Waste and Recycling Services

Resource Recovery System Schedule of
Rates, Fees and Charges

WASTE-TO-ENERGY FACILITIES-As of October 1, 2007

Processable Waste

$93.65 per ton

BROWARD INTERIM CONTINGENCY LANDFILL - As of October 1, 2001

Non-Processable Waste

$50.00 per ton

Construction and Demolition Material

$30.00 per ton

Yard Trash

$50.00 per ton

Clean Mulch

NOT being accepted until further notice.

Recycled paper Residue

NOT being accepted until further notice.

Trailers (mobile homes)

$10.00 per foot

Boats and trailers

$5.00 per foot

Tires (all sizes)

$110.00 per ton

Cars

$2.00 each

Station Wagons/Mini Vans

$2.00 each

Mini-or Mid-Size Pickup Trucks (6' bed or smaller)

$50.00 per ton

Full-Size Pickup Trucks (bed larger than 6')

$50.00 per ton

Weighing/Certifying Fee

$6.00 per official weight

Additional Service Hours

Actual Cost plus 15%

Emergency Service Hours

Actual Cost plus 15%

Special Handling Fees

As set by the Board of County Commissioners

Duplication of Weigh Tickets

$ 3.00 per ticket

Delinquent Fee (authorized credit accounts only)

1½% per month of delinquent amount due

Dishonored Checks (authorized credit accounts only)

$25 on checks up to $49.99; $30 on checks between $50.00 and $299.99; $40 or 5% (whichever is greater) on checks $300.00 and above.

Reinstatement of Charge Priviledges

$50 for insurance and $150 for Non-payment and Insufficient Security Deposit

*Construction and Demolition Debris means "materials generally considered to be not water soluble and nonhazardous in nature, including, but not limited to, steel, glass, brick, concrete, or asphalt roofing material, pipe, gypsum wallboard, and lumber, from the construction or destruction of a structure as part of a construction or demolition project, and including rocks, soils, tree remains, trees, and other vegetative matter which normally results from land clearing or land development operations for a construction project..." Chapter 403.703 (17) F.S.

SUBJECT:
Capacity at Broward County Solid Waste Facilities

SERVICE AREA:
Broward County, excluding the cities of Dania, Hallandale, Pembroke Pines, Pompano Beach and Parkland.

CURRENT CAPACITY (in tons):

  • 1.6 million tons/year (two waste-to-energy facilities @ 2,250 tons/day)
  • 3,800,000 cu. yd. at the Broward Interim Contingency Landfill (BIC)
  • Central Disposal Sanitary Landfill, owned/operated by Waste Mgmt., provides additional backup capacity on an as-needed basis in accordance with contractual agreement

CONTRACTUAL REQUIREMENTS (WHEELABRATOR FACILITIES):
1,095,000 tons per year.

CURRENT DEMAND:
1,000,000 tons per year. ± 30,000 tons per year at BIC

FUTURE CAPACITY:
Each waste-to-energy facility is expandable by 33%. A third location is reserved at the Broward County Landfill. There are no current plans for expansion

LOCATION OF FACILITIES:

PROCESSABLE WASTE (burnable)

Wheelabrator South Broward, Inc.
4400 South State Road 7
Ft. Lauderdale
(between I-595 & Griffin Road)

Wheelabrator North Broward, Inc.
2600 N.W. 48th Street
Pompano Beach
(next to Central Disposal Landfill)

NON-PROCESSABLE WASTE (non-burnable)

Broward Interim Contingency Landfill
U.S. 27 & Sheridan Street
Ft. Lauderdale

RATES:
$93.65/ton - Processable
$50.00/ton - Non-Processable

OTHER MAJOR IN-COUNTY FACILITIES:
Central Disposal Sanitary Landfill
3000 N.W. 48th Street
Pompano Beach
(
private landfill owned/operated by Waste Management)