What happens to the trash, recycling and yard waste that gets picked up at your curb every week? Or the debris from demolition and construction projects?
ANSWER: It goes to Lee County’s 260 acre
Waste Resource Recovery Facility on Buckingham Road, and gets sorted for reusable and recyclable materials. The parts of your trash with the lowest value are converted to energy that powers thousands of households!
Tours of this facility are available by calling 239-533-8000. On the tour, you will learn about “The Pit” and “The Claw” and a giant magnet, and how they fit into the disposal of your trash in viable economic and environmental ways.
Need mulch? It’s FREE to Lee County residents at
five locations. (Yard debris is turned into mulch.)
Thanks Vice Mayor Rexann Hosafros for touring the facility and sharing these pictures and info!
