The service providers were operating with limited service due to power outages and limited fuel availability, according to Bennett.
From Boca Raton Police Department:
IMPORTANT UPDATES for the CITY OF BOCA RATON...
City Wide Curfew continues to be in Effect Tonight dusk to dawn.
• The City’s EOC and CIC is still operational and taking your calls, 561-982-4900. Thanks to everyone who called in downed power lines, debris blocking roadways and the down traffic signals.
• Our crews having been working today to assess facilities and clearing the roadways.
Beginning tomorrow (Tuesday) our Sanitation Div. will begin regularly scheduled pick ups for HOUSEHOLD GARBAGE ONLY. Solid Waste Authority is not able to accept debris and recycling at this time. For safety reasons, we ask that you continue to keep your debris collection out of the streets.
• Continuing tonight, there is still a City-wide curfew from dusk to dawn.
• For your safety & the safety of our community, we urge all citizens to be off the roads and in their homes once it gets dark. Our police department will continue to enforce the curfew.
• City Hall and all facilities, including parks, beaches and libraries are closed until further notice. We will update you when we have more information.
• FPL continues to work restore power. Please call 1-800-468-8243 to either put in a ticket or check for updates.
• Above all, please be safe and help one another during this post-storm time.
Solid Waste Authority of Palm Beach County - HURRICANE IRMA UPDATE 4 Sept. 11, 2017 at 5:15 p.m.
Contact: Willie Puz, Public Affairs and Recycling, 561-640-8914 (o); 561-379-2405 (c)
Garbage collection resumes in PBC; SWA urges residents to separate waste piles
With the storm now passed, most Solid Waste Authority of Palm Beach County collection facilities will be open and accepting waste. Garbage collection will resume in unincorporated parts of the county as of 6 a.m. Tuesday (Sept 12).
However, recycling collection and vegetation collection WILL NOT resume as normal. The SWA’s Recovered Materials Processing Facility is without power and cannot process any recyclables that come in. The SWA will advise the public and the haulers when we are able to receive recyclables.
So that means Garbage Only collection until further notice.
The SWA’s transfer stations, the landfill and the waste-to-energy facilities will be open regular business hours tomorrow, Sept. 12. Municipalities are advised to seek the advice of their debris management consultants prior to delivering vegetation/storm debris to the SWA’s facilities, as doing so may complicate FEMA reimbursement.
The SWA is in the process of setting up Temporary Debris Management Sites for the receipt and processing of storm debris for municipalities and debris contractors. These sites are not available to the general public. The SWA will provide regular updates on the status of the opening of these sites.
All residents can help clean up our community by placing their waste and debris in three separate piles at the curb:
1. Put garbage and recyclables out by 6 a.m. on your regularly scheduled day. These will be picked up first.
2. Put all vegetation only in a second pile.
3. And, put all other construction storm debris in a third pile.
Be sure to keep these three piles separate and away from:
• Fences
• Mailboxes
• Power line equipment, poles, transformers, downed electrical wiring
• Water meters
• Fire hydrants or
• Storm drains
(Watch the SWA commercial on separating your waste piles - https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.youtube.com_watch-3Fv-3DidlwGeVYU64&d=DwIF-g&c=JMJxdiofvjJKeebMXBrIn8vDKQGaIrsQQJbzDQHviG0&r=6b9rMWcU-VZUcMHYJ2y1QcUjyDIgbntmkrh1dpgchCg&m=pvmbZZPWsacJrrS7JaEYY0C7vLfT1Ef983qo0MfiKXM&s=Wwe9z4-Gj3mEpMaPglWfX8NiqdIMaw2Gf3vVouLjZN0&e= )
There is no rush for residents to get all their storm debris to the curb. Debris collection vehicles will begin collecting debris later this week and will make multiple passes until all debris is picked up.
The SWA urges all residents to be patient as collection efforts resume. It may be weeks before the first collection of vegetation and construction storm debris reaches everyone.
Visit SWA.org/Hurricane for more information.
NOTE: There will be no reimbursement provided to any individual resident or homeowner association who hires a private contractor to remove and dispose of their vegetation and construction storm-related debris.
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