 Billboard Contest - Rules.

 

Download the entry form here.

 

Competed entries may be dropped off at our office or mailed to:

 

Lorain County Solid Waste Management District

Attn: Brandi Schnell

226 Middle Avenue, 5th Floor

Elyria, Ohio 44035

 

ALL ENTRIES MUST BE RECEIVED BY MONDAY, APRIL 11, 2022.

 

 

CR Meyers Scholarship

The Ohio Association of Litter Prevention and Recycling Professionals (OALPRP) is offering a $1,000 scholarship to a deserving student from Ohio.

To qualify for the scholarship, a student must:

• Plan to enroll or currently be enrolled at an accredited Ohio college, university or technical school.
• Have declared or plan to declare a major relating to environmental sciences or environmental education.
• Reside in Ohio.

 

OALPRP scholarship forms may be downloaded by clicking here (2022 application or 2022 pdf application) or by visiting www.oalprp.org (then click on the link for "scholarships")

 

Deadline for submission of the application is April 15 2022.

 

Completed forms can be emailed to Scholarship Chair, Jim Jerek at jjerek@mahoningcountyoh.gov by April 15th. Recommendation letters should be sent directly from the letter's author to  Jim Jerek.

OR you can send the completed forms to:

 

Attn: Jim Jerek

OALPRP Scholarship, c/o Mahoning County Solid Waste Management District

345 Oak Hill Avenue

Youngstown, Ohio 44502

 

 

Year-Round Drop-Off for Unused Medications

 

Residents can now drop off medications year-round at the following locations:

 

Amherst Police Department
911 North Lake Street, Amherst

 

Avon Police Department
36145 Detroit Road, Avon

 

Avon Lake Police Department
32855 Walker Road, Avon Lake

 

Grafton Police Department
Departmentp1009 Chestnut Street, Grafton

 

LaGrange Police Department
355 South Center Street, Lagrange

 

Lorain County Sheriff's Office
9896 Murray Ridge Road, Elyria

 

North Ridgeville Police Department
7307 Avon-Belden Road, North Ridgeville

 

Oberlin Police Department
85 South Main Street, Oberlin

 

Sheffield Lake Police Department
609 Harris Street, Sheffield Lake

 

Sheffield Village Police Department
4340 Colorado Avenue, Sheffield Village

 

Vermilion Police Department
5791 Liberty Avenue, Vermilion

 

Wellington Police Department
117 Willard Memorial Square, Wellington