recycling made easy

That's an excellent idea. I just wish they'd get something like that set up over here in Bay County. At least Panama City, anyway.

I'm only wondering one thing though...if they do, does that mean we'll get drug back from the 21st century to the 20th?

red rocket! My name is Miss Kitty and I am addicted to recycling!

Finally!!! Walton County has entered the 20th century and has a recycling program. i didn't know about it until recently. You don't have to drive your trash to the recycle bin any longer. Now the county will give you blue bags for your paper, plastic, and glass. Just put the bags out with your normal trash pick up. The boys up at the big house sort it all out. The bags are available at the public works office in dfs. start recycling people. i'm not a hippie, but damn.

Also available at the Sun office on 393N.

And the library on 331!

Also for sale at Publix at one point

...and the Bldg Dept, located adjacent to, and north of, the SoWal Courthouse Annex.

Finally!!! Walton County has entered the 20th century and has a recycling program. i didn't know about it until recently. You don't have to drive your trash to the recycle bin any longer. Now the county will give you blue bags for your paper, plastic, and glass. Just put the bags out with your normal trash pick up. The boys up at the big house sort it all out. The bags are available at the public works office in dfs. start recycling people. i'm not a hippie, but damn.

Yea..it is great--I am addicted wish more people and visitors would do it!!

I HAVE ONE IMPORTANT RECYCLING QUESTION FOR ALL THE SO-WAL subscribers.... I noticed the garbage guy take tge blue recyling bags and sling it into the back of the truck with the rest of the garbage--I watched them--the blue bag split open and my recylables mixed in with the rest of the garbage???? What is up with that... do they separate out the blue bags from everything else?? I NEED ANSWERS!

Jail inmates working at the landfill sort the blue bags from the rest of the trash and then sort the contents of the blue bags for recycling.

county bags are available at frank's cash and carry also.

Franks is now selling the "BLUE" cans!!!

I have heard that the men in the orange jumpsuits sort trash at the landfill, with or with out the blue bag. If that is the case, why use blue PLASTIC bags to separate trash that will be sorted any way

I have heard that the men in the orange jumpsuits sort trash at the landfill, with or with out the blue bag. If that is the case, why use blue PLASTIC bags to separate trash that will be sorted any way

The recyclables must be clean and paper must be dry in order for it to get recycled. If the clean recyclables are thrown in with the dirty garbage, they will not get recycled. That is where the blue bags come in. They are helpful in presorting garbage from clean recyclables, but yes, when they are all crushed in with the dirty garbage, the recycle percentage of garbage probably decreases, but it is still likely to be much higher than no separating of the clean recyclables from the dirty garbage. I still don't know why they don't have separate bins on the trucks. In Asheville, where I last lived, they had one truck which made garbage and recycling pickups once a week. Homes were issued recycle bins and garbage bins. Aluminum, steel, and plastic went in one bin, and paper and cardboard into the other, with garbage going into the garbage bin. The truck would stop, one guy would grab the garbage and dump it in the back, while the other guy would grab the two bins and throw the contents into separate containers on the truck. They were actually faster than the guys here who dump just one can, and sometimes leave garbage in the bottom of my can.

i bet rowy powy recycled that cake.

The recyclables must be clean and paper must be dry in order for it to get recycled. If the clean recyclables are thrown in with the dirty garbage, they will not get recycled. That is where the blue bags come in. They are helpful in presorting garbage from clean recyclables, but yes, when they are all crushed in with the dirty garbage, the recycle percentage of garbage probably decreases, but it is still likely to be much higher than no separating of the clean recyclables from the dirty garbage. I still don't know why they don't have separate bins on the trucks. In Asheville, where I last lived, they had one truck which made garbage and recycling pickups once a week. Homes were issued recycle bins and garbage bins. Aluminum, steel, and plastic went in one bin, and paper and cardboard into the other, with garbage going into the garbage bin. The truck would stop, one guy would grab the garbage and dump it in the back, while the other guy would grab the two bins and throw the contents into separate containers on the truck. They were actually faster than the guys here who dump just one can, and sometimes leave garbage in the bottom of my can.

Joe--You always make too much logical sense--seriously, you should be a County Commissioner--I would work for you..! A little more investment in the Walton Co.Waste Department could save a lot of man hours, and the prison population could then be put to much BETTER use, i.e., working on Hwy. 98 and 30A litter problem!

