Waste Management Division goes greener

St. Johns County Administrator, Michael D. Wanchick, announced to local St. Johns County news reporters at Historic City News that the Solid Waste Management Division is going even greener and accepting more items to be recycled county-wide.

Both of the residential franchised haulers, Advanced Disposal and Seaboard Waste Systems, have teamed with St. Johns County to collect even more recyclable items curbside, according to Wanchick.

They will be delivering an additional 14-gallon recycling bin to all customers to allow for the expected increase in recycling.

District 1 Commissioner Cyndi Stevenson said, “I think it’s wonderful that the announcement comes on the celebration of the 40th Anniversary of Earth Day.”

Wanchick reported that the following items will now be accepted:

plastic bottles and jugs labeled #1 through #7
empty pill bottles
water bottles
green, brown and clear glass bottles
metal and aluminum cans
cereal boxes (with the inserts discarded)
newspapers and inserts
junk mail
magazines
catalogs
telephone books
brown paper bags
corrugated cardboard (cut into 2×3 sheets)
office and copy paper
shredded paper in a closed paper bag
file folders
file or packing boxes
brown or gray fiber packages.

Items that will not be collected are plastic bags, milk cartons, juice boxes, motor oil containers, pool chemical bottles, pesticide or fertilizer bottles, and loose shredded paper.