Donna Stuckert of the Porter County Recycling and Waste Reduction district was on "Regionally Speaking" on Tuesday to talk about the reopening of the county's composting operations -- about an added drop-off facility in Portage -- and the 2018 household hazardous waste collection schedule around Porter County. The drop-offs allow residents a chance to bring in items that cannot be thrown into the trash, such as oils, old gasoline and fluorescent bulbs. Here's the conversation.