Recycling Just Became Stricter in Clay County, FL

The changes are necessary, the county says, to keep the recycling program in Clay County viable and to prevent any cost increases for residents.

SEATTLE (Waste Advantage): Clay County wants residents to focus on recycling what officials call high-value items. Those items include cardboard boxes no larger than 3 by 3 feet, plastic containers with a No. 1 or No. 2 indicator and metal cans. The county will no longer recycle pizza and cereal boxes, paper, packaging and wrapping, glass and plastic bags. The change applies to all county residents except for people living in Orange Park. The changes are necessary, the county says, to keep the recycling program in Clay County viable and to prevent any cost increases for residents.

The county’s environmental services manager, Milton Towns, said the county is adapting to changing markets by focusing on recyclables with value. “This change is in part trying to protect our recycling program, continue to recycle the things that make sense financially to recycle, and let the other things like glass go,” Towns said.

Glass breaks and contaminates other items during the recycling process, Towns said. Items that used to be recycled should now be thrown away with your regular trash. The motto is: “When in doubt, throw it out.”

Courtesy: www.wasteadvantage.com

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