The gap widens

And still no recycling anywhere.

And still no recycling anywhere.

WALTON COUNTY RECYCLING TRAILER LISTING/LOCATION
1.) PT. WASHINGTON/CO HWY 283N
2.) CHOCTAW @ FIRE STATION/HWY 20 WEST
3.) CORNER OF MOLL DR/HWY 98 (x2 trailers)
4.) FREEPORT ELEMENTARY
5.) WEE CARE PARK
6.) WALTON MIDDLE SCHOOL /NORTH SIDE OF SCHOOL
7.) WALTON MIDDLE SCHOOL/BRUCE AVE AREA
8.) MIRAMAR @ SOUTH WALTON FIRE STATION ON MIRAMAR BEACH DRIVE (x2 trailers)
9.) INLET BEACH NORTHSIDE OF HWY 98/ HWY 30A INTERSECTION
10.) ALYS BEACH @ CASTLE HARBOR
11.) PAXTON FIRE DEPT.
12.) WALTON HIGH SCHOOL
13.) SOUTH WALTON COURTHOUSE ANNEX
14.) WEST DEFUNIAK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
15.) WATER COLORSHWY 395 BEHIND PUBLIX SUPERMARKET (THIS HAS BEEN REMOVED AT PROPERTY OWNERS REQUEST!)
16.) RED BAY FIRE DEPARTMENTON HWY 81 SOUTH
17.) PORTLAND COMMUNITY CENTER
18.) MOSSYHEAD FIRE DEPARTMENT ON COUNTY HWY1087
19.) SW HIGH SCHOOL
20.) ROSEMARY BEACH/CO HWY 30A
21.) CHURCH RD/BRUCE COMMUNITY
22.) KING LAKE FIRE DEPT.
23.) BLACK CREEK STORE/CO HWY 3280
24.) FREEPORT MIDDLE SCHOOL
25.) COUNTY SHOP/MONTGOMERY CIRCLE
26.) EMERALD COAST MIDDLE SCHOOL/CO HWY 30A
27.) WALTON CAREER DEVELOPMENT CENTER
28.) BAY ELEMENTARY
29.) HAMMOCK BAY/FREEPORT
30.) GLENDALE VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT

Saturday, September 19th
Choctaw Fire Station
State Road 20
8:00 AM – 2:00 PM

Sponsored by Walton County District 4 Commissioner and Vice-Chair Sara Comander and Walton County Solid Waste.

Dumpsters provided for Walton County residents to dump trash, yard debris, tires, appliances, and other miscellaneous items. A crew and equipment to off-load heavy items will be available. Recycling trailers will also be available for newsprint, glass, and aluminum.

DO NOT BRING: POISONS, PESTICIDES, PAINTS, THINNERS, GASOLINE, AND OTHER FLAMMABLES.

So today I find out that if you live north of Hwy 20 Waste Management will pick up bulk household waste once a month.

Live south of Hwy 20?

Take it to the landfill yourself.

Walton County, FL - Home Page - Garbage Service

If you live South of 20 you're rich. And now YOU are a rich whiner.

A curbside recycling program is what our area needs and has asked for over the years.

A curbside recycling program is what our area needs and has asked for over the years.

The county use to offer blue bags for recyclables...not sure they still do. The County also recycles at the transfer station, bales and markets it for sale. Recyclables are also recovered from the solid waste stream at the county landfill Material Recovery Facility prior to being loaded for transfer to Jackson County.

From everything I've heard, the blue-bag program is kaput. We used to do it.
Now we just take our recyclables to one of the recycling trailers nearby when
we accumulate enough. I don't mind doing this at all. I actually prefer it to
curbside. As for the "sorting" that occurs at the landfill, I suspect that's a feel-
good statement, but I could be wrong...

The county use to offer blue bags for recyclables...not sure they still do. The County also recycles at the transfer station, bales and markets it for sale. Recyclables are also recovered from the solid waste stream at the county landfill Material Recovery Facility prior to being loaded for transfer to Jackson County.

I'd like to be able to use a particular color bag to help with sorting at landfill if it would help.

I'd like to be able to use a particular color bag to help with sorting at landfill if it would help.

Would like a silver spoon and someone to feed you too?

Is it too much to expect our county to provide recycling program equal to standards of this century?

Is it too much to expect our county to provide recycling program equal to standards of this century?

Where would you suggest they cull the money from Teresa? The TDC?

Where would you suggest they cull the money from Teresa? The TDC?

A good start would have been 20 weeks severance pay along with accrued vacation and sick pay would be a good start. He was about to be fired! and someone made him a sweetheart deal? My butt feels sore.

A good start would have been 20 weeks severance pay along with accrued vacation and sick pay would be a good start. He was about to be fired! and someone made him a sweetheart deal? My butt feels sore.

You're butt wouldn't be nearly as sore if C Jones had gotten the shaft she wanted.

You're butt wouldn't be nearly as sore if C Jones had gotten the shaft she wanted.

I don't know what this means.

I don't know what this means.

Cecilia Jones wanted him fired.

What I read is he wanted to give someone a raise. She said no. He did it anyway. She was going to fire him.

If he had been fired without cause he would have received the severance package as well. The only way to avoid that would require termination with cause. With the way the BCC policies are written, is is not clear if "with cause" is possible because the Chairman of the Board approved the raise in question.

Can we get back to the garbage issues?

Actually, Walton County charges a 1 cent sales tax for the garbage we receive. I think in the past the BCC has been able to use some of the those excess funds for other project not related to waste management. WCTA association may have a better understanding of that.

Garbage service north of Highway 20 was originally provided by Dayco. They picked up bulk household waste the 1st Monday of the month. When Waste Management took over their route, I assume they continued that service. The downside to garbage pickup north of Highway 20 is that pickup is only provided once per week. There is no regularly scheduled bulk household pickup south of Highway 20 but garbage is picked up twice per week.

Bob Wells, you are on the money ( no pun intended) Garbage pickup is paid for by a local option tax. When the issue first came up the voters narrowly defeated the non-binding referendum but the BCC implemented the tax anyways. I voted no to the tax but IMHO I was wrong and the decision to proceed was a very good one. However, the funds collected are in excess of expenditures most years and the BCC has used those funds to pay for all sorts of stuff including patrol cars and road paving.

So if they pay for other stuff beside waste management, shouldn't waste management be the primary focus of that penny. For those that are interested in recycling or bulk pick up maybe this is the avenue to address those request. If it can be paid for with an existing revenue stream it would make sense, don't you think?

They have enough trouble agreeing to pay for a much needed new transfer station at the landfill with the money. Anyone who has been to the landfill knows the present station is dangerous.

IIRC the blue bags were discontinued because the county was paying for them and couldn't afford them after the bubble popped.

The blue bags were a good step, if lame, but still a step..