department of public works
About Recycling in Greenville
New Recycling Center Open on Rutherford Road
The North Greenville Recycling Center is located at 514 Rutherford Road and is open from 7 am to 7 pm seven days a week. The center accepts mixed paper/cardboard, aluminum, steel, glass and plastic and features an on-site educational facility for field trips, meetings and workshops.
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City Recycling Drop-Off Sites
800 E. Stone Ave., Greenville and
514 Rutherford Road, Greenville
Open 7 am-7 pm daily
864-467-8300
What We Recycle
City Receives Home Depot Foundation Grant
The City of Greenville received a $5,000 grant from The Home Depot Foundation. The award provided assistance completing the interior of the recycling education center, located on the grounds of the North Greenville Recycling Center.
Special Notice: Electronics Ban in Effect
It is against the law to dispose of COMPUTERS, COMPUTER MONITORS, TELEVISIONS and
PRINTERS (as well as parts of any of these items)
in a recycling or trash container.
For more information about this new law, S.C. Code of Law, 48-60-90, and ways to lawfully recycle the electronics listed above, visit
www.scdhec.gov/e-cycle.
The City of Greenville holds twice annual electronics recycling days to collect these items.
Or, you may drop off electronics anytime at any Greenville County recycling center.
View City Electronics Recycling Event Information
View County Drop-off Center Locations
All electronics, including televisions are collected during special recycling events only.
For more information on electronic recycling please visit
the EPA website
or DHEC's site.
Related Content: City Electronics and Fluorescent Bulb
Recycling Day | Guide to Recycling Electronics and Scrap
Our Customers
Reminder: Our services are for City of Greenville Solid Waste
Customers Only
For those who are not City of Greenville Solid Waste Customers, please contact
your waste hauler to inquire as to their services. Other possible service
providers are as follows:
Guide to County Recycling Programs
Greater
Greenville Sanitation Service District Area
Greenville County Solid Waste Division
City of Mauldin 864-234-3486
City of Simpsonville 864-967-9531
City of Fountain Inn 864-409-3334
City of Travelers Rest 864-834-9020
City of Greer 864-848-2184
Please refer to your telephone directory for private waste haulers
Recycle Drink Tabs and Support Local Charities
You can help support the Shriners Children's Hospital and the Ronald McDonald House, by bringing your drink
can tabs to the East Stone Avenue Recycling Center.
The City of Greenville will deliver the tabs to the organization so they can recycle them and use the funds to support their non-profit programs. Please drop off your tabs in the collection box at the Stone Avenue Recycling Center.
Getting Started
The City of Greenville collects recyclables from the curb once a week on your
scheduled collection day. Please place your bin at the curb by 7 a.m. each day
and remove after service. In case of rain, please hold your paper-based
recyclables until the next week, is possible. We do not accept plastic bags.
Please rinse all containers before placing them in the bin.
Garbage carts, recycling bins and bulk waste should be out at the curb no
earlier than 12 hours before collection day and all City containers must be
returned to the rear of the structure within 24 hours of collection.
Trash and Recycling Service
Contact the Public Works office at 864-467-4345 to request a bin. Bins will be
delivered to your home or business. City customers may receive more than one bin
upon request. The City is unable to provide recycling bins to property owners
who do not receive City services.
Links for additional recycling container options:
Kitchen Containers |
Garage Containers
Guide to Recyclable Items
Items collected curbside include:
Recycling Guide
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Mixed Paper |
Includes magazines, bulk mail, phone books, newspapers, etc. |
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Cardboard |
Please flatten boxes and remove all non-paper packaging such as Styrofoam. No
pizza boxes with heavy grease or cheese residue accepted. |
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Paperboard |
No heavy wax covered paper accepted, such as orange juice or ice cream
containers |
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Aluminum Cans, Foil and Pie Pans |
All are accepted if free of food residue. |
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Steel Cans and Scrap |
All are accepted. Please put scrap metal outside your recycling bin for pickup. |
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Glass jars and bottles |
(clear, brown, blue and green). No ceramic items, no window glass, no drinking
glasses or mirrors .
Including these items can ruin an entire load of glass.
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Plastic Bottles and Jugs - anything with a "neck"
We do not accept plastic bags or wide-mouth containers such as yogurt cups,
butter tubs or take-out boxes.
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Items Accepted:
- Vehicle tires (limit 4 per person), no rims or debris, no heavy equipment tires
- VHS and Beta tapes
- CDs and CD cases
- Used books
- Cellular phones (please do not drop-off standard phones). The City participates
in the Cell Phones for
Soldiers Recycling Program.
- Ink cartridges
- Crayons
- Eyeglasses
- Greeting cards
- Floppy disks
- Batteries (all types)
- Mixed paper (magazines, bulk mail, phone books, newspapers,
etc.)
- Cardboard Please flatten boxes and remove all non-paper
packaging such as Styrofoam. No pizza boxes accepted.
- Paperboard No wax covered paper accepted, such as orange juice
or ice cream containers.
- Aluminum cans
- Steel cans
- Glass jars and bottles (clear, brown, blue and green). No
ceramic items, no window glass, no drinking glasses or mirrors .
Including these items can ruin an entire load of glass.
- All plastic bottle and jugs. We do not accept plastic bags or
#5 Plastics such as wide-mouth containers such as yogurt cups, butter tubs or
take-out boxes. Learn more about how to
recycle plastics.
We do not accept:
- Paint
- Computer equipment. Please call local companies such as: EPSI 864-847-7700,
Clean Lites 864-503-9900, the U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency website.
- Hazardous materials including fluorescent light bulbs, ballasts, used oils and chemicals. Please call a local company such as: Pinnacle Environmental Services at 864-293-4124 for recycling options.
- Plastic bags
- #5 Plastics. Many community recycling programs do not accept #5 Plastic. Now you
can recycle tubs, trays and baskets here:
preserveproducts.com
For more information, visit Recycling A-Z.