Dorchester County Recycling Programs

Dorchester County l Summerville, Town of
Additional Used Motor Oil Collection Sites

Dorchester County

County Recycling Coordinator: Carolyn Tomlinson
Location and mailing address: 2120 East Main Street, Dorchester, SC 29437
Phone: (843) 832-0070 
Fax: (843) 832-0064 
Web site: www.dorchestercounty.net/SolidWaste.htm

Staffed Drop-off Sites

HOURS: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday, 7 a.m. - 6 p.m.; Saturday, 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. (CLOSED Wednesday and Sunday)

SITES COLLECT: Cans (aluminum, steel), paper (corrugated cardboard, newspaper and inserts, magazines, catalogs, office paper and junk mail), plastic bottles and jugs (#1, #2), glass (green, brown, clear), aluminum foil and pie plates, used motor oil, filters and bottles, auto and marine batteries -- NOTE: Sites marked with an asterisk (*) also accept farmer oil, up to 55 gallons.

Staffed Drop-off Sites

HOURS: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday 7 a.m. - 6 p.m.; Saturday, 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. (CLOSED Wednesday and Sunday)

SITES COLLECT: Cans (aluminum, steel), paper (corrugated cardboard, newspaper and inserts, magazines, catalogs, office paper and junk mail), plastic bottles and jugs (#1, #2), glass (green, brown, clear), aluminum foil and pie plates, used motor oil, filters and bottles, auto and marine batteries, brown goods, white goods (large appliances), textiles, waste tires, antifreeze, cooking oil (St. George only) -- NOTES: Sites marked with an asterisk (*) accept construction and demolition debris. Sites marked with two asterisks (**) also accept oil/gasoline mixture.

Staffed Drop-off Site 

HOURS: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday, 7 a.m. - 6 p.m.; Saturday, 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. (CLOSED Wednesday and Sunday)

SITE COLLECTS: Cans (aluminum, steel), paper (corrugated cardboard, newspaper and inserts, magazines, catalogs, office paper and junk mail), plastic bottles and jugs (#1, #2), glass, (green, brown, clear), aluminum foil and pie plates, used motor oil, filters and bottles, auto and marine batteries, brown goods, white goods (large appliances), waste tires

Staffed Drop-off Site

HOURS: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday, 7 a.m. - 6 p.m.; Saturday, 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. (CLOSED Wednesday and Sunday)

SITE COLLECTS: Cans (aluminum, steel), paper (corrugated cardboard, newspaper and inserts, magazines, catalogs, office paper and junk mail), plastic bottles and jugs (#1, #2), glass, (green, brown, clear), aluminum foil and pie plates, used motor oil, filters and bottles, auto and marine batteries, brown goods, white goods (large appliances), textiles, construction and demolition debris

Staffed Drop-off Site

HOURS: Monday - Saturday, 7:30 a.m. - 3 p.m.

SITE COLLECTS: Cans (aluminum, steel), paper (corrugated cardboard, newspaper and inserts, magazines, catalogs, office paper and junk mail), plastic bottles and jugs (#1, #2), glass, (green, brown, clear), aluminum foil and pie plates, used motor oil, filters and bottles, auto and marine batteries, white goods (large appliances), waste tires

Staffed Drop-off Site

HOURS: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday, 7 a.m. - 6 p.m.; Saturday, 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. (CLOSED Wednesday and Sunday)

SITE COLLECTS: Cans (aluminum, steel), paper (corrugated cardboard, newspaper and inserts, magazines, catalogs, office paper and junk mail), plastic bottles and jugs (#1, #2), glass, (green, brown, clear), aluminum foil and pie plates, used motor oil, filters and bottles, auto and marine batteries, textiles, oil/gas mixture, cooking oil

Staffed Drop-Off Site

HOURS: Monday - Friday, 8 a.m. - 4:45 p.m.; Saturday, 8 a.m. - 2:45 p.m.

SITE COLLECTS: Yard debris only 

Swap Shops

DETAILS: Drop off items suitable for reuse including small electrical appliances and furniture, toys, hand tools, unopened paint and usable carpeting. The following items will not be accepted: motorized equipment, fuel operated items, mattresses, clothing and other textiles.

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North Charleston, City of (incorporated area only)

Contact: Greg Spencer
Mailing address: PO Box 190016, N. Charleston, SC 29419
Phone: (843) 745-1026
Fax: (843) 745-1099

CURBSIDE COLLECTION: Cans (aluminum, steel), plastic bottles and jugs (#1, #2), glass (brown, green, clear), paper (computer paper, brown paper bags, magazines, mixed paper, newspaper and inserts)

NOTE: Curbside collection is administered by Charleston County Recycling. If you have questions about curbside recycling in North Charleston, please call 843-720-7111.

Summerville, Town of 

Contact: Dorothy Richards
Location: 104 Civic Center, Summerville, SC 29483
Phone: (843) 851-5210
Fax: (843) 832-8182

CURBSIDE COLLECTION: Paper (office paper, newspaper and inserts, magazines, junk mail), plastic bottles and jugs (#1, #2), glass (brown, green, clear), cans (aluminum, aerosol and steel), oil bottles with tops on, empty paint cans, foil and pie pans

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Additional Used Motor Oil Collection Sites

St. George

Summerville

NOTE: Sites marked with an asterisk (*) also accept used oil filters and motor oil bottles.

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NOTE: The information on this page is provided by local governments and may not reflect recent changes.
For the most up-to-date information, please call the contact listed.

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For more information about recycling in South Carolina, please call 1-800-768-7348.

This Web page was last updated on August 29, 2008.