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ECUA Recycling Program Expands
August 17, 2010
The Emerald Coast Utilities Authority has added glass, pizza boxes, bubble wrap and more previously excluded items to their recycling program. No sorting is required, and all newly included items can be placed in the gray recycling can with the other recyclables that are currently accepted.
The new recyclable items that are accepted as of Tuesday, August 17 are:
- All glass bottles and jars – no need to sort by color or remove labels.
- Old metal cookie sheets
- Aluminum baking pans
- Metal pots and pans
- Plastic and metal hangers
- Tin foil
- Pie tins
- Egg cartons (Cardboard / Paperboard only – No styrofoam)
- Pizza boxes
- Bubble wrap
The new recyclable items were added after ECUA approved a contract earlier this year with West Florida Recycling, LLC.
The ECUA recycling program began January 5, 2009 as part of the regular residential sanitation service. There are currently 39,000 households, about 54 percent of ECUA customers, utilizing the program.
For a complete list of items accepted in by ECUA, click here.
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5 Responses to “ECUA Recycling Program Expands”
Response to DB:
I checked the County website and do not see anything on their list of accepted items that is not also accepted by ECUA.
Thank you all for your positive enthusiasm. We are very excited about this enhancement to our program and continue to work to make it better.
Is there anything remaining that the county drop-off recycling centers will accept that the ECUA will not?
This is actually pretty remarkable. There are big cities which don’t have such a comprehensive no-sort recycling system. A couple of these items — the glass and pizza boxes — are notoriously difficult to handle.
It’s now possible for most household to send very little bulk to the landfill, with equally little hassle. If you’re composting food scraps, most homes will generate a 30 gallon bag or less of non-recyclable waste a week. That’s terrific. Good job, ECUA.
My recycle can is tan, not gray. I try to recycle as much as possible. This is a great program.
Good deal! Glad I got the big can.