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Solid Waste Authority

Holiday Recycling And Waste Resolve To Recycle The SWA’s locations include:

Tips For Palm Beach County Many of us celebrate the values we hold most dear at this Jupiter North County Transfer Station
14185 Military Trail (SWA Road) in Jupiter
time of year. Thank you for making recycling right a part of your
Residents holidays. Monday through Friday: 7 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Many food and drink containers can be recycled in your blue Saturday: 7 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Walking You Through A Waste Wonderland recycling bin, including: See the full list of all of the hazardous waste items
• Plastic bottles and containers – lids on; two gallons or less accepted in the SWA’s program online.
The holidays are nearly here, • Cans, food and beverage Tips For Other Items
and with them gifts, good times and • Glass bottles and jars – lids off • Unincorporated Palm Beach County residents can
… garbage! Here is everything you • Cartons, milk and juice – lids on place their live Christmas tree curbside on the regular yard
need to know about your recycling • Drink boxes – no pouches waste collection day. Remember to remove all decorations,
opportunities and weird winter The yellow recycling bin is the place for all fiber, including: lights and tinsel.
wastes. • Cardboard – flattened with packaging removed. Palm Beach • Pre-lit and artificial trees should be discarded as trash.
Holiday Collection County residents can also take oversized cardboard to one of • Plastic bags and film (like wrap on water bottle cases)
There is no garbage, yard waste more than 250 community cardboard drop-off locations. can be recycled at most local supermarkets in special bins.
and recycling collection services in unincorporated Palm • Newspapers and inserts – no plastic bags Soiled bags and film should go in the trash.
Beach County and all SWA facilities were closed on • Office and school paper • Foam food trays and egg cartons can be recycled at
Christmas Day. There is no make-up collection day. • Mail most local supermarkets in special bins.
However, under the new collection service contract using • Magazines • Oversized and large volumes of flattened cardboard
standardized garbage carts, garbage will be collected outside • Dry food boxes – no food stains boxes may be recycled at any of the home chemical and
of the cart from Dec. 26 through Jan. 1. Residents still should • Paper Bags recycling centers or at one of the hundreds of community
place all debris normally collected on these days curbside • Cardboard paper rolls drop-off locations.
by 6 a.m. • Pizza boxes – no food stains; tear the stained side off • Holiday ornaments, decorative pieces, clothing and
New Year’s Day (Friday, Jan. 1) will not affect your Thank you for not placing these items in your blue or yellow toys that are in good condition can be donated to a local
scheduled garbage, recycling, yard waste and bulk waste recycling bins: nonprofit, church or shelter to be reused.
collection services in unincorporated Palm Beach County. • Plastic bags • Paper plates • Tree trimmings such as tinsel and garland should
All material should be at the curb on New Year’s Day by 6 • Foam products • Paper towels or napkins be discarded as trash. Palm Beach County residents can
a.m. as collection service may be much earlier than normal. • Aluminum foil or pans • Coat hangers bring holiday lights to any of the seven home chemical
While SWA administrative offices will be closed on New • Shredded paper • Light bulbs and recycling centers.
Year’s Day, there will be a limited number of customer • Plastic eating utensils or straws • Needles • Excess trash can be taken to any of the SWA’s transfer
service team members available to assist residents with any For more information about recycling right, or to order new stations or the North county landfill during regular hours,
garbage or recyclable collection questions or concerns. SWA recycling bins, call (866) NEW-BINS, (866) 639-2467 or visit but there is a nominal charge for disposal that is payable
Customer Service can be reached at (561) 697-2700 or (866) SWA.org/RecycleRight. in cash only.
792-4636. Electronics Recycling And Home Chemical Disposal Much more information is available online at SWA.org.
Residents in unincorporated Palm Beach County can Are you upgrading your electronics or cleaning out the garage Residents can also contact SWA customer service with
always see their updated collection schedule, set reminders after setting up the decorations? Palm Beach County residents their questions or comments at (561) 697-2700, toll-free
and sign up for collection information by clicking the “My can bring outdated devices and wastes such as holiday lights, at (866) SWA-INFO, (866) 792-4636) or ContactCIS@
Pick-Up Days” button at SWA.org. used cooking oil, old paint, fluorescent light bulbs, batteries, swa.org.
County residents living in one of Palm Beach County’s 39 automotive fluids, and more to any of the seven Solid Waste Wishing you and your family a happy holiday season
municipalities should contact their municipality directly for Authority of Palm Beach County Home Chemical and Recycling from the Solid Waste Authority of Palm Beach County!
their holiday collection schedule. A list of municipal contacts Centers. Watch the SWA’s fun parody video on disposing of About The SWA
can be found online. home chemicals. The Solid Waste Authority of Palm Beach County is a
dependent special district that was created by the Florida
Legislature in 1975. Since then, the SWA has developed
$59 system to handle the county’s waste and recyclables. We
an award-winning integrated solid waste management
Introductory Massage call ourselves away: whether you throw it, recycle it or

flush it away, we put your waste to work. Each year, we:
• Process more than 100,000 tons of recyclables.
• Burn approximately 1.8 million tons of trash to
generate electricity at renewable energy facilities.
• Produce enough electricity to power approximately
74,000 homes.
• Recycle more than 150,000 tons of wastewater treatment
residuals (sludge from flushes) into environmentally-
friendly fertilizer.
• Safely dispose of more than four million pounds of
561-745-1002 home hazards.
• Collect water off of the roofs of Renewable Energy
654 West Indiantown Facility No. 2 and store it in a two-million gallon cistern,
Road, Jupiter, FL 33458 which is used as part of the energy making process.
With the recent changes to the SWA’s website, anyone
www.drlaruffa.com can now sign up online to receive SWA news, calendar
updates, jobs, or other web postings of interest. Sign up
online to receive SWA’s news releases.
Connect with the Solid Waste Authority of Palm Beach
County at www.SWA.org.
January 2021 / Jupiter Inlet Tide Chart

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