The proposed Composting and Recycling Facility will accept non-hazardous municipal solid waste (MSW) – which is a fancy term for “garbage”. MSW includes:
- Paper goods
- Food scraps
- Metals, such as aluminum and steel
- Other non-hazardous wastes from our homes and businesses
In 2004, Pasco County generated over 500,000 tons of MSW, and trends show that this number will continue to grow. In the United States, MSW is managed in a combination of ways – mostly through landfilling, recycling and incineration. Our proposed composting facility will utilize a combination of enhanced recycling and composting of the organic portion of the garbage (the organic portion includes things like paper products and food scraps) as a method of managing our garbage for decades to come.
Currently, curbside recycling and wide-scale availability of recycling services in Pasco County are very low. We want to change that. We are proposing an on-site recycling center where the citizens of Pasco County can bring their recyclable materials, free of charge – aluminum cans, steel cans, plastics, glass, paper, cardboard and more. The fact is, the better the county’s recycling efforts are, the more effective our composting process will be! To learn more about our organic composting process, please visit “The Smart Solution.”
Let’s examine the County’s waste management options for the future:
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