Did You Know: You Can Recycle In North Escambia

April 22, 2008

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Tuesday was Earth Day…a day to look at ways to help the earth’s environment. One such was is recycling.

In North Escambia, the opportunity to recycle may be bit closer than you think; there is a regional recycling drop-off container available at the Oak Grove Convenience Center at 745 Highway 99 North.

Items eligible for recycling are aluminum cans, steel cans, glass food and beverage containers, plastics #1-#7, cardboard, junk mail, paper, magazines, and newspapers.

There is no curbside recycling anywhere in Escambia County (except for a few very small private operations), but it may be on the way for everywhere in the county except North Escambia.

The Emerald Coast Utilities Authorities is expected to vote Thursday on the possibility of offering a curbside recycling program to over 62,000 customers in their service area. Instead of a twice-weekly trash pickup they currently receive, they would get a once a week pickup of waste and a once a week pickup of recyclable materials.

That plan would not include residents north of Ten Mile Road currently serviced by Allied Waste, nor would it include residents in Century.

Meanwhile, anyone in North Escambia is able to recycle on their own by using the drop-off container at the Oak Grove Convenience Center (also known as the Oak Grove dump).

Items accepted for recycling in Escambia County at drop-off containers like the one in Oak Grove:

  • Aluminum, such as soda, beer and juice cans
  • Cardboard, such as corrugated cardboard that is empty and dry (boxes should be flattened to save space)
  • Mixed paper…any clean, dry paper. No way paper such as milk cartons. No paper with food or grease stains like pizza boxes. Examples of accepted items include white paper, colored paper, magazines, catalogs, brown paper bags, phone books, shredded paper, junk mail, folders, wrapping paper and single layer paperboard such as cereal or shoe boxes
  • Newspapers that are clean and dry, including inserts (no string or twine)
  • Steel (tin) cans, rinsed. Labels and lids are OK.
  • Glass…empy glass jars or bottles, rinsed. Labels are OK.
  • Plastics numbers #1-#7. No plastics that are not numbered (usually the number is found on the bottom). Labels OK. Also, plastic grocery bags.

For any questions contact Escambia County’s Recycling Coordinator at (850) 937-2159.

Escambia County is currently conducting a recycling survey. You can take the brief, 10 question survey by clicking here.

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Written by William Reynolds · Filed Under News