The Energy, Climate Change, and Economic Security Act of 2008 (House Bill 7135) signed into law by Governor Crist created Section 403.7032, Florida Statutes. This establishes a new statewide recycling goal of 75% to be achieved by the year 2020. Also, the statute directs DEP to develop a program designed to achieve this goal and submit it to the Legislature for approval by January 1, 2010.

We are seeking input from all interested parties to assist us in the development of that program. We will use this web page as a key component in sharing information and soliciting feedback from various stakeholders. In the near future, we plan to add links to relevant information and resources from both inside and outside of DEP, including such items as:

Public meetings:  Information about all public meetings we hold regarding the new recycling goal.

Public forum:  Share your thoughts, suggestions and comments via our web-based forum and view the contributions of other participants.

Recycling program components:  The statute lists several specific components that are to be addressed in the recycling program recommendations we submit to the Legislature. This web page will provide access to DEP information about those components while also soliciting feedback from the public.

Florida Statutes regarding recycling:  In addition to the 75% recycling goal, there are some other statutes that will affect, either directly or indirectly, the implementation of that goal. We will provide links to those statutes along with explanatory commentary.

DEP recycling main page:  Links to recycling data sources and programs.

If you have any questions or comments, or you want to be added to our list of stakeholders to receive information by email, please contact us at Recycling.Goal@dep.state.fl.us.