Delray Beach Also Ranks High! Solid Waste Authority Releases New Numbers. You’ve Got To See Them…
BOCA RATON, FL (BocaNewsNow.com) (Copyright © 2025 MetroDesk Media, LLC) — If someone tells you that Boca Raton is trashy, they’re not lying. Same thing with Delray Beach. But it’s not bad. Both municipalities top the list of the communities that sent the most amount of refuse out for recycling in 2024. Here’s what the Palm Beach County Solid Waste Authority shared with BocaNewsNow.com:
In the last fiscal year, county residents placed more than 98,000 tons of recyclables in their blue and yellow recycling bins. That’s almost 197 million pounds of recyclable waste that would have otherwise been trashed. By the end of the fiscal year, almost 75,000 tons of recyclables were sold to mills and factories that could use them in making raw materials for new products. The top recycled items in Palm Beach County were:
- Mixed paper: Almost 31,000 tons
- Cardboard: More than 18,000 tons
- Glass: More than 17,000 tons
- Plastics: Almost 7,000 tons
- Aluminum: Almost 1,000 tons
- Cartons (aseptic): More than 45 tons
Since 2010, the SWA has shared the revenues received from the sale of these recyclable commodities with its partner municipalities. The Municipal Revenue Share Program rewards each municipality for the role they play in making Palm Beach County’s dual-stream recycling program successful.
After each city’s recyclables are transported to an SWA facility, sorted, baled and sold, the revenue is shared back with the cities, after processing costs. The revenue received from marketing these recyclables varies due to market conditions and international policy. Since the SWA started the Municipal Revenue Share Program in 2010, partner municipalities have received more than $10.3 million. Each municipality is able to spend their portion of the Municipal Revenue Share as they feel appropriate.
The Fiscal Year 2024 (FY24) recycled tonnage and totals since the program’s inception by municipality is as follows:
Atlantis
FY24 Tons Recycled: 148.77
Total Tons Recycled since 2010: 2,608.76
Total Municipal Revenue Share received since 2010: $38,578.64
Belle Glade
FY24 Tons Recycled: 11.17
Total Tons Recycled since 2010: 1,751.34
Total Municipal Revenue Share received since 2010: $30,500.14
Boca Raton
FY24 Tons Recycled: 4,853.11
Total Tons Recycled since 2010: 99,121.49
Total Municipal Revenue Share received since 2010: $1,515,912.48
Boynton Beach
FY24 Tons Recycled: 2,490.29
Total Tons Recycled since 2010: 49,852.50
Total Municipal Revenue Share received since 2010: $731,197.29
Briny Breezes
FY24 Tons Recycled: 64.68
Total Tons Recycled since 2010: 1,082.25
Total Municipal Revenue Share received since 2010: $15,654.42
Cloud Lake
FY24 Tons Recycled: 6.47
Total Tons Recycled since 2010: 108.22
Total Municipal Revenue Share received since 2010: $1,565.27
Delray Beach
FY24 Tons Recycled: 3,919.91
Total Tons Recycled since 2010: 66,237.88
Total Municipal Revenue Share received since 2010: $956,982.10
Glen Ridge
FY24 Tons Recycled: 12.85
Total Tons Recycled since 2010: 216.37
Total Municipal Revenue Share received since 2010: $3,130.95
Village of Golf
FY24 Tons Recycled: 19.41
Total Tons Recycled since 2010: 348.35
Total Municipal Revenue Share received since 2010: $5,533.37
Greenacres
FY24 Tons Recycled: 1,869.40
Total Tons Recycled since 2010: 31,968.63
Total Municipal Revenue Share received since 2010: $466,619.20
Gulf Stream
FY24 Tons Recycled: 77.62
Total Tons Recycled since 2010: 1,295.79
Total Municipal Revenue Share received since 2010: $18,251.69
Haverhill
FY24 Tons Recycled: 90.56
Total Tons Recycled since 2010: 1,515.14
Total Municipal Revenue Share received since 2010: $21,915.62
Highland Beach
FY24 Tons Recycled: 407.52
Total Tons Recycled since 2010: 7,137.77
Total Municipal Revenue Share received since 2010: $105,279.69
Hypoluxo
FY24 Tons Recycled: 207.00
Total Tons Recycled since 2010: 3,604.25
Total Municipal Revenue Share received since 2010: $52,859.53
Juno Beach
FY24 Tons Recycled: 329.90
Total Tons Recycled since 2010: 5,587.92
Total Municipal Revenue Share received since 2010: $79,537.27
Jupiter
FY24 Tons Recycled: 3,350.69
Total Tons Recycled since 2010: 56,329.12
Total Municipal Revenue Share received since 2010: $804,027.09
