well I'm kind of open you guys might
come over and join me I think in the
three years we've been doing River City
live this is my first table of garbage
please welcome these gentlemen bill
Brinkley and Jason graves both with
Republic Services and you are getting
the word out on recycling education
right
you're not just bringing me your garbage
because you're looking to get rid of it
you would like to make sure everybody
knows how they need to best get rid of
the things that they throw away
absolutely it's all about quality with
recycling okay and and has this changed
I mean is it different than it was maybe
a year or two years ago are the rules
different quality standards have changed
and that's what we're the message we're
trying to put out is we have to really
clean up the recycling that we're
receiving okay because it doesn't do
anyone any good if you start throwing
things and and correct me if I'm wrong
but if you start putting things that
cannot be recycled in with the things
that can it kind of throat negates the
entire process right it will make it to
where the recyclables can't even get
reuse it doesn't mean currently 26.3% of
what comes in from City of Jacksonville
is trash contaminated and so that makes
our sorting process that much more
difficult okay so we're gonna take a
little test you guys want to join in for
this so let's get through some of the
things on the table you want to point
something out and we'll take a guess as
to whether or not you should be putting
it in your recycling bin all right we've
heard there might be some trick
questions in here so let's start with
this okay so plastic and cardboard
recycle I would but I'd separate it and
put in there exactly smart plastic film
is not recycle grocery bags plastic film
I was like that was loose flexible
plastic is not but the cardboard is okay
cardboard out so that the plastic does
not go in with the plastic does not the
plastic bags do not cardboard does so
the grocery bags that are sometimes
recycle I admit not a good thing no okay
they can be recycled you just have to
take them back to the store guide your
bundle take them - what about something
like this I'm guessing that's for
propane yes that's a propane tank do not
Reese I do not recycle right we have to
bail a lot of our material and that can
be a serious safety risk to our
employees but again there's local
programs to take your household
hazardous waste
owpain tanks paints things like that
electronics too so if you look at your
local programs there's safe ways to
dispose of that what else on the table
is a trick well I've heard conflicting
reports about pizza boxes so okay well
is it recyclable I wouldn't think so
so the carb orders way so here's where
we are in the house set oh that's inside
right now it's perforated so you can
tear the top off which doesn't have
grease on it well that's recyclable it
doesn't it's not contaminated with the
food the greasy part throw away jeans
oh I'm reselling those yeah I just
correct you know one of the things that
I heard time and time again and tell me
if I'm correct with this aluminum is
actually one of the best things to
recycle because it's melted down it
could be used again where some of the
other things to recycle it costs a lot
of money to do is that true that's very
true as a matter of fact aluminum is
only about 3% of what we bring in we
love to bring in a lot more voluminous
we bring in a lot of mixed office paper
which is fine it's about 20% we bring in
but it's just not as valuable on the
market yeah okay so the glossy pages are
okay yeah we'll take us what about this
big jug of water is it doesn't need to
be emptied what if you have a little
left and you didn't want to bother no we
have we have a couple simple rules right
number one is know what you're thrown
away when in doubt throw it out
the other is empty clean and dry you
clean and dry 1 tablespoon of like
ketchup or even milk inside a recycle
bin can ruin the paper once it's soiled
with food that well you used to be clean
is now dirty so where can people go if
they want to learn more about this
there's a website we have website
recycling simplified dot-com it's very
educational I recommend everybody go to
recycling simplified dot-com I just
learned a lot and I know there's more
garbage to go but you know if you want
to learn more and make sure you're not
mucking up your recycling bin and making
it not useful please do take the time to
check that out and we're gonna be right
back with more River City lives