The Solid Waste Authority of Palm Beach County (SWA) is celebrating America Recycles Day with an open house to show attendees how 4 million tons of garbage and recyclables are efficiently, economically and responsibly managed each year.
 
This family-friendly recycling adventure is happening Sunday, Nov. 15, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., at the SWA’s Education Center, 6751 N. Jog Road in West Palm Beach.
 
Come see how your blue and yellow recycling bin materials are processed, and watch your garbage get processed into energy at the cleanest, greenest, most efficient renewable energy facility in the world (Source: Solid Waste Association of North America’s Applied Research Foundation). To add to the fun, there’ll be more than 50 vendors and food trucks, arts and crafts, kids games, face painting, a heavy equipment expo and more.
 
Event attendees will have the opportunity to take self-guided tours of the:

• LEED Platinum Education Center where they can learn how waste is handled from curb to the SWA, and see fossils that were dredged up from the SWA’s main campus
• Renewable Energy Facility 2 to learn how everything that’s placed into the garbage in Palm Beach County is converted to clean energy that powers 90,000 homes
• Recovered Materials Processing Facility (recycling) to see first-hand that recycling is alive and well in Palm Beach County, all while celebrating Palm Beach County’s state-leading recycling rate for the past four years (91% in 2025, 90% in 2024, 84% in 2023, and 80% in 2022)