Recycling

The ECUA is using a single stream recycling system. This means the customer puts all recyclables in the gray recycling can, no sorting is required! The ECUA recycling truck will deliver the commingled recyclables to a processing facility that will do the sorting. While sorting is not required, it is very important that only acceptable items be placed in the gray recycling can.

ECUA Recycling Drop-off Site (s):

In addition to the Escambia County Recycling Drop-off Sites listed below, the ECUA has established a recycling drop-off site on its Ellyson campus. The new site is located on Sturdevant Street (off Copter Road), between the old airplane hangar and the ECUA Water Quality Laboratory. Items accepted at this drop-off site are the regular recyclables that are permitted for disposal in the residential curbside recycling container. Household hazardous waste, bulky recyclables and yard waste are not accepted at this site. For a full list of items included in the ECUA Residential Curbside Recycling Program, please refer to the "What Can I Recycle" link above. We also have added a collection rack in the same area for the convenient drop-off of your household cooking oils and grease.

Escambia County Recycling Drop-off Sites:

Several recycling drop-off sites, owned and operated by Escambia County, are located throughout the community. These are available to all citizens of Escambia County. Any questions or comments regarding these centers should be directed to the Escambia County Department of Solid Waste at 850-937-2160.

List of Escambia County Drop-off Sites

Fats, Oils, and Grease

Disposing of household grease correctly is essential to ensure that your home's plumbing and ECUA sewer lines don't get "all choked up." Pouring cooking grease down the drain is not recommended because as grease cools, it hardens, leading to "chokes" in your plumbing or sewer line. Even though we live in a warm climate, many fats harden at room temperature.

Oil Disposal Station The aim of ECUA's Grease Disposal Program is to help our customers capture and dispose of their cooking grease in an environmentally safe and effective way. Please return the used oil to the container it came in (if possible), or pick up a grease container that you can use to store and dispose of household cooking grease (see locations below). Return your filled container to any of the designated locations, and exchange it for an empty container, ready to repeat the process. It’s that simple!

Thanks for helping us keep sewer lines and your home’s plumbing clear and unclogged. For more information, please call ECUA Customer Service at (850) 476-5110.

Residential Cooking Grease Disposal Program Sites:

Clean & Green
3303 N. Davis Hwy.

Baskerville Donovan Engineering
449 West Main St.

ECUA at Ellyson Industrial Park
9255 Sturdevant St. (Outside gate, left of garage entrance)

ECUA Sanitation Department
3050 Godwin Lane (At east end of employee parking)

ECUA Bayou Marcus Water Reclamation Facility
3050 Fayal Dr. (Outside gate, right of plant entrance)

Via de Luna Drive
Adjacent to the green recycling bins, between Pensacola Beach Elementary School and Our Lady of Assumption Catholic Church.

Aboard NAS Pensacola (Military and Base Personnel Only) stations are located at:

Andrew Jackson Court
Fort Santa Maria de Galve Hase Road and Slemmer Avenue
Abb Street across from the Naval Survival Training Institute

And two new locations under construction at:

Murray Street and Billingsley Street
Corry Field Housing at NAS Corry Station