Mon, Sep 12
|SWA of Palm Beach Education Center
Inside a Recycling Plant: Field Trip Opportunity (3rd - 5th)
Participants will engage in a fun, educational experience as they learn about the Waste-to-Energy process at our local recycling facility. Limited to 15 total participants including adults.


Time & Location
Sep 12, 2022, 10:00 AM – Sep 13, 2022, 12:00 PM
SWA of Palm Beach Education Center, 6751 N Jog Rd, West Palm Beach, FL 33412, USA
About the Event
Participants will engage in a fun, educational experience as they learn about the Waste-to-Energy process and test their knowledge using a touch screen interactive table-top game. During the program participants will be escorted behind the scenes at the SWA Renewable Energy Facility 2. Depending on the arrangements there may also be a driving tour to see additional facilities such as Renewable Energy Facility 1, Utilities, Maintenance, Landfill, the Greenway Trail System, Bio-Solids, and the Recovered Materials Processing Facility (recycling center). This is an in-depth tour and will be tailored to the group and their interests. Please be prepared to walk approximately the length of 3 football fields. The tour will involve elevator rides and may include walking flights of stairs to access certain areas of the facility. It is required that you wear comfortable closed-toe walking shoes and long pants, we also recommend wearing or bringing a long sleeve shirt. Additional personal protective equipment may be required, including a hard hat, safety vest, protective eyewear, and hearing protection. We encourage you to bring your own reusable water bottle.
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This event is free of charge and extremely limited in capacity. If you can not make the even, please let us know so that we can open the waitlist.
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