Blue bags are also at Sundog Books.

I'm with SJ. I worry about my recycling getting spilled/wet/dispersed when the garbage truck crushes it. I also have my doubts about the environmental motivation of the average inmate.

So I take my stuff to the trailer behind Publix on 395. I'm there 2 or 3 times a week anyway and it only takes an extra 5 minutes. If you've gone to the trouble to save it separately at the house, it's no big deal. And you get some reasonable assurance it will actually be recycled, making your effort worth your time. Call me obsessive, but there you have it.

I would also make the case that the county is more likely to actually show a certain amount of due dilagence because it's a 11 million dollar cash cow for all the recycle product they sell to vendors in that business. it makes sense that we recycle for that reason alone in our county. Thats alot of money to build a park/path/beach/turtlewatch/bridge/whatever!

My recycling is just glass, cans, corrugated cardboard, and plastic, so I figure they can handle it.

How do they sort it at larger/more advanced places? Doubt it's convict labor though I love the whole chain gang concept.

How do they sort it at larger/more advanced places? Doubt it's convict labor though I love the whole chain gang concept.

Until you think about prisoners, with nothing but time on their hands, going through all of your credit card statements and applications. You think your vertical shredder stops them from piecing the strips together?

They're welcome to rifle my trash - Any company that accepts an application in the state that is normal in my trash will be reeling from the lawsuits and the public flogging. BEST case scenario is not only shredded, but missing part of it, and covered in goopy leftovers and cooking oil!

I was raised by a paranoid mother so my shredding tends to involve a BBQ grill or fireplace ;-).

Blue bags are also at Sundog Books.

I'm with SJ. I worry about my recycling getting spilled/wet/dispersed when the garbage truck crushes it. I also have my doubts about the environmental motivation of the average inmate.

So I take my stuff to the trailer behind Publix on 395. I'm there 2 or 3 times a week anyway and it only takes an extra 5 minutes. If you've gone to the trouble to save it separately at the house, it's no big deal. And you get some reasonable assurance it will actually be recycled, making your effort worth your time. Call me obsessive, but there you have it.

Tree Frog--No. You're not obsessive, your a great, concerned South Walton citizen--I wish there were a lot more people like you!

Blue bags are also at Sundog Books.

I'm with SJ. I worry about my recycling getting spilled/wet/dispersed when the garbage truck crushes it. I also have my doubts about the environmental motivation of the average inmate.

So I take my stuff to the trailer behind Publix on 395. I'm there 2 or 3 times a week anyway and it only takes an extra 5 minutes. If you've gone to the trouble to save it separately at the house, it's no big deal. And you get some reasonable assurance it will actually be recycled, making your effort worth your time. Call me obsessive, but there you have it.

We use the recycling dumpsters as well, particularly for newspapers (those get too heavy in the blue bag to drag 2/10s of a mile to the spot where our garbage gets picked up). However, do be aware that the dumpsters get hauled to the same place the garbage does.

Joe--You always make too much logical sense--seriously, you should be a County Commissioner--I would work for you..! A little more investment in the Walton Co.Waste Department could save a lot of man hours, and the prison population could then be put to much BETTER use, i.e., working on Hwy. 98 and 30A litter problem!

I agree. Maybe y'all could get the county gov't changed down there so there is only one commissioner for Walton County...it's the only way I can see SJ taking the job. ;-) But, what a wonder he would be for this part of FL!!!

I agree. Maybe y'all could get the county gov't changed down there so there is only one commissioner for Walton County...it's the only way I can see SJ taking the job. ;-) But, what a wonder he would be for this part of FL!!!

I don't think they will let me run for Skeeter Commissioner and County Commissioner for the same term. I read that the Skeeter Commissioner in WalCo is paid a salary of $120,000 annually. Does anyone know how much a County Commissioner's salary is in WalCo?

$120K? What are the job requirements? Scooterbug for Mosquito Control 2007!

$120K? What are the job requirements? Scooterbug for Mosquito Control 2007!

I think you get to hire someone to place ads in the paper to hire a supervisor and some hourly peeps for spraying and sampling.

I think you get to hire someone to place ads in the paper to hire a supervisor and some hourly peeps for spraying and sampling.

I'll bring a big ol fly swatter!!!!!