Health and Wellness

What’s New: Recycling Becomes Me

Here are some recent happenings with the Recycling Becomes Me campaign, the first-ever countywide education campaign to increase recycling and show ways recycling can be part of any lifestyle.

“Like” Recycling Becomes Me on Facebook and you will get exclusive updates on upcoming recycling events and new recycling-related happenings in the county. Plus, you can win prizes just for showing your support of the Recycling Becomes Me campaign. Go to RecyclingBecomesMe.com for the facebook link, or directly to www.Facebook.com/RecyclingBecomesMe.        Read More

Permanent Household Hazardous Waste (HHW) Program Update

The Saint. Louis County Health Department (DOH) has provided one-day HHW collection events for the past 12 years. During this time we have served over 107,000 residents at an approximate cost of $7 million. In order to better serve the residents of the county, we are replacing these one-day collection events with permanent HHW drop-off locations that will be open on a routine schedule. We had planned for the first site to be opened in the fall of 2011. Unfortunately, an unforeseen conflict with other necessary site improvements has caused delays. We know these delays are frustrating to residents. We currently are looking at all options, including the possibility of holding one day collection events in the spring of 2012.  Read More.