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<br />OVERVIEW OF THE SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
<br />Participation in the commercial recycling program has increased during FY 1995. A
<br />business recycling seminar was conducted in June 1995 to inform the County's businesses
<br />of recycling opportunities available to them. SWDD currently has an office paper recycling
<br />program, which accepts white ledger and copier paper, white envelopes with no windows,
<br />and green and blue bar computer paper. Each collection center accepts office paper. To
<br />stimulate business recycling, SWDD offers assessment credits to those businesses that
<br />document recycling activities. Furthermore, SWDD requires that its franchised haulers
<br />provide recycling service to those businesses that request it.
<br />In October 1994, the City of Vero Beach began a commercial recycling program using its
<br />own solid waste vehicles and equipment, collecting recyclables from businesses within the
<br />city on a scheduled basis. In FY 1995, SWDD renewed its recycling contract with Southeast
<br />Recycling Corporation. The contract includes purchase of recycled newspaper, and the
<br />option to sell telephone books, corrugated cardboard, glossy magazines and office paper,
<br />and to collect such materials along with the newspaper.
<br />A total of 44,071 tons of solid waste was recycled in FY 1995. The SWDD recycled
<br />38,129 tons of this waste, while private companies recycled 5,942 tons. Materials processed
<br />and marketed by SWDD include aluminum and bi-metal cans, white goods, scrap metal,
<br />HDPE and PETE plastics, newspaper and inserts, corrugated cardboard, household and
<br />automobile batteries, motor oil, glass, magazines, catalogs, telephone books, office and
<br />computer paper, and mulch. Mulch was also used onsite for daily cover and for slope
<br />stabilization. These are beneficial uses that earn recycling credit from FDEP. Motor oil,
<br />copier cartridges, fishing line, wire clothes hangers, foam packing popcorn, newspapers,
<br />plastic bags, automobile batteries, cardboard, scrap metal, and aluminum cans are recycled
<br />by various private businesses and organizations.
<br />Using FDEP procedures for calculating recycling credits, the County attained a 25.2 percent
<br />recycling rate in FY 1995. SWDD does its own recyclables marketing, thus having an
<br />opportunity to find the best available prices for a given material at a given time. Money
<br />received from the sale of recyclables for FY 1995 was as follows:
<br />Batteries
<br />Newspaper/Office Paper/Magazines
<br />Glass
<br />Aluminum cans
<br />Plastics
<br />Metal cans
<br />Scrap metals
<br />Corrugated cardboard
<br />Motor oil
<br />Total
<br />2,071
<br />221,502
<br />52,121
<br />148,015
<br />102,244
<br />9,075
<br />52,356
<br />148,381
<br />1,078
<br />$736,843
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