Recycling and Waste Diversion in Palm Beach County

What actually gets recovered

Clean concrete becomes crushed base. Scrap metal is one of the most valuable recovered streams. Untreated wood becomes mulch or biomass fuel, cardboard is baled, and mixed C&D debris is mechanically sorted at recovery facilities to pull out those same materials.

Source separation beats sorting later

Keeping metal, clean wood and concrete in their own loads recovers far more material than sending everything mixed. On larger job sites, two containers with different designations often cost less overall than one mixed container plus higher disposal rates.

Donate before you dispose

Usable cabinets, doors, fixtures, appliances and furniture have real value to local reuse organizations, and diverting them reduces both your tonnage and your disposal cost.

Palm Beach County specifics

The county operates a well-developed solid waste and recovery system, including household hazardous waste drop-off and yard waste processing. We route loads to the facility that matches your debris type rather than the nearest gate.