Darlington County, SC Trash & Recycling: Collection Schedule (2026)

Under Darlington County Code § 50-40(a), any person who generates solid waste has a duty to properly containerize, secure, arrange for the transport of, and deliver such waste to an approved container, convenience station, transfer station or disposal facility. For waste generated on a business, private industry or commercial premises, that duty falls on the owner or operator of the entity, which the code lists as including public and private institutions, apartment complexes, mobile home parks where units are rented, other congregate living arrangements, restaurants and office complexes.

A property owner may agree to let a tenant with a contractual relationship retain that responsibility, but if the tenant violates the rules the owner can be required to reassume full responsibility for containerization, security, transport and delivery. Section 50-41(a) supplies the mechanism: collection services are provided either by units of general purpose local government or by licensed contract haulers, through curbside/mailbox roll-out carts or through manned county convenience stations. Because service is arranged hauler-by-hauler rather than set by a single county-wide calendar, actual pickup days and frequency depend on the resident's chosen licensed contract hauler or the local government unit serving that area, while only solid waste actually generated in Darlington County may be brought to the county's transfer station.