Jan 12 - FL - Florida's Goal of Recycling 75% of its Waste by 2020 "Difficult At Best"

Florida's Energy, Climate Change, and Economic Security Act of 2008 set a goal of a statewide recycling rate of 75% by 2020.  The Legislature required the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP) to develop a program by this month as to how Florida counties could meet that goal.  The FDEP released a report last week with recommendations, which the Legislature will review this year.

Yet, many waste experts say that, short of a social overhaul as to how waste is disposed, achieving the 75% goal "would be difficult at best."

Florida's current recycling rate is approximately 28%, which is short of the 30% goal set by the state Legislature two decades ago.  Read the entire article