E211: LCSWMA, The Great Green Secret of Lancaster County

04/14/2026 LCSWMA: The Great Green Secret of Lancaster County Host: Carol MacAllister Guest: Michelle Brown, LCSWMA, Energy and Commodity Manager. Have you ever wondered what happens to your trash here at Willow Valley? Why can’t we recycle everything? Why do we have to separate our recyclables, and what happens to them once they are picked up by our commercial hauler? In today’s Open podcast (meaning it was open to the public to watch), you will discover what happens to everything we toss out, from the smallest tissues to the largest construction waste. And yes, we talk recycling: what determines what can be recycled and what happens to it. Our guest is Michelle Brown, LCSWMA’s Energy and Commodity Manager. We covered everything LCSWMA does, why it is one of the best operations of its kind in the nation, and how it manages to be fully self-supporting (no tax dollars!). For more information and to sign up for tour day, June 25th, go to https://lcswma.org/rethinking-waste/