新澳门六合彩

Video Library: Garbage and Recycling

新澳门六合彩 Solid Waste offers the following videos to help explain what happens to garbage and recycling in 新澳门六合彩. The videos are hosted on .

Garbage

No Such Place as “Away” (13 min.) Find out where your trash goes when you throw it “away” with this entertaining tour of the 新澳门六合彩 Solid Waste Disposal Complex.


Overview of the Solid Waste Disposal Complex (3:50 min.): This video explains the different ways we manage and use waste as a resource from the variety of incoming materials.

A Waste-to-Energy Facility Virtual Tour (3:33 min.): This virtual tour shows how the garbage from 新澳门六合彩 is used as a fuel source; the energy that is generated is enough to power 45,000 homes a day.

360掳 video of the Solid Waste Disposal Complex (2:33 min.): In this 360掳 video, hover over the tipping floor next to the six-ton “claw” at the Waste-to-Energy Facility, go behind the scenes at our Household Hazardous Waste (HHW) Center, feel the need and speed of 1,600 vehicles per day at the Scalehouse, and more.

新澳门六合彩 Landfill from Open to Close (2:22 min.): This video will give you a bird’s eye view of 新澳门六合彩 Solid Waste’s landfill phases from 1970 to final closure.

History of Trash (1:01): The short History of Trash segment provides a humorous history of waste management.

Recycling

Virtual Presentation: Recycling in 新澳门六合彩 (21:43 min.): 新澳门六合彩 recycling outreach experts explain everything you need to know to be a responsible recycler in Pinellas County. Learn why recycling is important, what happens to your recyclables after you put them in your bin, and what should and shouldn鈥檛 be recycled.

The Recycle Life Cycle (2:05 min.) (produced by Hillsborough County): Learn what happens to the items when you place them in the recycling bin and the importance of recycling right.

Trash the Bags Tampa Bay (0:30): Did you know that your local municipality doesn’t accept plastic bags or shrink wrap in its recycling program?

Here’s how much of your curbside recycling is getting trashed and why (4:36 min.): 10 Tampa Bay verifies how much curbside recycling actually gets recycled.

Artificial Reef Construction Program

Artificial Reef Program (5:25 min.): Take a virtual dive of 新澳门六合彩’s artificial reefs in the Gulf of Mexico and learn the fascinating background of how the reefs were created. Some of the more unusual items used to construct reefs are army tanks, a WWII Navy landing craft, and a 240-foot barge.

Additional Resources

For questions, contact recycle@pinellas.gov, call (727) 464-7500, or click the Live Chat button below.

Updated on April 3, 2024.