News From the Solid Waste Authority of Palm Beach County

Solid Waste Authority of Palm Beach County News 

Nov. 15, 2022 

Contact: Willie Puz, Public Affairs and Recycling, 561-640-8914 (o); 561-379-2405 (c) 

SWA’s November Household Hazardous Waste Tip –After the Feast, Recycle the Grease 

 Promo Graphic: Attached 

Promo Video (00:15): https://youtu.be/OOFG0ot0-OQ 

 Fried turkeys are a Thanksgiving treat, but that used cooking oil? Not so much. 

 All home cooking oils - frying oil and bacon and hamburger drippings - can cause problems with plumbing, sewage collection systems and septic systems. If dumped down any drain, these oils can clog pipes, even if washed down with hot water. Blocked pipes can also cause sewage backups – an unappetizing thought and potentially expensive repair. 

Fortunately, Palm Beach County residents can recycle their used cooking oil for FREE, including canola, corn, olive, peanut and vegetable oils, as well as lard. 

To recycle your oil: 

• Allow the used cooking oil to cool. 
• Carefully pour the cooled cooking oil into a large, sturdy plastic or wax-coated leak-proof container no larger than 5 gallons, such as the original container or a juice carton. 
• Cap the container securely. 
• Don’t mix the used cooking oil with any other liquids or products. 
• Take to any of the SWA’s seven Home Chemical and Recycling Centers. 

The SWA’s locations include (from north county to south county): 

• Jupiter 

North County Transfer Station 

14185 Military Trail (SWA Road) in Jupiter 
Monday - Friday: 7 a.m. - 5 p.m. 

Saturday: 7 a.m. - 3 p.m. 

• West Palm Beach 

Home Chemical and Recycling Center 

6161 N. Jog Road in West Palm Beach 

Monday - Friday: 7 a.m. - 5 p.m. 
Saturday: 7 a.m. – 5 p.m. 
 

• Belle Glade 

Glades Regional Transfer Station 

1701 State Road 15 in Belle Glade 

Monday - Friday: 7:30 a.m. - 4 p.m. 

• Royal Palm Beach 
  West Central Transfer Station 

9743 Weisman Way in Royal Palm Beach 

Monday - Friday: 7 a.m. - 5 p.m. 

Saturday: 7 a.m. - 3 p.m. 

• Lantana 
  Central County Transfer Station 

1810 Lantana Road in Lantana 

Monday - Friday: 7 a.m. - 5 p.m. 

Saturday: 7 a.m. - 12 p.m. 

• Delray Beach – West 

Southwest County Transfer Station 

13400 South State Road 7 in Delray Beach 

Monday - Friday: 7 a.m. - 5 p.m. 

Saturday: 7 a.m. - 3 p.m. 

• Delray Beach – East 
  South County Transfer Station 

1901 SW 4th Ave. in Delray Beach 

Monday - Friday: 7 a.m. - 5 p.m. 

Saturday: 7 a.m. - 3 p.m. 

This used cooking oil drop off program is for residential cooking oil only. Commercial and industrial customers must contact a licensed commercial grease hauler for cooking oil disposal. Call 561-687-1100 for disposal options. 

In the last fiscal year, Palm Beach County residents recycled more than 49,000 pounds of cooking oil at the SWA’s Home Chemical and Recycling Centers. For more information on recycling cooking oil, go to SWA.org/CookingOil. 

Overall, the SWA’s Home Chemical and Recycling Centers either recycled or safely disposed of 4.9M pounds of household hazardous wastes each year. 

Remember, pollution prevention starts at home. A full list of household hazardous wastes can be found at SWA.org/HCRC, or call 866-792-4636 (toll-free) to learn more about the Solid Waste Authority of Palm Beach County’s Home Chemical and Recycling Centers. 

The Solid Waste Authority of Palm Beach County is a Dependent Special District that was created by the Florida Legislature in 1975. Since then, the SWA has developed an award-winning integrated solid waste management system to handle the county’s waste and recyclables. We call ourselves AWAY: whether you throw it, recycle it or flush it AWAY, we put your waste to work. Each year, we: 

• Process more than 100,000 tons of recyclables each year 
• Combust approximately 1.8 million tons of trash each year to generate electricity at our renewable energy facilities 
• Produce enough electricity to power approximately 74,000 homes each year, or about the number of homes in Boca Raton and Palm Beach Gardens 
• Recycle more than 150,000 tons of wastewater treatment residuals (sludge from flushes) into environmentally-friendly fertilizer 
• Safely dispose of more than 4.9 million pounds of home hazards a year 
• Collect water off of the roofs of Renewable Energy Facility 2 and store it in a 2 million gallon cistern, which is used as part of the energy making process 

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