Let's Talk Thursdays with Mon Co SWA
2026 Information Sessions
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.
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February
February 5th
Meet Your SWA and Q & As
Special Guest: Mike McCawley
Chairman, Monongalia County SWA
Join Mike, and Lynn, the SWA Director, to learn about being on the SWA board and the work the SWA does for Monongalia County.
We will also have a Q & A period to answer general questions about becoming a board member, volunteering, disposal, recycling, collection events and other related SWA topics.
Learn more by visiting Monongalia County SWA About Us
February 12th
WV DEP’s Youth Environmental Program (YEP)
Special Guest: Susan Carroll
YEP District 2 Coordinator
Join Susan as she discusses the WV DEP’s Youth Environmental Program, the WV Make West Virginia Shine Program and the work she does in District 2.
This a great opportunity to learn about how the YEP Coordinators work with youth groups, families and environmental educators to teach environmental topics to youth in WV.
Learn more by visiting WV DEP’s Youth Environmental Program (YEP)
February 19th
Scott’s Run Resonance Project Repair Cafe
Special Guest: DJ Cassell
Program Director, Scott’s Run Resonance Project
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 21st Repair Café and more!
Learn more by visiting Scott’s Run Resonance Project
February 26
Youth Composting Education and Programming (Let's Go Composting)
Special Guest: Lauren Click
Executive Director, Let’s Go Compost
Join Lauren as she discusses how WV K-12 schools, Girl Scouts, Boy Scouts, 4-H or other youth groups can utilize Let’s Go Compost’s Free Classroom Composting Program to reduce food waste and more!
Learn more by visiting Let's Go Compost
