Days set for toxic waste disposal
May 15 slated to be first of 3 Tox-Away Saturdays
DEVAN FILCHAK | The Journal Gazette
Allen County residents will have three Saturdays this year to dispose of household hazardous waste.
The Allen County commissioners entered into an agreement Friday with the city of Fort Wayne for the third consecutive year to hold a few Tox-Away Saturdays.
The Allen County Department of Environmental Management already conducts Tox-Away Tuesdays, but Director Tom Fox said the department gets about 20 more tons of hazardous waste with the Saturday events.
“That s additional material that s not going into the landfill or into our sewers or waterways, so it s a win-win for everybody,” Fox said.
FORT WAYNE â Science Centralâs Earth Day Celebration is set for Saturday and will feature a day of special programming.
Jacquelyn Buck, education specialist with Allen County Partnership for Water Quality, will speak about her organizationâs mission to promote the improvement of local water quality. Neil Miller, communications and outreach coordinator with the Allen County Department of Environmental Management, will speak about the departmentâs efforts to help community members reduce their environmental footprint. Both will speak in the Lincoln Financial Foundation Demonstration Space, located in Science Centralâs Traveling Exhibitions Gallery.
At 10 a.m., Science Central will conduct a nature hike through Lawton Park. The hike will depart from Science Central, and participants will be encouraged to use the free iNaturalist smartphone app to document their experience. This app is being utilized as part of the local City Nature Challenge, which runs fro
FORT WAYNE â Science Centralâs Earth Day Celebration is set for Saturday and will feature a day of special programming.
Jacquelyn Buck, education specialist with Allen County Partnership for Water Quality, will speak about her organizationâs mission to promote the improvement of local water quality. Also, Neil Miller, communications and outreach coordinator with the Allen County Department of Environmental Management, will speak about the departmentâs efforts to help community members reduce their environmental footprint. Miller and Buck will both speak in the Lincoln Financial Foundation Demonstration Space, located in Science Centralâs Traveling Exhibitions Gallery.
At 10 a.m., Science Central will conduct a nature hike through Lawton Park. The hike will depart from Science Central and participants will be encouraged to use the free iNaturalist smartphone app to document their experience. This app is being utilized as part of the local City Nature Challen
Energy regulatory bill criticized
ROSA SALTER RODRIGUEZ | The Journal Gazette
The Allen County commissioners Friday joined with those of more than 40 other Indiana counties in opposing a state bill regulating renewable energy.
Commissioners said House Bill 1381, which would set standards for wind and solar installations, would place decisions about them at the state level instead of in the hands of local officials.
The bill includes setback requirements, height restrictions and sound-level rules usually handled by local plan commissions and zoning boards and would replace a patchwork of local rules.
Commissioner Nelson Peters, a Republican, said he recently attended a conference of Indiana s county commissioners where the bill was discussed. The conclusion was the bill “takes away the ability of local government to regulate things like windmills,” he said.
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