10/2/08 - At the ShopKo Store Pharmacy in De Pere, Brown County Port and Solid Waste Department staff and volunteers from the Sustainable Greater Green Bay Task Force collected over 581,000 pills from 335 people at Brown County's Fall Medication Collection Drive.

9/3/08 - Bring your unwanted and unused medications to Brown County's fall collection drive.  The collection drive will take place at ShopKo in De Pere (230 N. Wisconsin St.) on Friday, September 19 from 8:00 a.m. to 1 p.m.

8/8/08 - The Green Bay Metropolitan Sewerage District has won its first Plantinum Award from the National Association of Clean Water Agencies for five straight years of 100% compliance with its discharge permit.

4/28/08 - The Green Bay Metropolitan Sewerage District was honored by the Wisconsin Corporate Safety Council for having a long-term safety record at the Council's 66th Annual Safety and Health Exposition. 

4/21/08 - The collaborative partnership between the Brown County Port & Solid Waste Department, Sustainable Green Bay Task Force, Streu's Pharmacy Bay Natural, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and Bay-Lake Regional Planning Commission has surpassed EPA's goal for the entire Great Lakes region by collecting approximately 1.2 million pills from over 700 residents.

4/15/08 - EPA, Brown County, Sustainable Green Bay Task Force, and Streu's Pharmacy have partnered together to collect unused medication from area residents.  Help reduce pollution and prevent water contamination by bringing your unwanted medications to Streu's Pharmacy, 635 Main Street, Green Bay on Friday, April 18 and Saturday, April 19 from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m.  Collected medications will be disposed of in a legal, environmentally safe manner.

4/8/08 - Einstein Project Receives Generous Gift from the Green Bay Metropolitan Sewerage.  The Einstein Project has received a generous contribution from the Green Bay Metropolitan Sewerage District for $14,579 to purchase an additional "Organisms: Macro to Micro" middle school science unit, five teacher supplements, and sponsorship of the science units for the next three school years. 

1/1/08 - GBMSD and De Pere Consolidate Utilities.  Through innovative planning and cooperative negotiations between GBMSD and De Pere, the utilities officially united, resulting in a combined wastewater utility that will now serve over 219,000 residents.  GBMSD welcomes the addition of 18 employees from the De Pere facility and looks forward to being better equipped to serve future metropolitan growth.

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