Winnebago County

In Winnebago County, we take great pride in our communities, our people and our natural resources. Our beautiful lakes include Buttes des Morts, Little Lake Butte des Morts, Poygan, Rush, Winneconne and the largest fresh water lake in Wisconsin, Lake Winnebago. We are the home of several significant industries including leadership in paper production. Our community is the home of many outstanding academic centers including the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh, the UW-Fox Valley, and the Fox Valley Technical College.Our waterways, boat landings and parks offer the best in family recreation. Additionally we are the home of the Experimental Aircraft Association and host their annual convention, which draws visitors from around the nation and the world. Our most valuable resource is our strong, healthy, and hospitable community. Our desire to make Winnebago County the best place to live, work and visit is evident in each city, township, and village.

The mission of Winnebago County is to economically and efficiently provide and manage delivery systems for diverse programs and services to meet basic human needs.To carry out this mission, the following roles are required:

• To serve as an agent for the Federal and State Government to fulfill mandated programs.
• To provide optional community services as determined by the County Board.
• To provide programs and services in the most cost-effective manner.
• To encourage citizens awareness, participation, and involvement in county government.
• To encourage cooperation among business, government, labor, and education to solve common problems.
• To utilize community resources as a vehicle for good government.

Recycling

In 1989 the State of Wisconsin adopted a recycling law. Beginning in 1995, the disposal of paper products such as newspaper, office paper, magazines and corrugated cardboard and certain containers made from glass, plastic, aluminum and steel are prohibited from being disposed of in landfills.

In addition, the recycling law also prohibited landfill disposal of tires, automotive batteries, oil, appliances and yard wastes such as brush leaves and grass clippings.

In response to the law, Winnebago County constructed the Sunneyview Recycling Facility to provide a centrally located, one stop drop off processing facility which currently servers 94% of the County's population of 150,000 people.

In 2002, Winnebago County joined forces with Outagamie and Brown County for recyclables processing to be more cost effective and efficient. As a result, the Sunnyview Recycling Facility was converted into a transfer station. From 2002 - 2009 recyclable paper was transported to Outagamie County for processing and recyclable containers were transported to Brown County for processing.

On July 1, 2009 the three counties opened a jointly owned Single Stream Recycling Processing Facility in Outagamie County. Now Winnebago County communities collect single stream recycling, which is transported to Outagamie County for processing.