Recycling Pioneer Created a Plastic Numbering System
Recycling is now a way of life for people across the world, with many of us accustomed to looking for the numbered triangle stamped on the bottom of plastic products. For that, we can thank longtime Sauk County, Wisconsin resident Milly Zantow, a little known but true Wisconsin visionary who sparked an international recycling revolution
Zantow died in 2014 at age 91, leaving the world an inspiring legacy including her favorite saying, “Waste is not waste until it is wasted.” In 2017, Zantow was posthumously inducted into the Wisconsin Conservation Hall of Fame for her visionary work in the recycling industry.