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Waste Matters

Love Is In The Air … fluids, and more to any of the seven Solid Waste Authority Show Our Environment Some Love And Recycle Right
In Palm Beach County!
of Palm Beach County Home Chemical and Recycling
And Water … And Earth Centers. The Solid Waste Authority of Palm Beach County is a
Change The Way You Dispose Of Fluorescent Light dependent special district that was created by the Florida
Those of us who live in Palm Bulbs Legislature in 1975. Since then, the SWA has developed
Beach County know how lucky If you’ve swapped out your standard incandescent light an award-winning integrated solid waste management
we are to be surrounded by some bulbs for fluorescent light bulbs, remember one key thing: system to handle the county’s waste and recyclables. We
of South Florida’s most beautiful your new, energy saving light bulbs contain mercury and call ourselves AWAY: whether you throw it, recycle it or
natural resources. If you have a should not be thrown away in the trash. flush it AWAY, we put your waste to work. Each year, we:
heart for spending time in nature, Palm Beach County residents can bring fluorescent • Process more than 100,000 tons of recyclables
preserve the natural areas you love light bulbs (both long and curly-tube shaped) and an • Combust approximately 1.8 million tons of trash to
for the people you love by recycling array of mercury-containing devices such as thermostats, generate electricity at renewable energy facilities
right! By properly disposing of thermometers, electrical switches and liquid mercury, to • Produce enough electricity to power approximately
your waste and recyclables, you’re helping to keep them any of seven Solid Waste Authority of Palm Beach County 74,000 homes, about the number of homes in Boca Raton
out of the environment we love to enjoy. Home Chemical and Recycling Centers. and Palm Beach Gardens
Recycling The Solid Waste Authority’s (SWA) locations include • Recycle more than 150,000 tons of wastewater
To recycle right, make sure these items go in the blue (from north county to south county): treatment residuals (sludge from flushes) into
recycling bin: Jupiter environmentally-friendly fertilizer
• Plastic bottles and containers (lids on; two gallons or North County Transfer Station • Safely dispose of more than 4.9 million pounds of
less) 14185 Military Trail (SWA Road) in Jupiter home hazards a year
• Food and beverage cans Monday to Friday, 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. • Collect water off of the roofs of Renewable Energy
• Glass bottles and jars (lids off) Saturday, 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. Facility 2 and store it in a 2-million gallon cistern, which
• Milk and juice carton (lids on) West Palm Beach is used as part of the energy making process
• Drink boxes (no pouches or straws) Home Chemical and Recycling Center With the recent changes to the SWA’s website, anyone
The yellow recycling bin is the place for paper 6161 N. Jog Road in West Palm Beach can now sign up to receive SWA news, calendar updates,
products, including: Monday to Friday, 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. jobs, or other web postings of interest by signing up
• Cardboard (flattened with packaging removed)* Saturday, 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. online. Should you sign up online to receive SWA’s news
• Newspapers and inserts (no plastic bags) See the full list of all of the hazardous waste items releases, we can remove you from this distribution if you
• Office and school paper accepted in the SWA’s program by visiting SWA.org/ send a remove reply to your email.
• Mail HCRC.
• Magazines
• Dry food boxes (no food stains) “Service is our number one priority”
• Paper bags
• Cardboard paper rolls 561-743-0070
• Pizza boxes (no food stains; tear the stained side off)
*Palm Beach County residents can also take oversized www.palmspoolservices.com
cardboard to one of more than 250 community cardboard
drop-off locations.
Keep these items out of your blue or yellow recycling
bins by reusing them or placing them in the trash:
• Plastic bags
• Foam containers or products
• Aluminum foil or pans
• Shredded paper
• Plastic eating utensils or straws
• Paper plates
• Paper towels or napkins
• Coat hangers
• Light bulbs
• Needles
For more information about recycling right, or to order Expires 3/31/22.
new recycling bins, call 866-NEW-BINS (639-2467) or
visit SWA.org/RecycleRight. State Licensed & Insured
Electronics Recycling And Home Chemical Disposal Serving Palm Beach County CPC # 1457468 • LPG#30099
You can also help our environment by dropping off
outdated devices and wastes such as used cooking oil,
old paint, fluorescent light bulbs, batteries, automotive
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