The City of Fort Lauderdale Ordinance C-95-36 requires apartments and condominiums to contract for on-site recycling containers and services, implement a recycling program, provide access to recycling containers and encourage tenants to recycle.
Springbrook Gardens Recycles
We comply with the city ordinance by contracting with {dgcontactinfo 53}[name]{/dgcontactinfo} for recycling and trash service. Recycling bins are emptied weekly on Wednesday and the dumpster is emptied bi-weekly on Mondays & Thursdays.
Residents can place all loose recyclable materials indicated below in the rolling bins that are located in the North parking lot. You may also use Kitchen Blue Recycling Bags. Do not use plastic grocery bags.
- Plastic containers with a narrow neck such as water bottles, milk jugs, shampoo containers, etc.
- Aseptic/paperboard containers such as juice and wine cartons, drink boxes, milk cartons, frozen food packaging, dry food boxes, etc.
- Glass food and beverage containers
- Metal cans and lids
- Pizza boxes, free of grease spots and food particles
- Paper (such as junk mail, inserts, newspapers, magazines, catalogs, soft cover books), office paper, and any paper that tears
- Shredded paper in paper bags (not plastic bags)
- Cut/flattened cardboard no larger than 4 feet x 2 feet
All other household trash should be disposed of in the trash chutes or directly in the dumpster on the first floor.
Residents may not place items such as appliances, Christmas trees, construction items, electronics, furniture, hazardous waste, sinks, toilets, etc., in our dumpster. Find out how to recycle these items below.
Examples of items that should not be placed in the recycle bins are:
- Rechargeable batteries
- Plastic bags or plastic wrap (recycle plastic grocery bags at Publix)
- Styrofoam or plastic take-out containers or trays
- Certain glass products including window and autoglass, lightbulbs, mirrors, glass cookware, bakeware, or ceramics
- Scrap metal
- Paint and pesticides
- Electronic waste or accessories (see below)
- Medical waste or pharmaceuticals
- Household garbage and other waste such as gas cylinders, tanks, rocks, dirt, building debris, flammables, small appliances
- Food-contaminated paper or cardboard, or waxed cardboard
- Pizza boxes
- Misc. plastics (toys, cups, etc.)
More Recycling Opportunities
Why Recycle Electronics?
- You'll help decrease the amount of toxins such as lead, mercury and cadmium that enter the environment.
- Valuable natural resources such as gold, copper and nickel are recovered in the e-cycling process and returned to market in new products.
- It takes less energy to recover and recycle natural resources than to mine them from the earth, reducing the use of fossil fuels and lowering greenhouse gas emissions.
- Many retailers and manufacturers offer e-cycling programs. For a list of participants, visit the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency or research by zip code at Earth 911.
- Click here: Broward County Electronics Recycling for information on how to recycle your electronics in Fort Lauderdale and Broward County.
Hazardous Waste Disposal
The City of Fort Lauderdale has partnered with neighboring communities to provide convenient, new options for residents to dispose of household hazardous waster and electronics (proof of residency required with drivers license or utility bill). Please contact the City's 24-hour Customer Service Center at (954) 828-8000 or visit at gyr.fortlauderdale.gov.Items that you can and cannot drop off:
- Acceptable Hazardous Waste
- Paint, oil or latex
- Paint thinner and stripper
- Motor oil and filters, automotive fluids, gasoline
- Other automotive fluids including gasoline
- Pesticides/Insecticides
- Fertilizers
- Pool chemicals
- Fluorescent tubes
- Spot removers
- Oven and drain cleaners
- Furniture and metal polish
- Items containing mercury
- Batteries, rechargeable and automotive
- Propane tanks
- Fuel
- UNACCEPTABLE Hazardous Waste
- Biohazard/medical waste
- Explosives
- Waste generated from a business
- Electronic Items Accepted
- Computers
- Monitors
- Keyboards
- Mice
- Terminals
- Printers
- Fax machines
- Modems
- Cell phones
- Rechargeable batteries
- Televisions
- Copy machines
- Items NOT Accepted
- Office furniture
- Stereos or speakers
- Musical instruments
- DVD players or VCR's
- Appliances
- Microwave ovens
- Electric hand tools
- Trash or debris
Recycling Codes
- #1 PET(E): Polyethylene terephthalate (Polyester fibers, soft drink bottles)
- #2 PEHD or HDPE: High-density polyethylene )Plastic bottles, plastic bags, trash cans, imitation wood)
- #3 PVC: Polyvinyl chloride (Window frames, bottles for chemicals, flooring)
- #4 PELD or LDPE: Low-density polyethylene (Plastic bags, buckets, soap dispenser bottles, plastic tubes)
- #5 PP: Polypropylene (Bumpers, car interior trim, industrial fibers)
- #6 PS: Polystyrene (Toys, flower pots, video cassettes, ashtrays, trunks)
- #7 O(ther): (All other plastics)