The Sanitation Division consists of 53 personnel. Curbside Garbage and Trash Collection Service is provided on a weekly basis.


*****NOTICE OF CHANGE IN SERVICE*****
***EFFECTIVE SEPTEMBER 15, 2008***
Curbside debris will no longer be picked up on the same day as your garbage; it will be picked up the following day. Residents must place their curbside debris with their garbage to allow Public Services crews to mark the location ahead of time.
The Town of Mount Pleasant is installing a new, high tech way of locating, marking, and categorizing standard piles of residential trash left out for pick up. Trash includes leaves, brush, appliances, furniture, etc. We do not collect contractor or construction debris.

The new system lets the sanitation truck drivers electronically mark trash you leave out for pick up on the day they pick up your garbage. At the end of the day, the locations are sent to a mapping system that allows supervisors to determine the specific areas that will need trash collection.

The sanitation crews will use these maps the next day to pick up your trash in a much more efficient manner. This system will drastically decrease the miles that collection crews will have to cover. It will save your tax dollars, increase fuel efficiency, reduce carbon fuel emissions, and decrease wear and tear on the Town’s infrastructure.

CLICK HERE FOR YOUR NEW COLLECTION SCHEDULE!



* Please refer to our other garbage and trash collection pages for details on the proper way to place items at curbside for collection and to learn what items we can and cannot accept.

Garbage is collected and taken to an incinerator and Trash is taken to the Bees Ferry Landfill.

Residents with specific service requests should contact the sanitation office at 884-8518.

Residents with Recycling questions should contact Charleston County Recycling at 720-7111. You can obtain recycling information from the County's web site - Click here to link to the County's route scheduling information

***************NEWS FLASH 4/2010*****************
CHARLESTON COUNTY NOW COLLECTING CARDBOARD WITH CURBSIDE COLLECTIONS
**CLICK HERE TO LEARN ABOUT THE NEW PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS**