Trash & Recycling in South Carolina (2026)

Charleston residents must separate bulk trash categories at the curb, pile loose trash compactly, and bundle boxes and…

Charleston County Code Sec. 10-24 requires every owner of residential or commercial property in the unincorporated…

In unincorporated Cherokee County, South Carolina, residential waste containers must sit at roadside, adjacent to or…

Columbia limits when trash and recycling receptacles can sit on city streets or sidewalks, bars hazardous materials…

Dorchester County requires residents to place household waste inside a county portable disposal container at a…

Florence County doesn't run its own curbside trash trucks in the unincorporated area: private haulers do the pickup…

Unincorporated Georgetown County has no county-run curbside trash truck for single-family homes; residents self-haul to…

Greenville County does not run a countywide curbside garbage service in unincorporated areas. Residents either hire a…

The county's green box roadside collection system, created under Code § 8-1-24, is reserved for household sanitary…

Horry County Code Sec. 10.5-22 requires every person to arrange removal of solid waste from their property, either…

Kershaw County's franchise contract requires once-a-week household garbage collection, with the collector supplying a…

Unincorporated Lancaster County has no curbside pickup; residents haul their own trash to county container sites…

Unincorporated Laurens County has no curbside trash pickup: residents haul waste to county-run solid waste container…

Mount Pleasant residents must place containers curbside on a public street no more than 12 hours before their pickup…

Every solid waste collector working in unincorporated Oconee County must hold a county collector license and display a…

Orangeburg County requires every solid-waste collection vehicle serving the unincorporated county to stay sanitary and…

Pickens County runs solid waste through drop-off facilities rather than curbside pickup: residents haul household waste…

Richland County's curbside contractors will not collect certain waste categories under Sec. 12-29. Dead pets go out…

Trash has to fit below the rim of your Rock Hill garbage cart with the lid closed, and every box or carton must be…

Simpsonville Public Works collects household trash and yard waste Monday through Friday on a 5-day route schedule for…

Unincorporated Spartanburg County has no curbside garbage truck route; residents haul household garbage themselves to…

Unincorporated Sumter County has no residential curbside pickup: households take household solid waste to…

South Carolina law, not just county ordinance, sets who runs trash and recycling pickup in York County. S.C. Code §…

Every vehicle collecting or transporting solid waste in unincorporated Darlington County must be kept sanitary, built…

Beaufort County requires residents to store solid waste and recyclables properly before collection, keep containers…

Charleston residents must have solid waste at the curb or edge of pavement before 6:30 a.m. during daylight savings…

Charleston County residents should set out the recycling roll cart by 7am on collection day (or the night before), keep…

In unincorporated Cherokee County, South Carolina, residential waste containers must sit at roadside adjacent to or…

Columbia tells residents exactly when a roll cart can sit at the curb and where it has to go the rest of the time. City…

Unincorporated Florence County has no curbside cart pickup: residents use shared 'green box' collection sites instead…

In Myrtle Beach, all items for collection must be at the curb within five feet of the pavement edge by 6:00 a.m. on the…

Households in unincorporated Kershaw County must set garbage and yard trash containers at curbside on collection day…

Lexington County sets exact curbside hours for trash and recycling carts, plus where to store them the rest of the week.

Mount Pleasant garbage carts must be town-issued 64- or 95-gallon roll-out containers, placed with handles facing away…

The City of North Charleston controls when garbage rollcarts sit at the curb: out no more than 12 hours before…

Unincorporated Oconee County requires solid waste containers to be watertight and vector-resistant, stored in the side…

Pageland residents must bag garbage before it goes in the rollout cart and set the cart near the sidewalk or street for…

In unincorporated Richland County, roll carts go at the curbside of the nearest public road by 7:00 a.m. on collection…

Rock Hill households must keep mobile garbage carts off sidewalks, driveways, streets and neighboring property, and can…

Place the black Simpsonville cart at the curb by 7 a.m. with the front facing the road and at least 3 feet of clearance…

In unincorporated Darlington County, licensed haulers and local government units may provide lidded roll-out carts for…

Illegal dumping of bulky trash, appliances, or construction debris on roadsides and vacant land is a crime in South…

In unincorporated Greenwood County, Code § 8-1-5(e) bans dumping large, bulky items in county trash containers…

Beaufort County Code of Ordinances § 62-25 excludes dead animals, construction/demolition debris beyond household…

Charleston offers free bulk pickup for furniture, mattresses and white goods if the sanitation division is notified…

Oversized objects may not be dumped at Charleston County's resource recovery facility. Metal objects over 9 inches or…

Columbia won't collect furniture, appliances or bedding with the regular roll cart route. City Code § 19-37(b) requires…

