Winter Park used recycled asphalt in the Village Lot and Blue Spruce Lot. Asphalt is roto-tilled from old roadways, then steam-rolled into place in our parking lots.
Winter Park recycles old lifts either through sale, reuse or scrap.
Our rags are recycled textiles.
The Winter Park Lift Maintenance shop crane is made of recycled scrap steel.
Winter Park's haul rope spooler is made of recycled scrap steel. The haul rope spooler is used to replace chairlift cables.
Our lift terminal cranes are made of recycled scrap steel. Lift terminal cranes are installed at the ends of lifts to assist in replacing parts as necessary.
Winter Park corral post pads are made of scrap seat pad vinyl. Seat pads need periodic replacement. Rather than disposing of the vinyl, we turn it into post pads.
Our corral posts are made of recycled scrap steel. Corral posts delineate the lanes at the bottoms of our chairlifts.
Our corral rope reels are made of old sheave wheels.A sheave wheel supports the lift cable at the towers.
Winter Park recycles anti-freeze.
Winter Park recycles approximately 2,500 gallons of used oil per year.
Winter Park recycles mineral spirits.
Winter Park recycles approximately 5,000 lbs. of scrap iron per year.
Winter Park recycles approximately 200,000 lbs. of recyclable paper, aluminum and glass each year, which equates to 773 cubic yards not taken at a landfill.
We recycle approximately 224 tons/yr of cardboard - 13% of our total solid waste that does not end up in a landfill.
Winter Park buys paper for copy machines, printer, etc. made exclusively of recycled paper products.
Paper products used by Winter Park's Facilities Department are composed of post consumer recycled paper and recycled paper.
Winter Park purchases cleaning chemicals in bulk and returns or reuses the 5 and 50 gallon containers.
We recycle all of our printer toner cartridges, a number that totals approximately 200 cartridges per year.
We reuse all our polystyrene packing peanuts.
The sheave liners that support the cable on our chairlifts is made of a type of rubber that recyclers are reluctant to take. Winter Park found a company, Oxford Recyclers, that was willing to take the used liners for a fee. We recycle approximately 800 pounds of rubber sheave liners each year.
