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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Good Afternoon,
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">This email is to inform you that there may possibly be a reduction in your county’s recycling rate for 2017. In the past, FDEP has suspected that not all the waste landfilled in the state has
been accounted for in the County Annual Solid Waste Reports. It was suspected that many counties may not have been aware of waste that was leaving the county for disposal; therefore, 62.701.500 F.A.C. was changed to require landfills to report by county of
origin. Last year, 2017, was the first year FDEP has been able to provide a report of all the waste that was landfilled by county of origin. These reports provided the county recycling coordinators with the additional landfilled tons generated in each respective
county, but disposed outside the county. The increase in the additional landfilled tonnage was significant enough to cause a decline in most county recycling rates.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The statewide <b>
<u>overall</u> recycling rate</b>, which <b><u>includes</u></b> renewable energy recycling credits,
<b>decreased</b> from <b>56% (2016) to 52% (2017). </b>The statewide <u>traditional</u> recycling rate, which
<u>excludes</u> renewable energy recycling credits, decreased from 44% (2016) to 42% (2017). You can find the most recent published solid waste and recycling data tables at
<a href="https://floridadep.gov/waste/waste-reduction/content/2017-municipal-solid-waste-management-annual-report">
https://floridadep.gov/waste/waste-reduction/content/2017-municipal-solid-waste-management-annual-report</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Sincerely, <o:p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Karen Moore</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<a href="http://www.dep.state.fl.us/"><span style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;text-decoration:none"><img border="0" width="83" height="83" style="width:.8666in;height:.8666in" id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.png@01D411FE.8108F400"></span></a><span style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:105%"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:105%;color:#2F5597">Karen Moore<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:105%"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;color:#2F5597">Environmental Administrator<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:105%"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;color:#1F3864">Florida Department of Environmental Protection<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:105%"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;color:#1F3864">Division of Waste Management
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:105%"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;color:#1F3864">Waste Registration & Recycling Program<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:105%"><u><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;color:#2E75B6"><a href="mailto:Karen.S.Moore@floridadep.gov">Karen.S.Moore@floridadep.gov</a><o:p></o:p></span></u></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;color:#2E74B5">Office: 850.245.8864</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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