Dorchester County accepts construction debris and yard waste at its convenience sites only from residents doing their…

Bulky items don't go in Florence County's green boxes. Florence County Code Section 13-1(5)-(6) excludes stumps, limbs…

Georgetown County has no curbside bulk pickup; large items go to the solid waste management complex, where Sec…

Unincorporated Greenville County residents self-haul bulky waste to a Residential Waste & Recycling Center or the Twin…

Myrtle Beach collects up to two cubic yards of bulk waste placed curbside in a segregated pile on the regular…

Unincorporated Lancaster County bans bulky rubbish, furniture, appliances, mattresses, building materials, brush…

Laurens County bans bulky construction debris from its neighborhood bulk containers. Sec. 32-260 keeps bricks, block…

Regular franchise garbage service in Lexington County does not cover furniture, appliances, building materials, or…

In the Town of Mount Pleasant, large items such as appliances and furniture go out curbside for bulk-item pickup…

North Charleston collects bulk trash, white goods, furniture, building materials, and limbs curbside under Code of…

Oconee County has no curbside bulk pickup: furniture, appliances and other large residential loads go to the Solid…

In unincorporated Orangeburg County, brush and limbs from commercial tree cutting or any tree debris over six inches in…

Richland County will haul away large household items like furniture, mattresses and appliances at no extra charge, but…

Furniture, white goods and other bulky household items go to the Rock Hill curb only after scheduling with public…

Simpsonville collects bulk items and white goods without an appointment during the first weeks of May and October…

Spartanburg County operates a wood chipping and grinding facility plus a Class Two (C&D) landfill and a Class Three…

In unincorporated Kershaw County, furniture, appliances, building material and large tree limbs are not part of…

The South Carolina Solid Waste Policy and Management Act (Title 44 Chapter 96) bans certain materials from landfills…

Aiken County requires household recyclables and waste dropped at its Recycling Drop-Off Centers to be bagged in…

Beaufort County requires any collector that provides curbside residential trash pickup to also provide curbside…

Every residential property in unincorporated Darlington County, including mobile homes and farm residences, pays a…

Georgetown County runs drop-off recycling centers, not curbside pickup, and Sec. 8-22 limits them to county residents…

Greenville County has no mandatory recycling ordinance, but operates free drop-off recycling at its Residential Waste &…

Section 8-1-44 bars anyone from selling, misusing, damaging or destroying a county recycling container in…

Mount Pleasant requires paper and cardboard boxes in large quantities to be disposed of at a recycling center rather…

Oconee County runs no curbside recycling route; residents bring recyclables to a county recycling and convenience…

Unincorporated Richland County provides curbside recycling by roll cart under Code Sec. 12-22. Only authorized…

Simpsonville discontinued curbside single-stream recycling in 2021 due to contamination and rising fees. Residents now…

Spartanburg County's Recycling Department offers 17 staffed Recycling Convenience Centers for county residents, open…

Columbia does not put every household on curbside recycling automatically. City Code § 19-35 makes recyclables…

Franchise collectors in unincorporated Kershaw County must pick up recyclables, glass, paper, metal and cardboard…

Every Rock Hill household already on city mobile-container trash service also gets curbside recycling at no extra…

Horry County does not mandate recycling: Code Sec. 10.5-20 only encourages residents to separate recyclables into…

Richland County Solid Waste and Recycling, part of Public Works, moves curbside collection to the next day when your…

Beaufort County bans dumping or accumulating any solid waste anywhere in the county except at a facility approved by…

Berkeley County flatly bans dumping refuse, litter or pet waste on public or private property, in the street, or into…

Charleston bans depositing solid waste of any kind on public or private property except in a lawful container under…

Columbia makes it unlawful to dump, throw, drop, deposit or discard litter or solid waste on any public or private…

Dumping litter or solid waste anywhere in unincorporated Darlington County outside an approved disposal site is a…

Dorchester County bans dumping litter or solid waste on public or private property and waters outside a designated…

Illegal dumping in unincorporated Florence County is a misdemeanor under Florence County Code Section 13-2, punishable…

Dumping garbage, refuse, litter, junk, appliances or tree limbs anywhere in unincorporated Greenwood County outside a…

Lancaster County bars commercial trash haulers from using its container sites. Section 12-67 makes it unlawful for…

In unincorporated Laurens County, illegal dumping carries an escalating fine under County Code § 32-326: $250 for a…

Dumping garbage or trash anywhere within the Town of Mount Pleasant's municipal limits is prohibited outright under §…

Dumping litter or solid waste on any public or private property in North Charleston, including city waters, is banned…

Dumping litter or solid waste outside a designated Oconee County disposal facility, or open-dumping on private land, is…

