Board Meeting Schedule

2024: January 16, March 19, May 21, July 16, September 17, November 19, December 17

Board Meeting Minutes

New Baler purchased with Community Recycling Grant Program funds.

Recycle Floyd County was awarded the Community Recycling Grant Program funding from Indiana Department of Environmental Management (IDEM) this year and we were able to use the funds to purchase a baler for processing corrugated cardboard. Shown in the picture is Doug Taggart, Baler Operator, in front of our new baler.

Recycle Bin Drawings

Carrie Baker, shown above, is one of the winners of the bin drawing.
Wynella Luis D’Souza, shown above, is one of the winners of the bin drawing.

Announcing New Management Changes, Sept. 24, 2024

The Board of Directors of the Floyd County Solid Waste Management District (Recycle Floyd County) is announcing that David Massengill has been appointed Director effective September 28, 2024. Massengill is replacing the former director Scott Stewart, who retired effective September 27, 2024. 

The Board is also announcing that David Watson, currently Operations Manager, will move to the newly created position of Manager, Special Projects, effective September 28, 2024, and that Marin Kernen will join the organization as Chief Administrative Officer/Controller, effective October 5, 2024.

Massengill, Watson, Kernen, and Laura Riggle, who serves as the district’s recycling educator for the county schools, will comprise the district’s management team.

Contacts

Floyd County Solid Waste Management District

2524 Corydon Pike Suite #103
New Albany IN 47150
(812) 948-4733

David Massengill
Director
[email protected]

Administration Office Hours
Monday 8 a.m. – 4 p.m.

Tuesday 8 a.m. – 2 p.m.

Wednesday 8 a.m. – 12 p.m.

Thursday 8 a.m. – 2 p.m.

Friday 8 a.m. – 12 p.m.

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Board of Directors

Jason Sharp
Board President,
Floyd County Commissioner

Brad Striegel
Board Vice President,
Floyd County Council

John Schellenberger
Floyd County Commissioner

Al Knable
Floyd County Commissioner

Adam Dickey
New Albany City Council

Brandon Hopf
Georgetown Town Board

Jeff Gahan
New Albany Mayor

Recycling Centers

Address

3005 Grant Line Road
New Albany
(812) 948-4733

Hours

Tuesday – Friday
9:00 AM – 5:00 PM

Saturday
9:00 AM – 2:00 PM

Household Hazardous Waste
April – October, 2nd Saturday of each month
9:00 AM to 1:00 PM

Address

Galena Digital Library
6954 Highway 150
Floyds Knobs
(812) 948-4733

Hours

Wednesday
9:00 AM to 5:00 PM

Statistics

When we recycle one ton of paper, we prevent 60 pounds of air pollution.

Floyd County only contributed 786 tons of recyclables in 2020, while our neighbor Clark County was able to produce 26,395 tons.  We can do better!

Indiana’s recycling rate is 19.1%, while the national average is 35%.  Indiana’s low recycling rate leads to the creation of 2.35 tons of new landfill waste per person every year.  We can do better!

Indiana recycling increased slightly from 18.6% in 2019 to 19.1% 2020.

The recycling rate reached a high of only 20% between the years of 2015-2020.

Clark-Floyd landfills receive approximately 1,200 tons of waste every day.

In 2020, Indiana disposed of 6,212,494 tons of waste through in-state landfills and an additional 482,561 tons in out-of-state landfills.

Indiana’s produces 8,882,318 tons of waste from landfills, energy, recycling, composting, E-waste.

The United States makes up 4% of the world population but is the number 1 producer of garbage.

What makes up Indiana’s recycling?