Hauling solutions for
small businesses
■ Self-hauling – someone with your business
takes recyclables to a recycling center
■ Piggy-backing – a larger business already recycling may allow you to share service
■ Back-hauling – trucks bringing supplies to you
may take recyclables back with them
■ Pooling – sharing services and cost with other
nearby small businesses
Project Green Sweep
Project Green Sweep provides Sarasota County
businesses with an easy, cost-effective way to
dispose of small quantities of hazardous waste
such as fluorescent lamps, automotive fluids,
rechargeable batteries, paints, flammable solvents,
computer equipment and photographic wastes.
Visit www.scgov.net, keyword search
“Hazardous Waste.”
Green Business Partnership
Is your business green? Would you like it to be?
The Sarasota County Green Business Partnership
provides businesses with a low-cost, effective way
to enhance your company’s environmental
performance and save money!
Visit www.scgov.net/greenbusiness to learn more!
Resources
For information about recycling requirements
and programs within a municipality, contact
the following:
Town of Longboat Key, 941-316-1988
City of Venice, 941-486-2422
City of North Port, 941-423-3138
City of Sarasota, 941-365-7651
Visit www.scgov.net for information that addresses
solid-waste management issues. Some of the
information available includes:
■ A Commercial Solid Waste How-to Guide
■ The Sarasota County Solid Waste Ordinance
■ Enclosure requirements for garbage and
recycling containers
■ Bilingual recycling posters
■ Construction and demolition debris guidance
■ Hazardous waste handling and
disposal guidance
■ Landfill operations information
Visit www.scgov.net, keyword search:
■ Solid Waste
■ Commercial Recycling
■ Hazardous Waste
For personal service, call the Sarasota County
Call Center at 941-861-5000 and ask for the
Recycling Program.
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Sarasota County landfill
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Commercial Recycling
Make recycling
your business
Reducing, Re-using & Recycling
■Saves money
■Saves resources
■Is the right thing to do!
What else can be recycled?
The previous list is materials that are required to be
recycled, but many other materials can be recycled
or re-used such as:
■ Plastics with symbols
through
,
shrink wrap, Styrofoam® and other plastics
■ Textiles including carpet/carpet pads
What is required to be recycled?
Paper recyclables
■ Corrugated cardboard
■ Tires and other rubber products
■ Metal materials – appliances, office furniture,
scrap steel, aluminum and copper
■ Construction and demolition debris, pallets
■ Writing and office paper
■ Junk mail, including envelopes and
window envelopes
■ Magazines, newspapers and advertisements
■ Phone books and catalogs
■ Brown paper, post-it-notes, 3-by-5 cards, etc.
■ Electronics
Check your garbage for more materials that could
be recycled. Ask your recycling service provider if it
will take them or call 941-861-5000 and ask for the
Recycling Program for ideas on how to reduce the
amount of garbage you generate!
Commingled recyclables
■ Plastic bottles with
have a neck
or
symbols that
■ Aluminum cans, foil and trays
■ Glass bottles and jars – all colors
■ Steel cans
■ Milk and juice containers made from wax coated paper
■ Empty aerosol cans
Some recycling service providers offer singlestream recycling services. Single-stream recycling,
where all recyclables go into one container, saves
space and makes recycling simpler.
Recycling is mandatory.
County ordinance 2006-001
All residents and businesses in unincorporated
Sarasota County are required to recycle.
How to get garbage and
recycling services
■ Garbage service: In unincorporated Sarasota
County, contact the county’s franchise hauler,
Waste Management, at 941-493-4100 for
collection services.
■ Recycling service: You may use any
recycling service provider you would like.
Call 941-861-5000 for a list of recycling
service providers in our area. Shop around
for the best price and service level combination
for your business.
How to recycle
Recycling is as easy as 1, 2, 3!
1
2
3
Do a waste assessment
What is in your garbage? Could some of
it be recycled? How full is your garbage
container on collection day? How much
do you pay for garbage service?
Evaluate and communicate
What barriers are there to decreasing your
amount of garbage? Is your company’s
staff aware of the recycling process you
have in place? Are contractors, including
janitorial staff, aware? Discuss your
garbage composition with your recycling
service provider or call other recycling
vendors to determine if material in your
garbage is valuable to someone else.
Take action
Ensure there are desk-side containers
for paper. Are there containers available
in common areas such as break rooms
and copy-machine areas? Educate staff
and conduct an awareness campaign.
Continue to monitor your garbage and
recycling service levels. Decrease your
garbage service as you increase your
recycling rate.
We’re here to help!
Call 941-861-5000 and ask for the Recycling
Program to get answers on recycling or to
schedule a free on-site assistance visit.