With Valentine’s Day just around the corner , love is in the air . Port St . Lucie residents can show their love for the planet by participating in the City’s cardboard recycling initiative throughout February – and all year long! 
   Embracing those cardboard boxes and breaking them down every week on your designated pick - up day helps keep our streets clean and green together . Setting your heart on sustainability is good for Mother Earth and keeps Port St . Lucie beautiful .  
   Why is recycling so important? It reduces the amount of waste sent to landfills , conserves natural resources such as timber , water and minerals , while preventing pollution and reducing greenhouse gases . In addition , recycling can reduce the City’s overall garbage disposal costs .  
   Here are some tips to recycle right: 
   First ,
   empty your box to remove packing materials
    , such as Styrofoam or packing peanuts .
   Flatten your cardboard boxto save space .
   Put it in the
   recycling cart
    .
   Pro tip: Ensure your box is
   dry and clean
    . Even if it gets wet , it can still be recycled - once dried .
   A few additional things to keep in mind when recycling cardboard: 
   Dented , ripped and damaged cardboard can still be recycled .
   You do not have to remove tape or labels – the recycling process will remove these for you .
   Milk , juice , and cereal boxes can all be recycled , if cleaned and dry .  
   Items that are
   not accepted
   : 
   Soiled pizza boxes: Place the soiled part with food scraps in the trash , then recycle the clean part .
   Coated paper or wax contained ( e . g . , take - out boxes with metal handles for rice or produce containers ) : Throw those in the trash .
   Styrofoam packaging: Remove from recyclable boxes and put in the trash or you can or drop it off at the
   St . Lucie County Solid Waste Baling & Recycling Facilitylocated at 6120 Glades Cut - Off Road , Fort Pierce .
   Plastic/Bubble Wrap: Remove from recyclable boxes and bring to store recycling bin or trash .  
   The City of Port St . Lucie is committed to sustainable waste management and with residents’ help , we can reduce the amount of waste we send to the landfill . Learn more recycling tips at
   CityofPSL . com/SolidWaste
    .
   

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