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 (Session #2)
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) (Session #3)
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.
Learn more about the Youth Environmental Program at their website

February 20th, Thursday, 6:00 pm
City of Westover Recycling (Session #4)
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 (Session #5)
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)
