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HomeMy WebLinkAboutPresentation_Environmental Advisory Committee_10/8/2025swa.org/waste to work …Whether you throw it, recycle it or flush it AWAY, we put your Welcome to AWAY 1 recycleright swa.org/Seven Home Chemical & Recycling Centers•Six Transfer Stations•Landfill (Class 1 & 3)•One Biosolids Processing Facility•One Recovered Materials Processing Facility (recycling)•Two renewable energy facilities•Manage countywide integrated solid waste management system•Unincorporated area waste collection (through contracted haulers) •Countywide disposal (waste processing)•Government agency responsible for:•Dependent Special District •stablished in 1975 by Special Act of Florida State LegislatureE•Who We Are and What We Do 2 recycleright swa.org/3 recycleright swa.org/amount of solid waste generated in Palm Beach County divided by the total population.total* This number represents the How much solid waste do you throw away?day in Palm Beach Countypounds of solid waste per 19,500,000 pounds of solid waste per day per capita*13 X people in Palm Beach County Approximately 4 recycleright swa.org/5 recycleright swa.org/Palm Beach?campus in West acre main -1,300waste on its SWA manage How does the 6 recycleright swa.org/7 recycleright swa.org/Hazardous WasteBiosolidsCombusted (REFs)LandfilledRecycled Palm Beach County for 2024Types of Solid Waste in 4%31%4%61%2,423,050 262,200,000 2,198,480,000 4,327,254,000Pounds TOTAL: 7,085,811,050 8 recycleright swa.org/plasticsCorrugated Containers (OCC); Monthly bids for aluminum and term sales contracts for Mixed Paper and Old -Long•movement, as markets prefer qualityBetter quality and value for commodities; Faster materials •Recovered Materials Marketed by SWA•Operated under contract by Circular Services•Owned by SWA•Recovered Materials Processing Facility (RMPF) •energy)2024 (includes vegetation, C&D and renewable Recycling rates: 80% in 2022, 84% in 2023, 90% in •Participation of all 39 county municipalities•Commitment to recycling began in 1987•Stream Recycling Program-Curbside Dual 9 recycleright swa.org/10 recycleright swa.org/Recovered Materials Processing Facility 11 recycleright swa.org/Tanglers 12 recycleright swa.org/Responsibly disposes of and recycles home hazards Home Chemical & Recycling Centers 13 recycleright swa.org/14 recycleright swa.org/recycled solid waste to create energy-Renewable Energy Facility 2 15 recycleright swa.org/and distributed nationallyProduct sold to fertilizer blenders •biosolids, in lieu of natural gasenergy source to process Landfill gas is treated and used as •produced in countywastewater treatment solids Processes approximately 95% of •local wastewater utilitiesDeveloped in partnership with six •Biosolids Processing Facility Turns sludge from flush to fertilizer 16 recycleright swa.org/Composting 17 recycleright swa.org/Landfill for solid waste disposalLast resort 18 recycleright swa.org/What makes a landfill sanitary?19 recycleright swa.org/What happens to a landfill when it’s full?20 recycleright swa.org/Industry and Nature Coexist SWA Greenway Trail System 21 recycleright swa.org/What can YOU do?22 recycleright swa.org/23 Questions?23 recycleright