Doyle Keeps WI From Becoming Garbage Capitol:

MILWAUKEE - Financial aspects of the Wisconsin residential recycling program:

_ Democratic Gov. Jim Doyle vetoed a provision put in the state budget by the Republican-controlled Legislature that would have cut by 25 percent the $3 recycling fee on each ton of garbage put into landfills.

_ Doyle also vetoed a proposal to reduce the recycling surcharge paid by Wisconsin corporations from 3 percent to 2 percent of their gross tax liabilities and from 0.2 percent to 0.133 percent of net income for sole proprietorships and partnerships.

_ With funds from landfill tipping fees and the corporate surcharge, the state provides grants to cover about 28 percent of the cost of more than 1,000 local residential recycling programs around the state. Cynthia Moore, the state Department of Natural Resources' recycling team leader, said Wisconsin has provided $24.5 million in such grants each year since 2000.