Benefits of Recycling:
From EPA website: http://www.epa.gov/waste/conserve/rrr/recycle.htm
Recycling turns materials that would otherwise become waste into valuable resources. Collecting used bottles, cans, and newspapers and taking them to the curb or to a collection facility is just the first in a series of steps that generates a host of financial, environmental, and social returns. Some of these benefits accrue locally as well as globally.

• Recycling protects and expands U.S. manufacturing jobs and increases U.S. competitiveness.
• Recycling reduces the need for landfilling and incineration.
• Recycling prevents pollution caused by the manufacturing of products from virgin materials.
• Recycling saves energy.
• Recycling decreases emissions of greenhouse gases that contribute to global climate change.
• Recycling conserves natural resources such as timber, water, and minerals.
• Recycling helps sustain the environment for future generations.

Plastic:
Help protect our oceans. Reducing the use of plastic in our lives is an important to reducing our environmental impact. Plastic has had a devastating effect on our oceans, sea bird population, and ocean life. For information on plastic that ends up in the Garbage Great Patch, for more information visit http://www.greatgarbagepatch.org

Waste Pro
Provides curbside pickup. For specific pickup days for your area please contact WastePro at (386)586-0800 Waste Pro collects recyclables in a two-sort process. After being separated, all recycled materials are sent to the best available markets for re-use. Recyclable materials are currently being sent to two locations - GEL Corp at the Volusia County Landfill and Waste Pro's MRF (Materials Recovery Facility) in Putnam County. For more information: http://www.flaglercounty.org/index.aspx?NID=281

Flagler County Solid Waste Facility
1700 South Old Kings Rd
Flagler Beach, FL
Phone: (386)517-2075
E-Mail: Larry Williamson

The Flagler County Solid Waste Facility receives the following items from Households Only at no charge:

• All Rechargeable Batteries: Nickel Metal Hydride (Ni-MH); Lithium Ion (Li-Ion); Button Batteries; Nickel Cadmium (Ni-Cad); Lead Acid, both sealed and unsealed.
• All Automotive Waste Fluids: New and used lubricants; coolants/anti-freeze; brake fluid; cleaning chemicals; gasoline, additives and filters; motor oil and transmission fluid and filters; windshield washer fluid.
• All Boating & Marine Supplies: 2 Stroke oil; lubricants, oil, hull cleaners and fuel filters; emergency flares.
• All Mercury-Containing Devices: Fluorescent tubes and compact fluorescent bulbs; HID bulbs; thermostats, thermometers and switches.
• General Household Items: Plastic bottles (bleach, soda, etc.), metals cans (soda, beer); newspaper; office paper; magazines; cardboard; oil base and latex paints and stains; solvents, thinners, strippers, cleaners; aerosol containers; pool maintenance chemicals; all types of acid and alkali material; epoxies and their catalyst components; adhesives, roofing tar and petroleum-based caulking.
• Electronic Waste: Computer towers; laptop computers; keyboards, zip and external hard drives; flat screen monitors, scanners, printers, battery back up units; speakers, cables and related accessories; A/V equipment including amps, receivers, DVD, VCR, cassette and reel to reel tape players, turntables & related electrical hardware; power tools (plug-in and rechargeable); batter packs and chargers; communication devices (hand held & ham radios, pagers, cell phones, cordless & wired phones); rechargeable appliances (dust-busters, shavers, flashlights, small toys, fans); digital cameras, recorders, GPS units and related hardware; remote controls; electrical motors up to 3 HP; microwave ovens; all circuit boards.

Flagler County Solid Waste Facility DOES NOT accept: television sets or monitors; medical and pharmaceutical waste, asbestos, ammunition or gunpowder; any waste from a business.