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North Port solid-waste staff highlight recycling contamination; city proclaims Waste and Recycling Workers Week
Summary
Solid Waste planner-scheduler Mario Venditti described plastic bags and bagged recyclables as the most common contamination found in blue containers; the commission proclaimed National Waste and Recycling Workers Week for June 16–24.
Mario Venditti, a planner-scheduler in the City of North Port Solid Waste division, told the City Commission on June 5 that plastic bags are the most common contaminant found in curbside blue recycling containers.
“The most common thing I find, Frank, is plastic bags,” Venditti said. “So plastic bags are not recyclable. I find them just tossed in the container or they bag the recycle with them.” Venditti said plastic bags should be returned to grocery-store bag-recycling programs or placed in the trash.
Frank Lamas, a manager in the division, asked Venditti to describe the role. Venditti said part of his work is to greet new residents and educate them on recycling rules. The commission and staff directed residents with questions to the city’s Solid Waste web page listed during the meeting as www.northportflorida.gov/solidwaste.
At the same agenda, the commission read a proclamation recognizing National Waste and Recycling Workers Week June 16–24, 2025, honoring refuse-collection staff and highlighting the public-health role of sanitation work. The proclamation cited the role of refuse collection in reducing disease and called on residents to thank collection employees during the week. The proclamation text was read during the meeting; no formal ordinance or budget action accompanied it.
No formal votes were required to present the proclamation; the item was presented as recognition of the division’s work.
