SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT |
Indicator 42 |
Waste management services are essential to a community’s health, safety, and prosperity. The collection of garbage and recycling from local businesses, industries and households occurs almost unnoticed every day, yet it is essential to protecting human health and the environment. It is also essential to economic development. The Marathon County Solid Waste Department not only provides landfill disposal services for the central Wisconsin region, but also a wide variety of environmental education, waste reduction and consulting services to help us all reduce waste and recycle more.
View the Marathon County Community Assessment on Prevalence and Perceptions of Medication Abuse dashboard for data on medication disposal.
County: Marathon Marathon County Residents Who Recycle
County: Marathon Marathon County Residents Who Recycle
81.0%
(2022)
Compared to:
Prior Value
(86.0%)
Prior Value compares a measured value with the previously measured value. Confidence intervals were not taken into account in determining the direction of the comparison.
Trend
This comparison measures the indicator’s values over multiple time periods.<br>The Mann-Kendall Test for Statistical Significance is used to evaluate the trend<br>over 4 to 10 periods of measure, subject to data availability and comparability.
County: Marathon Marathon County Residents Who Use a Medication Drop Box
County: Marathon Marathon County Residents Who Use a Medication Drop Box
24.0%
(2022)
Compared to:
Prior Value
(27.0%)
Prior Value compares a measured value with the previously measured value. Confidence intervals were not taken into account in determining the direction of the comparison.
Trend
This comparison measures the indicator’s values over multiple time periods.<br>The Mann-Kendall Test for Statistical Significance is used to evaluate the trend<br>over 4 to 10 periods of measure, subject to data availability and comparability.
County: Marathon Marathon County Residents Who Properly Dispose of Hazardous Waste
County: Marathon Marathon County Residents Who Properly Dispose of Hazardous Waste
13.0%
(2022)
Compared to:
Prior Value
(20.0%)
Prior Value compares a measured value with the previously measured value. Confidence intervals were not taken into account in determining the direction of the comparison.
Trend
This comparison measures the indicator’s values over multiple time periods.<br>The Mann-Kendall Test for Statistical Significance is used to evaluate the trend<br>over 4 to 10 periods of measure, subject to data availability and comparability.
County: Marathon Marathon County Residents Who Compost
County: Marathon Marathon County Residents Who Compost
29.0%
(2022)
Compared to:
Prior Value
(31.0%)
Prior Value compares a measured value with the previously measured value. Confidence intervals were not taken into account in determining the direction of the comparison.
Trend
This comparison measures the indicator’s values over multiple time periods.<br>The Mann-Kendall Test for Statistical Significance is used to evaluate the trend<br>over 4 to 10 periods of measure, subject to data availability and comparability.