Recycling A-Z

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• Be sure your packing peanuts aren't the biodegradable type which you can put in flower beds and vegetable gardens or in your compost pile as they are cornstarch-based.
• Publix supermarkets accepts clean foam meat trays and egg cartons for recycling. Look for the green bins outside the stores. Please consider buying eggs in fiber-based containers as they are much easier to recycle.
• Post-industrial expanded polystyrene isn't economically or environmentally feasible to recycle due to the cost and storage time to gather a truckload quantity in addition to driving the load across the country to a market.
• For a nominal fee, you can ship your expanded polystyrene to the Alliance of Foam Packaging Recyclers.

Paint

Please do not leave paint at the Stone Avenue Recycling Center.

Many charitable organizations will take good used paint. Check with your local schools, churches and theaters prior to disposal.

When disposing of your paint, the content must be dry. To properly dry the contents, add sand or kitty litter to the liquid and place into your garbage cart. 

Pallets

Pallets are recyclable. Please check yellow pages for additional listings. Call 467-8300 for additional vendors.

• Henson's Inc: 828-859-5836
• Pallet Solutions: 864-895-2145

Paper

Use canvas bags when shopping to avoid those extra bags from the grocery store. Many grocery stores sell canvas and mesh bags at a reasonable price. A canvas bag will hold more items, will not break and scatter your groceries, and the handles make the bags much easier to manage.

Also see mixed paper or office paper.

Pesticides

Purchase less toxic products when available, and only the amount you need. Do not overuse the product - more is not better. Donate unused portions of pesticides to neighbors, churches, and community groups.

Phone Books

Recycle phone books in your recycling bin at the curb or at the Stone Avenue Recycling Center drop-off or convenience centers.

Photographic Chemicals

Don't contaminate our drinking water by pouring chemicals into your drain!

Plastic Bags

Please return your plastic bags to your local supermarket for recycling. This includes:

• All clean, clear bags labeled with a Number 2 or Number 4
• Plastic dry cleaning bags
• Plastic newspaper bags
• Retail bags (hard plastic and string handles removed)

Plastic Newspaper Bags and Grocery Bags are not accepted in curbside bins or at the drop-off centers. Please try to reuse grocery bags for storage or for trash can liners or return to the local supermarket.

Note: Please ensure that all plastic bags are clean and dry. Please remove receipts.

The following are considered film contaminants, please do not include:

• No Film bags that have been painted or glued
• No Film bags that have had direct contact with food or organic material
• No Food Wrap (e.g., Saran Wrap®)

Plastic Containers

The city accepts all plastic bottles and jugs, and all plastic containers numbered 1-7.

Polystyrene & Polyethylene

Polystyrene and polyethylene can be recycled at:

• The Bean Bag Boys, Inc: 803-356-0326
• Plastics Reclaim: 864-421-0402
• Polymer Recovery Group: 704-391-2470
• Trademark Corporation: 879-1186

Propane Tanks

Please visit the Rhino Recycling website for more information.