Discover educational tools and resources to help you stay compliant and recycle right.
By recycling your paper, cardboard, metal, glass and plastic, you can reduce waste disposal fees, enhance your company’s image, conserve Alachua County’s natural resources and energy, save landfill space, boost the local economy and create jobs.
Our Business Recycling Toolkit will help you reduce or donate when possible and recycle the rest. Alachua County’s Mandatory Commercial Recycling Ordinance requires that businesses recycle the following materials:
If you are employed by, manage or own a business, hotel, multi-family complex, restaurant or bar in Alachua County, you qualify to receive complimentary recycling assistance. This program provides:
On February 25, 2020, the Alachua County Commission passed Ord. 2020-04, which bans single-use plastic straws and stirrers from being distributed by beverage providers (even free beverage providers). Medical facilities, nursing homes, etc., are exempt from this ordinance. Fines can amount to $250 per violation notice.
The ban includes straws made from “biologically based polymers” that may be advertised as compostable or made from plants. Single-use alternatives include paper, bamboo, wheat, etc. Please call Alachua County Solid Waste & Resource Recovery at (352) 338-3233 with any questions.
We’ll send a Waste Alternatives Specialist to your business to collect information and analyze your company’s waste stream free of charge. Then, we’ll produce a report and outline the best ways for you to establish a recycling program or enhance an existing one.
To schedule a complimentary waste survey for your business, please contact the Alachua County Office of Waste Alternatives at (352) 374-5213.
Our staff is available to give educational presentations at your company for employees and janitorial staff. And because our top priorities are education and transparency, we also offer free tours of our facilities.
To learn more or schedule a presentation, please contact our Outreach & Education department at (352) 374-5213.
Have an event or large gathering coming up? You can borrow recycling containers and bags at no cost to encourage sustainable waste disposal.
Alachua County Recycles is your recycling resource!
We’ll assist you in meeting the mandatory commercial recycling ordinance. If you are employed by, manage, or own a business, hotel, multi-family complex, and restaurant/ bar located in Alachua County, you qualify to receive complimentary recycling assistance.
