Port Orange no longer accepting glass for recycling

PORT ORANGE, Fla. (FOX 35 ORLANDO) - Starting Tuesday, glass will no longer be accepted for recycling in Port Orange.

The reasoning behind the change is due to cost, according to city officials:

Items that are still recyclable include: aluminum and tin cans; plastic containers with recycle symbols #1-#7; newspapers (plastic bag sleeve removed); junk mail; magazines; phone books; mixed office paper and cereal and snack boxes broken down.

Residents can use up to three recycle bins to accommodate all of these items.  

"Please note that pizza boxes or any takeout food containers are not recyclable and should be put in the trash,” the city said in a statement.

Glass recycling currently costs $80 a ton to go to G.E.L. Recycling, the city’s contractor. Meanwhile, disposing the glass to the Volusia County landfill as part of the garbage is $34 a ton.