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Pat Cuervo, a temporary worker with the Collier County Public Utilities Division of Solid Waste, tosses a light fixture into a recycle bin at the North Collier Recycling Drop-Off Center in North Naples on Tuesday afternoon. Tuesday was 'America Recycles Day', and Collier County officials took the opportunity to showcase the new drop-off facility for Collier County residents to recycle electronics, household hazardous waste and chemicals, plastics, batteries, cardboard, fluorescent light bulbs, cooking oil and propane tanks to name a few. Officials said because of recycling efforts taken by the county and embraced by the public, Collier County has gone from burying 460,000 tons of waste ten years ago to 188,000 tons of waste buried last year. Tristan Spinski/Staff

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Pat Cuervo, a temporary worker with the Collier County Public Utilities Division of Solid Waste, tosses a light fixture into a recycle bin at the North Collier Recycling Drop-Off Center in North Naples on Tuesday afternoon. Tuesday was "America Recycles Day", and Collier County officials took the opportunity to showcase the new drop-off facility for Collier County residents to recycle electronics, household hazardous waste and chemicals, plastics, batteries, cardboard, fluorescent light bulbs, cooking oil and propane tanks to name a few. Officials said because of recycling efforts taken by the county and embraced by the public, Collier County has gone from burying 460,000 tons of waste ten years ago to 188,000 tons of waste buried last year. Tristan Spinski/Staff

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  • Pat Cuervo, a temporary worker with the Collier County Public Utilities Division of Solid Waste, tosses a light fixture into a recycle bin at the North Collier Recycling Drop-Off Center in North Naples on Tuesday afternoon. Tuesday was 'America Recycles Day', and Collier County officials took the opportunity to showcase the new drop-off facility for Collier County residents to recycle electronics, household hazardous waste and chemicals, plastics, batteries, cardboard, fluorescent light bulbs, cooking oil and propane tanks to name a few. Officials said because of recycling efforts taken by the county and embraced by the public, Collier County has gone from burying 460,000 tons of waste ten years ago to 188,000 tons of waste buried last year. Tristan Spinski/Staff
  • Joanne Alspaugh, left, of Naples, watches as Rolando Nicasio, Pat Cuervo, and Drew Gretz, all with the Collier County Public Utilities Division of Solid Waste, unload her car of recyclables at the North Collier Recycling Drop-Off Center in North Naples on Tuesday afternoon. Tuesday was 'America Recycles Day', and Collier County officials took the opportunity to showcase the new drop-off facility for Collier County residents to recycle electronics, household hazardous waste and chemicals, plastics, batteries, cardboard, fluorescent light bulbs, cooking oil and propane tanks to name a few. Officials said because of recycling efforts taken by the county and embraced by the public, Collier County has gone from burying 460,000 tons of waste ten years ago to 188,000 tons of waste buried last year. Tristan Spinski/Staff
  • Scenes from the North Collier Recycling Drop-Off Center in North Naples on Tuesday afternoon. Tuesday was 'America Recycles Day', and Collier County officials took the opportunity to showcase the new drop-off facility for Collier County residents to recycle electronics, household hazardous waste and chemicals, plastics, batteries, cardboard, fluorescent light bulbs, cooking oil and propane tanks to name a few. Officials said because of recycling efforts taken by the county and embraced by the public, Collier County has gone from burying 460,000 tons of waste ten years ago to 188,000 tons of waste buried last year. Tristan Spinski/Staff
  • Rolando Nicasio, left, a temporary worker with the Collier County Public Utilities Division of Solid Waste, watches as David Mason, of Louisville, Ky., unload recyclable paint and other household products collected after cleaning out his father's garage, at the North Collier Recycling Drop-Off Center in North Naples on Tuesday afternoon. Tuesday was 'America Recycles Day', and Collier County officials took the opportunity to showcase the new drop-off facility for Collier County residents to recycle electronics, household hazardous waste and chemicals, plastics, batteries, cardboard, fluorescent light bulbs, cooking oil and propane tanks to name a few. Officials said because of recycling efforts taken by the county and embraced by the public, Collier County has gone from burying 460,000 tons of waste ten years ago to 188,000 tons of waste buried last year. Tristan Spinski/Staff

Tuesday was 'America Recycles Day', and Collier County officials took the opportunity to showcase the new drop-off facility for Collier County residents to recycle electronics, household hazardous waste and chemicals, plastics, batteries, cardboard, fluorescent light bulbs, cooking oil and propane tanks to name a few. Officials said because of recycling efforts taken by the county and embraced by the public, Collier County has gone from burying 460,000 tons of waste ten years ago to 188,000 tons of waste buried last year.

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4corners6 writes:

It doesn't say but it would nice to know where this recycle center is located.

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