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      Page 2, PGA C.A.N.!                                                September 2023                                                                                                                                                 September 2023


         Editorial Board                                Palm Beach County Moves Into



         Editor:       James A. Cioffi                  First Place Recycling Position
                       james@jcclaw.com
         Feature Writers:  Dawn Levinstein, POA         Solid Waste Authority                              dispelling recycling myths and ensuring every resident,
                       Gail Coppage, POA                                                                   visitor and business in the county is properly informed
                       Commissioner Maria Marino        Of Palm Beach County                               and inspired to participate in recycling.
                       Katie Roundtree
         Contributing                                   Exceeds Florida Department                            The Solid Waste Authority invites the public to visit
         Reporter:     Don Kiselewski                                                                      their recovered materials processing facility (recycling
                                                        Of Environmental Protection                        facility) to see the recycling operation themselves and
            Your editors strongly believe that the number                                                  learn more. To arrange a presentation and/or tour, please
         of people who do become involved with any      Recycling Goal                                     contact education@swa.org or visit swa.org/education to
         news medium directly reflects on that medium’s                                                    learn more. For more information on Palm Beach County’s
         excellence, versatility and broad viewpoint.                      Palm Beach County has once again   recycling program, contact Recycling, Education and
         Therefore, we invite PGA residents to contribute                exceeded the 75 percent recycling   Marketing Manager and Palm Beach County Recycling
         articles or current, timely news items and/or
         “Letters to the Editors.”                                       goal set by the Florida Department   Coordinator Jessica Winter at jwinter@swa.org.
            Articles/letters are subject to editing and editors’         of Environmental Protection (FDEP).   About  The Solid  Waste Authority Of Palm Beach
         right to publish. Submission must include writer’s              Palm Beach County achieved an     County
         name, address and telephone number. Unsigned articles           overall 80 percent recycling rate in      The Solid Waste Authority of Palm Beach County (SWA
         /letters will not be published. Opposing views to article       2022, placing the county first among   or Authority) is a Dependent Special District that was
         viewpoints contained in this paper are welcome.                 all 67 counties in the state. That’s a   created by the Florida Legislature in 1975. Since then,
         Articles do not necessarily represent the viewpoint   two-point increase from 2021 when the county achieved a   the SWA has developed an award-winning integrated solid
         of the C.A.N.! organization. Submissions should   78 percent rate. Only two other counties exceeded the 75   waste management system to handle the county’s waste and
         be mailed or delivered by the tenth of each month   percent goal in 2022: Collier at 78 percent and Charlotte   recyclables. We call ourselves AWAY: whether you throw
         for the following month’s publication (example: by   at 76 percent.                               it, recycle it or flush it AWAY, we put your waste to work.
         January 10 for February publication) to:          Palm Beach County recycled approximately 3.2 million   Each year, we:
            C.A.N.! Editors
         or                                             tons of the 4 million tons of municipal solid waste collected      ➢ Process almost 90,000 tons of recyclables
            Contact the publisher for additional information   in 2022.                                       ➢  Burn approximately 1.8 million tons of trash to
         regarding submissions, fax (561) 627-9088 or e-mail      “Recycling is a community effort and recognition   generate electricity at renewable energy facilities
         canpga@yahoo.com.                              for this achievement goes to the millions of residents,      ➢ Produce enough electricity to power approximately
            Let’s hear from you.                        visitors and businesses that participate in our dual-stream   90,000 homes
                                                        system, as well as Authority staff who work toward our      ➢  Recycle  more  than  150,000  tons  of  wastewater
                                                        recycling efforts every day,” said Executive Director Dan   treatment  residuals  (sludge  from  flushes)  into  an
                                                        Pellowitz. “We owe this outstanding achievement to our   environmentally-friendly fertilizer amendment
                                                        highly successful residential and commercial recycling      ➢ Safely dispose of more than 4.2 million pounds of
                                                        programs, the performance of our waste-to-energy   home hazards
                                                        facilities in recovering metals and energy from waste,      ➢  Collect  rainwater  from  the  roofs  of  Renewable
                                                        the performance of our permitted partners recovering   Energy Facility 2 and store it in a 2-million-gallon cistern,
                                                        and putting to beneficial use yard waste, construction and   which is used as part of the energy making process
                                                        demolition debris, concrete, and much more.”          Anyone can sign up on the SWA’s website to receive
                                                           Our county’s recycling success is possible because of   SWA news, calendar updates, job announcements or other
                                                        all who recognize the value of recycling and are dedicated   web postings of interest. Should you sign up online to
                                                        to recycling right every day in Palm Beach County. While   receive SWA’s news releases, we can remove you from
                                                        this is an achievement to be celebrated, there’s still more   the distribution list by sending a reply with the subject
                 John Deloach                           work to be done. Some incorrectly believe that recycling   “Remove” as a reply to this email.
                                                                                                             Connect with the Solid Waste Authority of Palm Beach

                                                        isn’t taking place in Palm Beach County. The Authority’s
            Experienced Driver                          Public Affairs and Recycling Department is dedicated to   County at swa.org or on social media.
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