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Pinellas County offers its “Cutting Waste at Work” program to help businesses reduce their waste. This program is voluntary, confidential, and free of charge.

Benefits
What’s in it for you?
Save money.

• Lower disposal costs.
  

Enhance your company’s image.

• Promote environmental awareness at the workplace.
• Demonstrate your commitment to sustainability.
• Reduce litter problems.

What’s in it for the community? (the bigger picture)
Improve environmental quality.

• Reduce pollution.
• Conserve energy and natural resources.

Foster a sustainable economy.

• Turn waste into recycled resources.
• Develop environmentally-efficient processes.

Conserve local disposal capacity.

• Reduce the amount of garbage buried at the county’s only landfill.
• Minimize future disposal cost increases.

FREE Services

• Waste assessment and customized recommendations.
• On-site training and follow-up.
• Informative recycling presentations.
• Educational and promotional materials.
• A to Z “Get Rid of It” Guide and other online resources.
• Networking through the Pinellas Partners in Recycling group.
• Recognition for your business’s waste reduction efforts.

Quick Links

• 8 steps to Cutting Waste at Work
• Business waste reduction toolkit
• Hazardous waste disposal
• Dept. of Environmental Management’s Pollution Prevention and Resource Recovery Program (P2R2)
• Municipal recycling programs

For More Information
Call (727) 464-7500 or email recycle@pinellascounty.org.