Tag: sustainable-living

UPDATE: Please see important information below about plastics and pull tabs.

We want to remind everyone that there is a recycling site in Lake Placid where you can take your cans, bottles, cardboard, and other recyclables.

We are no longer collecting the pull tabs from cans. Charities are apparently no longer accepting these. So, leave the pull tabs on your cans when you take them to recycle!

The recycle site is at 25 W. Royal Palm St., at the corner of Hickory Avenue and West Royal Palm Street, near the railroad just off West Interlake Boulevard in downtown Lake Placid.

Hours of operation in Lake Placid:
2-5:30 p.m. Mondays and Wednesdays
8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturdays
Residents will ONLY be able to bring items to the recycling centers during the posted hours of operation.

What do they collect?

Paper: Only clean, dry, newspaper, junk mail, office paper (no shredded paper) and other non-coated paper.

Plastic: Only clean, dry, plastic (bottles, jugs, and jars).

PLEASE NOTE: Although they accept #1 and #2 plastics, there are certain items they do not accept, even if they are marked with these numbers. Please see the image below for information about the items they do not accept.

Metal: Only clean aluminum, steel, and tin cans.

Cardboard: Only clean, dry, flattened, cardboard or boxboard (no cardboard lined with plastic or any waxed or waterproof cardboard).

Glass: Only clean, dry bottles jars, Pyrex, mirror and window glass.   

PLEASE no plastic bags!!

BATTERIES CAN ALSO BE TAKEN TO THE DROP-OFF RECYCLING CENTER DURING THEIR NORMAL OPERATING HOURS WHERE AN ATTENDANT WILL SEPARATE THE ITEMS AND HOLD THEM FOR LANDFILL STAFF TO RETRIEVE.