Dumping litter or solid waste anywhere in unincorporated Orangeburg County outside the county landfill or transfer…

It's unlawful to deposit any solid waste on public or private property anywhere in Pageland under Town Code section…

Aiken County makes it unlawful to dump or leave trash, refuse, or garbage on any property unless the site is a…

Anderson County makes it unlawful to dump, throw, drop, deposit, or discard litter or solid waste on any public or…

Kershaw County's Litter Control Ordinance bans dumping, throwing or discarding litter or solid waste on any public or…

Lexington County bars anyone from letting waste, trash, rubbish, refuse, or litter pile up on land, or inside or under…

Rock Hill's solid waste code bans dumping anywhere except an approved solid waste facility, and lets the public works…

Dumping or discarding litter or solid waste on public or private property in Charleston County is unlawful. Fines start…

In unincorporated Cherokee County, South Carolina, no one can dump, throw, deposit or discard litter or solid waste on…

Dumping litter or solid waste on public or private property anywhere in Georgetown County is a misdemeanor. Depositing…

Dumping trash on public or private property in Greenville County is illegal under County Code §9-122 and South…

Horry County Code Sec. 10-16(a) makes it unlawful to throw or dump garbage, refuse, junk, appliances, tree limbs, or…

Dumping litter or solid waste on public or private property you do not own in unincorporated Pickens County is a…

It is unlawful to dump garbage, debris, junk, appliances, or any solid waste anywhere in unincorporated Richland County…

Dumping litter or solid waste on public or private property is illegal statewide under SC Code 16-11-700, with fines…

Dumping litter or solid waste on public or private property you don't own is prohibited statewide under S.C. Code…

Dumping litter or debris in unincorporated Sumter County carries a $100 to $200 fine plus three hours of public service…

Dumping litter, garbage, solid waste or bulk items anywhere in unincorporated York County outside a licensed disposal…

Beaufort County caps curbside yard waste at branches under six inches thick and four feet long, and the material cannot…

In unincorporated Cherokee County, South Carolina, leaves, tree branches and yard trimmings that come from a private…

Columbia keeps yard debris out of the regular trash stream. City Code § 19-37(c) requires shrubbery trimmings, grass…

Yard trash such as leaves, branches and clippings cannot go in curbside garbage carts or convenience-station household…

Dorchester County has no curbside yard waste pickup. Grass, leaves and brush from general yard maintenance, as defined…

Yard waste in unincorporated Florence County can't go into a storm drain or the household green box. Florence County…

Georgetown County defines yard waste as pure vegetative matter like leaves, brush, grass and limbs under eight inches…

Anyone hauling leaves, limbs, brush or other solid waste in unincorporated Greenwood County must keep an open vehicle…

Horry County Solid Waste Authority convenience centers accept yard waste, meaning leaves, tree limbs and brush…

Laurens County keeps yard debris out of its neighborhood bulk containers. Sec. 32-259 bans trees, tree parts, shrubbery…

Lexington County requires yard debris to go out at curbside only, unlike household garbage, which residents may set for…

Mount Pleasant requires leaves and grass clippings in biodegradable paper leaf bags of at least 30 gallons, and tree…

The City of North Charleston requires logs and limbs cut to six inches in diameter and four feet in length, with leaves…

Oconee County defines yard waste as vegetative matter from landscaping maintenance and routes it to the county mulching…

Pageland picks up limbs, underbrush and leaves placed at the street under Town Code section 26-8, but limits branches…

Richland County collects yard waste separately from garbage at no extra charge, but only within tight size limits under…

Rock Hill runs curbside leaf-truck pickup only in November, December and January, plus February by appointment; the…

York County treats yard trash, land-clearing debris and untreated lumber as 'cellulosic materials,' which residents can…

Anderson County makes it the property owner's duty to keep leaf piles out of gutters, inlets, catch basins and ditches…

Franchise collectors in unincorporated Kershaw County must collect yard trash weekly, but only between April and…

Placing or maintaining a dumpster on a Charleston right-of-way requires a dumpster permit from the department of…

Placing a roll-off container in unincorporated Georgetown County for a construction or cleanout project runs through…

Using someone else's privately owned dumpster in Pageland without permission is unlawful under Town Code section 26-16…

Any trash container of four or more cubic yards that sits in open storage and is visible from a public street must be…

Anderson County requires publicly patronized businesses, from fast food outlets to shopping centers and hospitals, to…

Commercial waste receptacles and refuse collection areas in unincorporated Beaufort County must sit at least 5 feet…

In unincorporated Cherokee County, South Carolina, county collection is limited to a maximum of eight containers per…

