All-in-one recycling starts today in Broward

Broward County Waste and Recycling Services and partner cities  are introducing a more convenient way for residents to recycle at home. Starting October 1, 2009, residents of most Broward County cities and Unincorporated Broward County will no longer have to separate recyclable paper from recyclable plastic bottles, metal cans and glass bottles and jars. With the new “All-In-One” single-stream system, recyclables can all be placed together in the same container.

The following are the new guidelines for Broward’s “All-In-One” single-stream recycling.

Items That Can Be Mixed Together:

• Newspapers, inserts, catalogs, magazines, junk mail, office paper, soft-covered books, file folders, soda cartons, and crushed boxes, including tissue boxes and those from such food items as cereal, rice and pasta
• Flattened cardboard from non-food items such as shipping boxes
• Aluminum and steel food and beverage containers
• Plastic bottles with neck narrower than body, such as soda bottles, milk, water, detergent and shampoo bottles (without caps or lids)
• Glass food and beverage containers
• Milk and juice cartons and drink boxes

Items That Do Not Go Into Your Recycling Container(s):

• Household garbage including food scraps, pizza boxes and miscellaneous plastics such as toys and cups and plastic bags
• Certain glass products including window or auto glass, light bulbs, mirrors, glass cookware or bakeware and ceramics
• Yard and plant debris
• Medical waste and pharmaceuticals
• Gas cylinders, tanks, rocks, dirt, building debris, flammables and small appliances
• Electronic items, including computers, televisions and monitors
• Hazardous waste, including motor oil, paint, pesticides and household cleaners

Participants are asked to keep recycling free of contamination by putting only acceptable items into recycling containers. When the wrong items are included, or food scraps or liquids get into the batch, they can cause a whole truckload of recyclables to be wasted.

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4. Free Drop-Off for Household Hazardous Waste to be Held January 24
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Posted by Andrea Freygang on Oct 1 2009. Filed under Broward County, Environmental, Fort Lauderdale, Local news. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0. You can leave a response or trackback to this entry