Recycling
 

Is there recycling ? This is the 1st time in over 40 years I have not.

Everything you put out in the trash is recycled here.

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Thought it was being burnt

We used to recycle, did for years. It was a bit different than what we were used to; they never did separate plastics, paper, etc. here, but they announced there was no real market/profit for recycling any more, so we now can put most anything except the obvious (like batteries, paint cans, medical/needles, things that really have no disposal place without a long auto drive or storing for a year and waiting for a disposal "event" somewhere. All other garbage, lawn waste, what used to be recycle (like water bottles, glass jars, etc.) are all put into bags (any kind, any color, no longer require lawn waste bags or clear plastic for the paper and plastic, anything goes now) and as we understand, it is all just incinerated without any toxic emissions to the air ! Amazing what science has accomplished !

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We used to recycle, did for years. It was a bit different than what we were used to; they never did separate plastics, paper, etc. here, but they announced there was no real market/profit for recycling any more, so we now can put most anything except the obvious (like batteries, paint cans, medical/needles, things that really have no disposal place without a long auto drive or storing for a year and waiting for a disposal "event" somewhere. All other garbage, lawn waste, what used to be recycle (like water bottles, glass jars, etc.) are all put into bags (any kind, any color, no longer require lawn waste bags or clear plastic for the paper and plastic, anything goes now) and as we understand, it is all just incinerated without any toxic emissions to the air ! Amazing what science has accomplished !

there used to be, but that was changed in Oct

No toxins? Well maybe. I think that china no longer accepts recycling so the bottom fell out if the market. There is, supposedly, a recycling plant being planned in Tampa in the near future. I think it is unconscionable that glass and aluminum are being dumped. Aluminum and glass are both terrific items for recycling. I keep my aluminum cans to bring to recycling. Probably not worth much but also keep my glass jars for storage of food items. There is still stuff that goes to the dump, even after it is burned.

Some of us still have recycling. I'm in Orange Blossom.

They separate out metals and burn the rest for power. No one should believe anything that went to China was recycled fooled. They dump it. So does India. Really has never been a market for most recycling except metal ever. My husband ran recycling companies for 30 years.

This is the first year where we no longer separate things. We did have it for years. The change is big for me since we moved from Connecticut where we began Reuse, Reduce and Recycle.
They say this new technology doesn’t need separation, and since there was no real business developing recycling businesses, they burned it. I hate it.

There is not recycling any more. Sad but true. All trash, including yard waste goes out on your trash pick up daay.

Trash is now being recycled into electricity by Covanta. I believe they are extracting metal from the trash.

NO, everything is burned .

This my first year here and it still feels strange not to recycle. Different program here.