Recycle all plastics now!

Charleston County now accepts plastics #1-7 for recycling. If you aren't sure (the numbers are sometimes difficult to read) they suggest you put it in the recycle bin, they would rather have it than not... please do your part and recycle, it saves money on trash bags! From their website:

Items NOT recycled:

Drinking glasses
Hazardous Materials containers
Plastic bags - can be taken to local grocery stores
Plastic wrap
Plastic or wire hangers - can be taken to dry cleaners or thrift stores
Pots and pans
Styrofoam packaging, peanuts - (take to packaging stores).
Textiles (clothing) - can be taken to local charities

Items to be placed in blue recycling bins for pick-up:
#1 through #7 plastics. Please rinse out the containers.
(These numbers can be found on the bottom of most containers.)
Motor oil bottles (unrinsed with lids on)
Aerosol cans
Aluminum cans
Glass bottles and jars
Steel food cans

Items to be placed in brown paper bags or stacked and bundled separately for pick-up (or in a recycling bin):
Junk mail
Magazines
Newspaper
Office paper
Paperboard packaging containers (Such as cereal boxes)
Plastic window envelopes
Gift wrapping paper
Flatten cardboard, that is three feet by three feet in size, and place it between or under recycling bins (one for paper products and one for bottles and cans) or place the cardboard in a separate bin. Larger pieces of cardboard can be taken to cardboard drop sites.

Other recyclable Items that must be taken to convenience centers (Some of these items might not be accepted at the Recycling Center, call 720-7111 before dropping off.):

Used motor oil and filters
Electronic waste, i.e. computers
Tires
Paint
Household hazardous materials
Compact florescent light bulbs (CFLs)
Yard waste
Car batteries, battery acid and NiCad batteries
Scrap metal and appliances (refrigerator doors removed)
Household batteries
Fluorescent tubes (unbroken)
Used cooking oil
Old gasoline and two-stroke mix
Antifreeze
Propane tanks (emptied with valves removed)

Questions?

Environmental Management/Recycling
13 Romney Street
Charleston, SC 29403
(843) 720-7111