Palm Beach County, Florida, seeking debris removal monitors

The Solid Waste Authority (SWA) of Palm Beach County, Florida’s debris management consultant, Thompson Consulting Services, is looking to hire hurricane debris removal monitors. A special hiring event is Wednesday, Sept. 13 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at 6248 High Ridge Rd. in Lake Worth, Florida. Look for the big Thompson sign.

If those interested in working as a debris monitor are not able to make this hiring event, they can also complete the form at www.stormjob.com.

The Solid Waste Authority of Palm Beach County is a dependent special district that was created by the Florida Legislature in 1975. Since then, the SWA has developed an award-winning integrated solid waste management system to handle the county’s waste and recyclables. We call ourselves AWAY: whether you throw it, recycle it or flush it AWAY, we put your waste to work. Each year, SWA:

process approximately 90,000 tons of recyclables;
burns approximately 1.8 million tons of trash each year to generate electricity at renewable energy facilities;
produces enough electricity to power approximately 74,000 homes;
recycles 150,000 tons of wastewater treatment residuals;
safely disposes of more than 3.6 million pounds of home hazards; and
collects water off of the roofs of Renewable Energy Facility 2 and store it in a 2 million gallon cistern, which is used as part of the energy making process.