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Solid Waste Authority News

Resolve To Recycle Right to be used again were: 2. Never place a plastic bag in your blue or yellow
The top items by weight sent to mills and factories
recycling bin.
In 2022 • Mixed paper – more than 33,500 tons Plastic bags are perfect to reuse as liners for smaller
• Glass – more than 21,000 tons garbage cans, but they wreak havoc in the recycling
Does Palm Beach County • Cardboard – more than 18,700 tons facility. If you want to recycle them, take them back to
recycle? You bet it does. The Solid • Plastic – more than 4,100 tons your local grocer or other big box store, or one of seven
Waste Authority of Palm Beach • Aluminum – more than 1,000 tons SWA Home Chemical and Recycling Centers.
County (SWA) invites you to join The SWA understands that it can be confusing to know 3. Recycle all your cardboard boxes.
your fellow residents in this eco- what goes in your yellow recycling bin, what goes in your Many families are ordering more products online, so
conscious effort by resolving to blue recycling bin, and what should be tossed in the trash – people are left with lots of cardboard boxes at their homes.
Recycle Right in 2022. we’re here to help. Use the search tool found at SWA.org/ You can place that cardboard in the yellow bin. But be
In the last fiscal year, county RecycleThat to see if an item is recyclable. If it is, we’ll sure to break the boxes down and take out the packaging.
residents placed more than 100,000 even tell you which bin to put it in. There are also hundreds of yellow community drop-offs
tons of recyclables in their blue and yellow recycle bins. Here Are Some Recycling Tips To Help You Get Started. if you have oversized cardboard boxes. Find your nearest
That’s more than 200 million pounds of recyclable waste General Recycling: one at SWA.org/WhereToRecycle.
that would have otherwise been trashed. 1. Definitely put aluminum cans in the blue bin. 4. Plastic caps can stay on plastic bottles, but take
Surprisingly, they are the least recycled item in Palm metal lids off of glass bottles and jars.
Beach County. However, a recycled can may be back on This will help when materials are separated by type at
the shelf in as little as 60 days. Palm Beach County’s recycling facility.
5. When in doubt, throw it out.
Trying to recycle things like holiday lights, garden
hoses and children’s toys can contaminate recyclables or
even damage recycling equipment.
Household Hazardous Waste Items To Take To One
Of The SWA’s Seven Home Chemical And Recycling
Centers (HCRCs)
1. Many people know that different types of batteries
are hazardous, but they don’t really know what to do
with them. Rechargeable batteries, car or boat batteries,
nickel-cadmium and lithium ion batteries can all go to an
HCRC.
2. Old electronics like cell phones, computers and TVs
are actually considered household hazardous waste, but
they can be taken to an HCRC for free disposal.
3. Fluorescent bulbs, even the little curly-cue compacts,
have mercury in them. That is a hazardous waste. So all
fluorescent bulbs should be taken to an HCRC or other
home improvement store.
4. If your garage is full of home chemicals, much
of it can be taken to an HCRC. Old paint, solvents, oil,
gasoline, electronics, fluorescent bulbs can all be dropped
off at once!
5. Do you have old paint? Take it to an HCRC where
old paint is sent away to be recycled into new and donated
to Palm Beach County families in need.
If you’re looking for your nearest Home Chemical and
Recycling Center, check out our website.
Jupiter
North County Transfer Station
14185 Military Trail (SWA Road) in Jupiter
Monday to Friday, 7 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Saturday, 7 a.m.to 3 p.m.
Ready to get started? You can Recycle Right in Palm
Beach County whether at home, school, work or play.
If you need new recycling bins, Palm Beach County
residents can call the Solid Waste Authority of Palm
Beach County at 866-NEW-BINS, (866) 639-2467 or
order online at SWA.org/RecycleRight, and we’ll send
you replacement blue or yellow recycle bins for free! Just
one more way the SWA makes it easy for you to Recycle
Home Away Home Away Right.
Legend: Games Games Legend: Games Games About The Solid Waste Authority
(SWA) is a Dependent Special District that was created
The Solid Waste Authority of Palm Beach County
Spring Training is right by the Florida Legislature in 1975. Since then, the SWA
has developed an award-winning integrated solid waste
around the corner! management system to handle the county’s waste and
recyclables. We call ourselves AWAY: whether you throw
it, recycle it or flush it AWAY, we put your waste to work.
Get your tickets before it’s too late! Each year, we:
• Process more than 100,000 tons of recyclables.

• Combust approximately 1.8 million tons of trash to
generate electricity at renewable energy facilities.
Mark Your Calenders! 74,000 homes, about the number of homes in Boca Raton
• Produce enough electricity to power approximately
February 28th - Senior Day and Palm Beach Gardens.
Marlins at Cardinals • Recycle more than 150,000 tons of wastewater
Fans ages 55+ may purchase treatment residuals (sludge from flushes) into
$20 reserved box seats! environmentally-friendly fertilizer.

• Safely dispose of more than 4.9 million pounds of
home hazards.
• Collect water off of the roofs of Renewable Energy
Facility 2 and store it in a 2-million-gallon cistern, which
March 2nd - Throwback Day is used as part of the energy making process.
Cardinals at Marlins With the recent changes to the SWA’s website, anyone
Help us celebrate our Grand can now sign up to receive SWA news, calendar updates,
Opening in 1998 with special jobs, or other Web postings of interest by signing up
$19.98 tickets to the game! online. Should you sign up online to receive SWA’s news
releases, we can remove you from this distribution by
For More information: sending a remove reply to this email.
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