Recycling
Town Recycling Services
The Town of Mount Pleasant offers limited recycling services
- Used Oil Recycling - drop off your used motor oil and gas/ oil mixes at our maintenance facility on Sweetgrass Basket Parkway (5 gallon per visit maximum - residential use only)
- Oyster Shell Recycling - help the Town and SC Department of Natural Resources protect the environment by recycling your oyster shells at our maintenance facility on Sweetgrass Basket Parkway. The shells need to be collected and disinfected prior to being re-used for oyster reef construction. Shells should never be dumped into the marsh or a pond as it may be harmful to existing oyster populations.
- E-Waste Collection - The Town will collect your old TVs and computers for recycling. Please place them at the curb separately for your trash collection day. These electronics are not allowed in the landfill and must be processed separately.
- Recycling Bin Distribution - the Town does not perform curbside recycling we help the County distribute the blue bins! Blue bins can be picked up at our maintenance facility on Sweetgrass Basket Parkway - Monday through Friday from 8 am until 4 pm.
Charleston County Recycling Services
Charleston County Recycling offers curbside and drop off recycling services
- Curbside Recycling - the County has weekly and every other week recycling pick up at your curb. If you have a large blue bin you are getting weekly collections in a pilot program. Smaller blue bins are for every other week collections. Visit the County Recycling web site for information about what can be recycled, route scheduling, and holiday collection information.
- Recycling Bins - Recycling bins can be picked up from the Town's maintenance facility on Sweetgrass Basket Parkway - Monday through Friday from 8 am until 4 pm.
- Drop Site Recycling - The County has several drop site bins in the Town for newspapers, cans and bottles, and cardboard.
- Hazardous Materials - household cleaners, chemicals, paint, and other materials should be taken to the County's facility on Romney Street or Bees Ferry Landfill. Not sure what to bring, where to go or how to get there? Call the County at 720-7111 or visit the County Web site.
Special Recycling Items
Some materials have special disposal requirements
- CFL Light Bulbs - these bulbs help save energy but they cannot be put in your garbage can or recycling bin. The bulbs need to be recycled at special drop off locations. Bulbs need to be unbroken to prevent or minimize mercury exposure. Stores such as Lowes and Home Depot will have collection bins for bulbs.
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