by librarystaff | Sep 16, 2024 | News, Sustainability
On Tuesday October 1, join the Mercer Public Library from noon-3:00pm for a FREE electronic recycling program! Accepted items: TVs & Monitors Desktops, Laptops, Gaming Consoles, Phones, & Tablets Printers, DVD Players, VCR Players, Radios etc. Keyboards,...
by librarystaff | Sep 16, 2021 | News, Sustainability
The Mercer Library has installed a rain garden! What is a rain garden? Rain gardens are designed to capture and absorb runoff to protect property and lakeshores from erosion. Rain gardens are a great option for collecting water from an urban lot or a lakefront...
by librarystaff | May 27, 2021 | Sustainability
The Mercer Library Solar Energy System – Leveraging a Sense of Place to Galvanize a Local Response to Global Climate Change. By Wende Thiede, Margaret Mooney, and Steve Ackerman In 2015, two instructors from the University of Wisconsin-Madison (UW), Steve...
by librarystaff | May 17, 2021 | News, Sustainability
Our plastic film recycling program has come to an end as of September 7, 2021. Unfortunately, Kohl’s stores have decided to no longer participate in the program, leaving us with no local drop-off locations to use for our recycling. We have to stop collecting...
