HOW TO IMPROVE OUR RECYCLING PROCESS

Under the city’s new recycling program, about 5,000 carts are being distributed to households to expand recycling capabilities for cardboard, newspapers, paper cartons, plastic bottles, plastic containers, aluminum cans, glass bottles and jars. City of Fort Pierce Begins Single-Stream Cart Recycling with Grand Opening of Waste Management’s New Facility     Approximately 5,000, 64-gallon blue …

LARGO — Is Big Brother going to be snooping on your garbage? Probably not, but Largo residents will soon get new recycling bins that will have microchips embedded in them. This will allow the city to keep track of where the bins are and whether they’re being used — or not being used. That practice has …

State goal is to recycle or compost 75 percent of waste by 2020 By BRIAN HUGHES / News Bulletin Published: Wednesday, April 17, 2013  CRESTVIEW — For north Okaloosa County, recycling waste helps the environment and the economy, according to waste managers. Saving money “Small businesses say, ‘How can you save me money?’” Waste Management …

A2011. The rate is defined as the quantity of solid waste that is recycled instead of being stored at a landfill. Alachua County Waste Alternatives Manager Partick Irby said much of the county’s success is due to the mandatory commercial recycling ordinance implemented in 2001. The ordinance requires all commercial generators to separate designated recycling …

Many Communities Recycling, Repurposing Old Campaign Signs Reuse of or recycling campaign signs is an excellent way to unwind after an election, save space in a landfill and helping the environment. The best way to handle the signs is to reuse them. However most are outdated and should be recycled. Communities across the country are attempting …

Recycling in Broward County is up 13 percent over 2011, thanks to the increased efforts of residents. The County is now on its way toward meeting Florida’s 75 percent recycling goal as residents recycle as much as they can of paper, cardboard, plastic bottles, metal and glass containers.   Environmental benefits of recycling include energy savings, a …

Students at the Florida School for the Deaf and the Blind caught the recycling bug during the recently completed school year. Students reported that they didn’t want to throw anything out that can be recycled because the landfills are becoming overloaded with valuable paper, plastics and metals. The blind department high school, in cooperation with …

Runaway Country fans recycled 10,000 pounds of aluminum, plastic, paperFans watch Randy Travis from rented lifeguard chairs Sunday at the 2012 Runaway Country Space Coast Music Festival at Wickham Park, in Melbourne. Courtesy of FLORIDA TODAY. The total amounted to a 50 percent recycling rate, a number that Waste Management and KBB officials say was lowered …