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Commissioners approve amended recycling interlocal with St. Lucie County and greenlight feasibility study for local processing
Summary
The board approved a renegotiated interlocal to send recyclables to St. Lucie County at $45/ton starting Oct. 1, 2026, and directed staff to seek emergency diversion contracts and a feasibility analysis for a local processing facility after commissioners were warned of potential nearly $1 million budget impacts and an emergency diversion cost of about $1.8 million.
Indian River County commissioners voted April 21 to approve an amended interlocal agreement with St. Lucie County to process the county's recyclables at a negotiated rate of $45 per ton beginning Oct. 1, 2026. Himanshu Mehta, managing director for the county's solid waste disposal district, told the board that the renegotiated fee was reduced from an initial $55 per ton…
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