TO: The Solid Waste Disposal District Board of County Commissioners
THROUGH: John A. Titkanich, Jr., County Administrator
Sean C. Lieske, Director of Utility Services
Himanshu H. Mehta, PE, Managing Director, Solid Waste Disposal District (SWDD)
FROM: Jill Brown, Recycling Specialist, SWDD
Sue Flak, Recycling Education and Marketing Coordinator, SWDD
DATE: October 10, 2025
SUBJECT: Residential Paper Shredding Event on November 15, 2025
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BACKGROUND
The Solid Waste Disposal District (SWDD) and WM, Inc. of Florida will be partnering with Southeast Secure Shredding (SSS) to host the Fall Residential Paper Shredding Event on Saturday, November 15, 2025. All residents of Indian River County are invited to bring up to three boxes/bags of paper (up to 35 lbs. each) to be shredded and recycled. There is no charge to the public, but participation is limited to one drop-off per vehicle per household. The event will be held from 7 am to 11 am at SSS located at 3910 U.S. Highway 1 in Vero Beach.
ANALYSIS
SSS is charging $7 per vehicle. However, there is no anticipated event cost to SWDD, as WM will be covering the cost per the Franchise Agreement.
SWDD is responsible for the advertising of this event. Our last event on April 12, 2025, resulted in 555 cars and a diversion of 7.5 tons of paper from the landfill.
BUDGETARY IMPACT
The funding for the Fall Residential Paper Shredding Event advertising is available in the SWDD/CC & RECYC/ADVERTISING/EXCEPT LEGAL account, number 41125534-034810. This account is funded through user assessment fees; the anticipated cost for advertising this event is $8,000.
STRATEGIC PLAN ALIGNMENT
Infrastructure
STAFF RECOMMENDATION
Recommended Action
Solid Waste Disposal District staff recommends that the Board approve the Fall Residential Paper Shredding Event to be held on November 15, 2025.