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1 <br />FLORA <br />pQ01EC11ON <br />FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF <br />ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION <br />BOB MARTINEZ CENTER <br />2600 BLAIRSTONE ROAD <br />TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA 32399-2400 <br />RICK SCOTT <br />GOVERNOR <br />CARLOS LOPEZ-CANTERA <br />LT. GOVERNOR <br />CLIFFORD D. WILSON III <br />INTERIM SECRETARY <br />TO: Solid Waste Directors of Large Counties (over 100,000 population) <br />FROM: Jorge R. Caspary, P.G., Director, Division of Waste Management "p`` 'a . <br />RE: Request for Development and Submittal of County Recycling Program Plans <br />(Limited Counties Only) <br />DATE: December 23, 2014 <br />In 2008, the Florida Legislature set a statewide municipal solid waste (MSW) recycling goal of <br />75 percent by the year 2020. In 2010, the Legislature further directed that the goal be primarily <br />applied to counties with a population of greater than 100,000. In addition, the Legislature set <br />these interim recycling goals for those counties: <br />Calendar Year <br />2012 <br />2014 <br />2016 <br />2018 <br />2020 <br />Interim Recycling Goal <br />40% <br />50% <br />60% <br />70% <br />75% <br />Section 403.706(2)(d), Florida Statutes (F.S.), states that if a county does not achieve an interim <br />recycling goal, the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) "may direct the <br />county to develop a plan to expand recycling programs to existing commercial and multifamily <br />dwellings, including, but not limited to, apartment complexes." In addition to the above changes, <br />in Chapter 2010-143, Laws of Florida, the Legislature also introduced s. 403.706(2)(b), F.S., <br />directing that counties implement a program for recycling construction and demolition debris as <br />part of their efforts to attain the recycling goals noted above. <br />The purpose of this memorandum is to designate those large counties that are directed to submit <br />a plan (your recycling program plan) to expand or otherwise implement their recycling programs <br />to attain the recycling goals established under s. 403.706(2), F.S. These plans will provide the <br />DEP with valuable information and input during the upcoming year. If the statewide recycling <br />rate for 2014 is less than 50 percent, then the DEP will be able to incorporate your information in <br />the report to the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives that <br />would be due prior to the 2016 legislative session pursuant to s. 403.706(2)(e), F.S. <br />Attached are two tables showing the 2012 and 2013 recycling rates of all of the large counties <br />(i.e., with populations greater than 100,000). Based on this data, we are requesting the following: <br />• Counties who did not reach and maintain at least the 40 percent interim goal, based on their <br />2012 and 2013 calendar year recycling rates, are requested to submit your recycling program <br />www. dep. state. fl. us <br />5o <br />