Why is Recycling a Great Thing?

• Recycling one ton of paper saves 17 trees, 6953 gallons of water, 463 gallons of oil and 3 cubic yards of landfill space... that's what's involved in turning the raw material of wood into paper! ||
• By sending less of your discards to the landfill...you save landfill space...it costs millions of dollars to construct and maintain landfills. ||
• Saves money and creates jobs... the recycling and remanufacturing process creates about one million jobs in America and $236 billion in annual revenue. ||
• Recycled materials take less energy to remanufacture. Recycled aluminum takes 95% less energy to make than new aluminum from bauxite ore! ||
• If every family and business recycled all recyclables, trash going to the land­ fill would reduce by 75% in weight. ||
• It's a great thing to do for the community. ||

NEWSPAPERS: You may recycle all newspapers and this includes the color inserts. Please put the newspapers into the bin loose, not in plastic or paper bags. The newspaper recycle bins cannot be used for junk mail, food boxes, telephone books or slick printed papers (such as magazines).

• Avoid contamination! Please help in following the guidelines on which items can be put in which bins...for example, did you know alumi­num foil is not the same type of aluminum that's in recyclable cans. Therefore, the foil does go in the trash and not the recycle bin. ||
• A small piece of ceramic coffee cup can ruin an entire batch of molten glass. ||
• The see-through window in envelopes and other junk mail paper types contaminates newsurint. If in doubt, throw it out ||
• Slick magazines and catalogues have clay in them. Clay ruins newsprint. ||
• Phone books have glue, a paper contaminant, in the binding. Phone books cannot be recycled at this time in Nassau County. ||
• One gallon of used oil provides the same 2.5 quarts of lube oil as 42 gallons of crude oil. One gallon of improperly disposed oil pollutes 1,000,000 gallons of water. ||
• Recycling one aluminum can saves the amount of energy to light one 100 watt bulb for 20 hours. ||
• The average person reads 1,000 pounds of newsprint per year. Recycle your newspaper and save 7,000 gallons of water each year! ||

• Cardboard - Use bins behind ARC/Nassau on US 17. In city of Fernandina Beach: put in recycle pick-up bin or use bin in the Fernandina Library parking lot. If you are a business with large volume, ARC can arrange pick-up; call 225-9355 ||
• Magazines & Many Direct Mail Catalogues - North Jax Recycling-Fernandina at 1241 S. 8th Street, 261-4498. ||
• Paper - Bins behind ARC on US 17, accepts all colored and white paper and envelopes. If you area business, ARC can arrange pick-up, call 225-9355 (no glossy paper or see-through windows) ||
• Styrofoam Packing Peanuts - Drop off at Mail Boxes Etc. on Sadler Road, Ship-N-Mail at 1927S. 14th Street and coastal-tel.com in Lofton Square Shopping Center in Yulee. ||
• Used motor oil - Take to Nassau County Landfill (on US 301 North, 3 miles north of Callahan)or check with your local automotive mechanic. ||
• Yard Waste - Take to Nassau County Landfill or call your trash hauler for information. ||
• Plastic Grocery Bags - All Publix and most Winn Dixies have bins in front of their stores. ||
• Styrofoam - (egg cartons, trays or containers) Bins in front of Publix stores. ||
• Brown Paper Bags - All Publix and Winn Dixie stores have bins ||
• Plastic Containers - (types 1 & 2 only) Bins at:
  North 3rd St., behind Fernandina Beach Library
  Atlantic Recreation Center, behind the auditorium

  Don't forget to always rinse food & beverage residue from all containers before you recycle!


Martin Luther King. Jr. Communitv Rec. Center, by the playground
Publix K-Mart shopping plaza parking lot, close to Sadler Rd.
Off Bailey Road, near the Ybor Alvarez Sports Complex ||
• Light Metals - North Jax Recycling accepts aluminum, stainless steel, brass and copper at 8th & Lime Streets, 261-4498 or 904-764-3762. Callahan Recycling accepts the above, plus some carparts, at 702 New Kings Road, 904-879-4357. ||
• Eyeglasses - Take to Lions Club of Yulee or Baptist Medical Center-Nassau, Information Desk. ||
• Printer Cartridges - Call Nassau Habitat for Humanity at 277-0600 for information. ||

• ARC/Nassau: on USI7, one mile north of AlA, 225-9355. Collects newspaper, ledger/ computer paper, office paper (any color), aluminum cans and cardboard. ||
• North Jax Recycling-Fernandina: 1241 S. 8th Street, 261-4498. Collects light metals (including copper and aluminum), magazines, direct mail catalogues and newspapers. ||
• Callahan Recycling: 702 New Kings Road, 879-4357. Collects aluminum cans and metals ||
• Habitat for Humanity: Look for 75+ bins around town in front of stores, 277-0600. Collects aluminum cans and printer cartridges to raise money for their house building projects. ||

Check us out online: www.keepnassaubeautiful.org or www.nassauclerk.com

Keep Nassau Beautiful 548-0162 548-0163 fax

Nassau County Solid Waste Department 321-5770 or 879-6321

Callahan City Hall 879-3801

Fernandina Beach Solid Waste Department 277-7388

Hilliard Town Hall 845-3555