Florida

Market Development Information
Significant Legislative Action
State Solid Waste Data
State Recycling Business Directory Information
Materials Exchange and Reuse Programs
JTR Grants Awarded
Other Important State Links

Florida Department of Environmental Protection
Contact Information:
Peter Goren
Department of Environmental Protection
2600 Blair Stone Road
Tallahassee, FL 32399-2400
Phone: 850 487-9532
Fax: 850 921-8061
E-mail: peter.goren@dep.state.fl.us
Web site: www.dep.state.fl.us/waste/default.htm

Available Publications:
Solid Waste Management in Florida 1999, Florida Directory of Recycled Product Vendors.

Financial Assistance:
Florida Recycling Loan Program

Minimum Request: Maximum Request:	$50,000 $200,000
Eligible Applicants:	Processing and manufacturing industries.
Eligible Uses of Funds:	Machinery and equipment.
Restrictions:	Recycling businesses only, located in Florida with a net worth less than $6 million and qualifying number of employees.

Florida Center for Solid and Hazardous Waste Management
Contact Information:
John Schert
The University of Florida
2207-D NW 13th Street
Gainesville, FL 32609
Phone: 352 392-6264
Fax: 352 846-0183
E-mail: jschert@ufl.edu

Significant Legislative Action:

TBA

State Solid Waste Data:

For information on Florida's solid waste and recycling programs, link to the Florida DEQ Web site to view Florida's Solid Waste Management Annual Report.

State Recycling Business Directory Information:

Solid Waste Management in Florida
1999, Free (downloadable)
Florida Directory of Recycled Product Vendors
1998, Free (downloadable)

Florida Department of Environmental Protection
Karen Moore
2600 Blair Stone Road, MS 4570
Tallahassee, FL 32399-2400
Phone: 850 488-0300
Fax: 850 921-8061
E-mail: karen.s.moore@dep.state.fl.us

Materials Exchange and Reuse Programs

JTR Grants Awarded:

Florida ('96 - Recycling Business Assistance Center [RBAC])
This project created a new RBAC to focus on enhancing markets for organics and construction and demolition debris, the state's two largest waste streams. The RBAC works with Enterprise Florida, the state's economic development agency, to assist recycling businesses with their business, technical, and financial needs.
Florida ('99 - Center for Excellence in Deconstruction in the Southeast)
The Florida Recycling Business Assistance Center (RBAC) established a Center for Excellence in Deconstruction in the Southeast to expand the regional deconstruction and reuse infrastructure. The Center for Excellence in Deconstruction's is promoting building deconstruction within the building industry, spreading knowledge of deconstruction to organizations such as the U.S. military and Habitat for Humanity, and increasing the reuse of salvaged materials within the construction industry.