Jupiter Inlet Colony
FY24 Tons Recycled: 25.87
Total Tons Recycled since 2010: 528.05
Total Municipal Revenue Share received since 2010: $7,821.62
Lake Clarke Shores
FY24 Tons Recycled: 181.12
Total Tons Recycled since 2010: 3,134.81
Total Municipal Revenue Share received since 2010: $46,276.47
Lake Park
FY24 Tons Recycled: 340.43
Total Tons Recycled since 2010: 5,248.46
Total Municipal Revenue Share received since 2010: $76,677.23
Lake Worth Beach
FY24 Tons Recycled: 1,482.80
Total Tons Recycled since 2010: 10,719.60
Total Municipal Revenue Share received since 2019 (when they entered into the program): $30,932.52
Lantana
FY24 Tons Recycled: 633.91
Total Tons Recycled since 2010: 10,520.55
Total Municipal Revenue Share received since 2010: $159,871.85
Loxahatchee Groves
FY24 Tons Recycled: 161.71
Total Tons Recycled since 2010: 2,771.95
Total Municipal Revenue Share received since 2010: $40,564.40
Manalapan
FY24 Tons Recycled: 32.09
Total Tons Recycled since 2010: 674.09
Total Municipal Revenue Share received since 2010: $9,608.64
Mangonia Park
FY24 Tons Recycled: 84.09
Total Tons Recycled since 2010: 1,378.34
Total Municipal Revenue Share received since 2010: $20,255.23
North Palm Beach
FY24 Tons Recycled: 759.02
Total Tons Recycled since 2010: 18,331.62
Total Municipal Revenue Share received since 2010: $278,339.17
Ocean Ridge
FY24 Tons Recycled: 161.71
Total Tons Recycled since 2010: 2,912.75
Total Municipal Revenue Share received since 2010: $43,268.08
Pahokee
FY24 Tons Recycled: 207.00
Total Tons Recycled since 2010: 3,794.04
Total Municipal Revenue Share received since 2010: $57,475.71
Palm Beach
FY24 Tons Recycled: 1,011.85
Total Tons Recycled since 2010: 20,898.55
Total Municipal Revenue Share received since 2010: $319,880.97
Palm Beach Gardens
FY24 Tons Recycled: 3,567.43
Total Tons Recycled since 2010: 56,731.54
Total Municipal Revenue Share received since 2010: $806,817.99
Palm Beach Shores
FY24 Tons Recycled: 135.84
Total Tons Recycled since 2010: 2,345.75
Total Municipal Revenue Share received since 2010: $34,336.72
Palm Springs
FY24 Tons Recycled: 1,093.18
Total Tons Recycled since 2010: 17,601.49
Total Municipal Revenue Share received since 2010: $243,758.05
Riviera Beach
FY24 Tons Recycled: 1,985.83
Total Tons Recycled since 2010: 34,187.61
Total Municipal Revenue Share received since 2010: $507,029.09
Royal Palm Beach
FY24 Tons Recycled: 1,701.22
Total Tons Recycled since 2010: 28,397.68
Total Municipal Revenue Share received since 2010: $403,366.69
South Bay
FY24 Tons Recycled: 122.90
Total Tons Recycled since 2010: 2,059.38
Total Municipal Revenue Share received since 2010: $30,291.65
South Palm Beach
FY24 Tons Recycled: 181.12
Total Tons Recycled since 2010: 3,171.34
Total Municipal Revenue Share received since 2010: $46,597.34
Tequesta
FY24 Tons Recycled: 362.24
Total Tons Recycled since 2010: 6,334.94
Total Municipal Revenue Share received since 2010: $93,211.35
Wellington
FY24 Tons Recycled: 2,917.30
Total Tons Recycled since 2010: 50,338.74
Total Municipal Revenue Share received since 2010: $716,108.53
West Palm Beach
FY24 Tons Recycled: 6,183.91
Total Tons Recycled since 2010: 103,715.92
Total Municipal Revenue Share received since 2010: $1,506,352.90
Westlake
FY24 Tons Recycled: 207.00
Total Tons Recycled since 2010: 531.37
Total Municipal Revenue Share received since 2020 (when they entered into the program): $1,329.43
Not all recyclable items are accepted in Palm Beach County’s dual-stream recycling program. Learn what goes into the blue and yellow recycling bins.
If there are questions on the recyclability of an item in Palm Beach County’s program, check the search tool found at swa.org/isitrecyclable. If it is recyclable, we’ll even tell you which recycling bin to put it into.
You can also find drop-off locations around the county for many traditional and non-traditional items at swa.org/wheretorecycle.
I’m disappointed with this article. The amount of trash collected in bins rather than found on the streets and ocean should be celebrated & recognized. Maybe that’s why Boca & Delray have some much trash. We don’t litter!!
Well, if that’s the case then that’s a good thing. Trash is going to the right place, garbage cans and recycle bins.
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