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CITY OF MIAMI BEACH
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Department Memorandum No. 45-1996
To:
All Department Directors
Date: November 6,1996
From:
Jose Garcia-Pedrosa IJJ
City Manager 'I
Subject: DISPOSAL OF FOOD AND P APER WASTE
It is imperative that all employees within your department be explicitly informed that "food items"
cannot be mixed with paper items to be recycled. Please read the enclosed letter from V. Ponte and
Sons, Inc.
Beginning November IS, 1996, the cleaning staff will document and report to our office any
continuing violations of this directive. It is very important that we work together to protect our
environment and our efforts to contribute to that end.
r Thank you for your cooperation and assistance in eliminating this problem.
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Enclosure
c: Sergio Rodriguez, Deputy City Manager
Mayra Diaz Buttacavoli, Assistant City Manager
Joe Pinon, Assistant City Manager
Harry Mavrogenes, Assistant City Manager/DDHPS
Peter Liu, Executive Assistant to the City Manager/OMB
Jack Lubin, Executive Assistant to the City Manager
Richard Bender, Executive Assistant to the City MangerlLabor Relations
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1899 S.W. 31st Avenue
Pembroke Park, Florida 33009
305.986.2346
305.576.6168 Dade County
305.986.2342 Fax,
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October 28, .1996
Mr. Jose Garcia-Pedrosa
City of Miami Beach
City Hall
1700 Convention Center Drive
Miami Beach, Florida 33139
Dear Mr. Garcia-Pedrosa,
It has been a pleasure serving the City of Miami Beach with our progressive recycling
program, Since its onset, the program has been very successful. Unfortunately, the
month of October found the recycling dumpsters to be severely contaminated with food
waste and bathroom waste.
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It is very expensive for V. Ponte to dispose of the garbage as we are a recycling company,
with a facility zoned to accept recyclables only, not garbage. Separating the garbage
from the paper is very expensive and time consuming. In addition, the severe decline in
the paper market makes it even more difficult and costly to accept contaminated loads.
Weare experiencing the most difficulties with the following locations:
City Hall- 1700 Convention Center Drive - On October IS, 1996, the containers were
20% contaminated with garbage. The contamination factor has continually grown worse
and on October 22, 1996, the containers were 100% contaminated. We were not able to
empty the recycling containers on this date. It would be most appreciated if you could
have the recycling containers dumped into your garbage container so that any future
paper placed into our containers will not be contaminated.
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Miami Beach Police -1100 Washinl!ton Avenue - The contamination at this building is
so severe that we cannot service it at all. I have spoken to Ed Young previously, while at
the police department, and it is his feeling that the staff are not willing participants.
Garbage is being thrown into the wastepaper baskets making it impossible for the
cleaning crew to separate the paper from garbage. The enclosure for garbage and
recyclables is completely full of garbage. The cleaning crew is not utilizing our
containers, they are sitting upside down in the enclosure. If this facility does not want to
participate, then we must remove our equipment.
DON'T THROW THE
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Mr. Jose Garcia-Pedrosa
10/28/96
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It is our goal to provide your city with an exemplary recycling program, however, we
need employee cooperation. Attached, is a flyer for your convenience to be distributed
among your facilities. In addition, I feel that re-training of the cleaning company is
warranted as bags of food waste and bathroom waste are being thrown into our
containers.
I look forward to hearing from you so that we can schedule training and improve the City
of Miami Beach's recycling efforts.
Sincerely,
V. PONTE & SONS, L.C.
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Dianna Radcliff
Operations Manager
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PAPER
TO BE PLACED IN THE WASTEPAPER BASKET AT YOUR DESK
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OFFICE PAPER
COMPUTER PRINTOUTS
COLORED PAPER
WINDOW ENVELOPES
PHONEBOOKS/MAGAZINES
JUNK MAIL
FAX PAPER
PAPER OF ANY TYPE
ALUMINUM AND PLASTIC
TO THE KITCHEN/COFFEE STATION IN DESIGNATED CONTAINER
SODA CANS
SODAlWATERBOTTLES
GARBAGE
TO THE KITCHEN/COFEE STATION IN DESIGNATED CONTAINER
FOOD WASTE
GLASS
STYROFOAM
ALL OTHER NONIRECYCLABLES
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