The Saint Petersburg City Council voted unanimously to approve Waste Services of Florida Inc.'s bid for curbside recycling a couple of weeks ago. At least for folks who live in single family homes. Condo and apartment dwellers will have to wait a little longer but there is light at the end of the garbage can.
It's a voluntary service so you'll need to call Waste Service's Clearwater office at (727) 572-6800 to sign up. They will be delivering 18 gallon containers to those customers who have the foresight to take advantage of this very affordable service. You'll be charged a yearly fee of $33.00 which works out to be $2.75 a month for weekly pick-ups.
The good news, at least I'm celebrating this, is that they will be recycling ALL numbered plastics from 1 through 7. That means all the #5 plastics which are ubiquitous in the food and grocery industries will finally get recycled instead of going to the trash burner.
They will also pick up steel and aluminum cans; all glass; all fibrous materials, (but cardboard boxes must be broken down); newspapers; office paper; junk mail; phone books; and magazines. I think that includes all the oversized political postcards we're getting flooded with this year. I was going to form a boycott of advertisers who used Valpak to advertise but now that I can see that annoyance will be recycled I'll postpone that for a while.
If you decide you like to do it yourself, you can still do that. Remember the city recycling drop off centers only take plastics with the numbers 1 and 2.
You'll be hearing more about this new service soon. Watch for an insert in your utility bill. If you have any questions, need more information or just want to sign up, call (727)–572–6800.
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