Charleston County offers single-stream recycling: combine paper, cardboard, plastic bottles and containers, aluminum, and glass in one roll cart with no sorting. Plastic bags, styrofoam, and yard waste are not accepted.
Charleston County Environmental Management runs a single-stream (all-in-one) recycling program. Residents combine paper products, cardboard, plastic bottles and containers, aluminum, steel/tin cans, and glass bottles and jars in one wheeled cart, with no sorting required. Not accepted: plastic bags, styrofoam, bulky plastic items, shredded paper, wax or laminated paper, clothing, construction debris, food waste, household garbage, light bulbs, medical waste, motor oil, paint, and yard waste. Collection is every other week. Statewide, the South Carolina Solid Waste Policy and Management Act (SC Code Title 44, Ch. 96) sets recycling and waste-reduction goals but does not mandate that individual households recycle; the county program is offered as a service.
Contaminating a recycling cart with non-accepted materials can cause the cart to be left uncollected; there is no household recycling mandate, so no fine for opting out.
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Charleston County, SC
Charleston County treats animal hoarding through South Carolina's animal-cruelty laws and its own care, sanitation, and nuisance rules. Keeping animals witho...
Charleston County, SC
Charleston County has no blanket ordinance banning backyard wildlife feeding, but feeding that draws rabies-reservoir carnivores or creates a nuisance can be...
Charleston County, SC
Backyard composting is allowed in Charleston County, and the county runs a large composting facility processing nearly all landfill yard waste. Yard debris m...
Charleston County, SC
Charleston County has no ordinance specifically banning or requiring artificial turf on residential lots. Synthetic lawns are generally allowed, but must not...
Charleston County, SC
Charleston County does not require or ban native-plant landscaping on single-family lots. Its ZLDR landscaping and buffer standards for larger developments f...
Charleston County, SC
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