Clay County is adding an additional recycling drop-off site in Middleburg, but there are no answers yet for when curbside recycling might resume.
The new site is at Omega Park, at 4317 County Road 218. It will be open from sunrise to sunset seven days a week, beginning Friday.
Although Jacksonville resumed curbside pick-up this week, the service has remained suspended in Clay since August, two months before Jacksonville stopped it.
The reasons were the same as in Jacksonville: a nationwide shortage of workers caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Although Jacksonville says its contractors now have enough employees to resume service, the situation has not improved in Clay.
Clay County's contractor, Waste Management, needs 42 licensed commercial drivers but fell 15 short at last count. Waste Management is offering a $10,000 signing bonus in an attempt to recruit workers in Clay County
Clay also is studying how to change the program to make it viable, including the possibility of alternating yard waste and recycling pickup. Another option is eliminating curbside pickup entirely and making drop-off sites permanent.
Results of the study are expected in May. For now, these are the drop-off sites in Clay County:
Temporary locations
- Fleming Island Library, 1895 Town Center Blvd., Fleming Island, open 24/7.
- Former Kingsley Lake Volunteer Fire Station, 6343 Seminole St., Kingsley Lake, open 24/7.
- Oakleaf Community Park, 3979 Plantation Oaks Blvd., Orange Park, open sunrise to sunset/seven days.
- Ronnie Van Zant Park, 2760 Sandridge Road, Green Cove Springs, open sunrise to sunset/seven days.
- Sunrise Park, 7933 Sunrise Blvd., Keystone Heights, open sunrise to sunset/seven days.
- Walter Odum Park, 450 Parkwood Drive, Orange Park, open sunrise to sunset/seven days.
- Omega Park, 4317 County Road 218, Middleburg, open sunrise to sunset/seven days.
Permanent sites
- Clay Hill Environmental Convenience Center, 5869 County Road 218, Middleburg, open Thursday-Saturday, 7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
- Doctor's Inlet Environmental Convenience Center, 288 Sleepy Hollow Road, Middleburg, open Thursday-Saturday, 7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
- Keystone Heights Environmental Convenience Center, 5505 County Road 214, Keystone Heights, open Thursday-Saturday, 7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
- Long Bay Environmental Convenience Center, 1589 Long Bay Road, Middleburg, open Thursday-Saturday, 7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
- Rosemary Hill Solid Waste Management Facility, 3545 Rosemary Hill Road, Green Cove Springs, open Monday-Saturday, 7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