Businesses without rear access can't leave a dumpster or roll cart at the curb all day in Columbia. City Code § 19-39…

Any bulk container, roll-off or dumpster used in unincorporated Darlington County must have a lid or door and be…

Dumpsters and dumpster pads are a permitted accessory use countywide under Zoning § 10.3.2(a). Inside the county's…

Commercial trash containers of four cubic yards or more must be screened from public view in unincorporated Florence…

Horry County's zoning ordinance requires every commercial and multifamily property to screen garbage and recycling…

In unincorporated Laurens County, new commercial and multi-family dumpster enclosures cannot sit on public streets…

Mount Pleasant requires every commercial-type dumpster to sit outside the public right-of-way under § 156.495. As a…

In single-family residential areas, North Charleston limits construction dumpsters and portable toilets to one each per…

Anyone building in unincorporated Orangeburg County must keep a dumpster on-site for the length of the project, empty…

Rock Hill businesses using bulk containers must build an approved pad or enclosure on their own property and keep the…

In unincorporated York County, dumpsters serving qualifying commercial buildings must be screened or placed so they…

Commercial loading docks and dumpsters along Berkeley County's arterial road corridors must be screened from arterial…

Beaufort County limits residential trash and recycling pickup to collectors it licenses, franchises, or contracts…

In unincorporated Berkeley County, refuse haulers must be permitted allocated collectors, and every collector has to…

Charleston requires every residence outside multi-family complexes to keep enough containers for the waste generated…

Charleston County Code Sec. 10-21 sets the pickup floor for unincorporated areas: garbage collection at least twice a…

In unincorporated Cherokee County, South Carolina, every residential unit to which the county renders solid waste…

Columbia caps residential collection at one garbage pickup and one trash pickup per week under City Code § 19-40…

Darlington County does not set a fixed pickup calendar; instead, § 50-40(a) makes every generator responsible for…

Every owner of real property in Dorchester County must use the county's solid waste recycling and disposal system under…

Any company that runs a residential trash or garbage pick-up route in unincorporated Florence County must hold a county…

Horry County sets no countywide trash pickup day. Instead, each property owner in the unincorporated area must arrange…

Unincorporated Kershaw County is divided into eight franchise service areas, and single-family or duplex households…

Unincorporated Lancaster County has no routed curbside trash pickup. Residents put normal household garbage in county…

Lexington County residents on franchise collection must set cans out between 7 a.m. the day before and 6:30 a.m. on…

The Town of Mount Pleasant collects garbage and trash once per week on a schedule the Director of Public Services…

North Charleston supplies every household with a city-owned 96-gallon rollcart for garbage under Code of Ordinances §…

The Town of Pageland guarantees curbside garbage pickup at least once a week under Town Code section 26-12, regardless…

Richland County runs a single countywide curbside program for unincorporated households, small businesses and…

Every household inside Rock Hill's collection service area must have a city-approved mobile container and pay for…

Every residential property in unincorporated Spartanburg County, including houses, mobile homes, farms, and individual…

York County runs no curbside garbage truck route in the unincorporated area. Residents haul household waste themselves…

Every solid waste hauler licensed to operate in Beaufort County must advertise and offer a residential curbside…

Once a Columbia household has curbside recycling, City Code § 19-36 spells out what must go in the bin: recyclable…

In unincorporated Darlington County, recyclables go only to manned recycling and solid waste convenience stations run…

Dorchester County funds its recycling and disposal system through a mandatory annual user fee charged to every property…

In unincorporated Florence County, only the franchised waste and recycling hauler may remove recyclable materials once…

Beyond who can use them, Georgetown County's recycling centers run on a strict conduct code. Sec. 8-22 bans loitering…

Recycling containers distributed to unincorporated Greenwood County residents remain county property under Code §…

In unincorporated Kershaw County, franchised haulers collect recyclables, glass, paper, metal and cardboard, biweekly…

Laurens County reserves curbside recyclables for its franchised hauler. Sec. 32-325 bans scavenging countywide and…

When cardboard is disposed of with household garbage rather than taken to a recycling center, Mount Pleasant requires…

Orangeburg County requires household garbage and recyclables to go to designated county waste and recycling centers…

Pickens County's solid waste manager runs the county's recycling operations and collection containers under Code §…

Rock Hill households on city mobile-container trash service get curbside recycling at no extra charge, and businesses…

In unincorporated Sumter County, residents recycle through the county's manned convenience centers, defined in Sec…

York County runs no curbside recycling truck for the unincorporated area. Residents haul recyclable material to county…

Richland County's countywide recycling program is mandatory only on the household side of curbside service; for local…

Unincorporated Horry County has no mandatory recycling law. County Code encourages residents to separate recyclables…