Recycling in Walton County

Beach Fanatic

Jan 23, '08 · 1:43 PM18,415

This is from the WZEP news about the recent BCC meeting:
"Commissioner Meadows asked about providing a survey asking the public if they want a curb side recycling program. It could cost residents $5 a month. She says the current blue bag program is not working like they expected."

Didn't I just read that the county transferred money out of the landfill account for the Sheriff or the jail, something like that :confused:

I would like to have curbside recycling, but I don't particularly see why I should have to pay for it. It's my understanding trash pickup is paid for with the discretionary one-cent sales tax. Maybe Walton GOP or someone else can enlighten me? Is the sales tax collection inadequate, or is some of the money being used for something else? Is recycling that big of a money loser? :idontno:

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SWGB

Feb 10, '09 · 4:03 PM#127

Keep any meats out of your compost. Vegetable / plant matter only. That keeps it from stinkin' up the joint...

Exactly, some people think it's just a trash heap and throw all kinds of junk in there that doesn't belong.

SoWal Expert

Feb 10, '09 · 4:29 PM#128

Compost really doesn't smell that bad if you're doing it correctly. Use a 5 gallon bucket and poke holes in the bottom and lid.

1) It's me, so there will be a learning curve. :blush:

2) The super sniffer + bucket o' compost + small house = bad! Hence the charcoal filter!

SWGB

Feb 10, '09 · 7:46 PM#129

1) It's me, so there will be a learning curve.
2) The super sniffer + bucket o' compost + small house = bad! Hence the charcoal filter!

Step one is to leave it outside. ;-) :floor:

Beach Fanatic

Aug 15, '09 · 12:29 PM#130

Recycling update

I wanted to update this thread because I have been under a serious misconception for I guess years. I thought that electronic waste in Walton County was recycled. I have found out, from personal experience, that this is not the case. Last week I went to clean out my shop of old abandoned computers that people had told us to discard. We dutifully went through and removed all the hard drives so that there was no chance of personal data being compromised and then loaded them all up on my trailer and went to the landfill. 640 pounds of waste is what it ended up being. I went to the back building to find out where they stacked their electronic stuff for pickup. The guy there told me to just stack in a clear spot, seemed strange to me, but we unloaded it all in a pile for them. I asked him if that was not going to be in the way until the recycler got there and that is when I was shocked. What recycler? We are going to dig a hole and put it all in there.

So now I am on the hunt for a way to recycle stuff in the future. I have told people for years to just send their junk to the landfill and it would get recycled, now I find out that is not the case so I guess a solution is going to have to be found by the public. Anyone with any ideas, let me know. I am already on the trail of a guy in Marianna that does this stuff, just trying to find contact info.

SoWal Insider

Aug 15, '09 · 12:58 PM#131

doesn't best buy take old computers? seems like i read that somewhere. This county is sooooo lacking in a an effective recycling program. I've said it before, my trash is picked up twice a week. One of those trips could be used strictly for recycling. :bang: