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Solid Waste Authority presents county recycling, discusses contamination and markets as Tequesta weighs single‑stream switch
Summary
Katie Sprigg of the Solid Waste Authority described Palm Beach County's integrated solid waste system, including two waste‑to‑energy facilities and a recovered materials processing facility, cited recycling rates of 80% (2022), 84% (2023) and 90% (2024), and explained why SWA retains dual‑stream collection; Tequesta EAC asked for benchmarking on single‑stream participation and contamination.
Katie Sprigg, education and outreach supervisor at the Palm Beach County Solid Waste Authority (SWA), gave the Environmental Advisory Committee a detailed overview of county solid waste operations and markets and answered members’ questions about recycling systems, composting and hazardous drop‑offs.
Sprigg said the county manages an integrated system including two renewable‑energy (waste‑to‑energy) facilities, a recovered materials processing facility (dual‑stream), a biosolids pelletizer operated under contract by Synagro, a landfill and six transfer stations. She described dual‑stream curbside recycling (separate blue and yellow bins) as…
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