Rock Hill, SC Trash & Recycling: Recycling Requirements (2026)

Sec. 17-71(a) states that "households and commercial or industrial establishments which receive solid waste collection services from the city using mobile containers shall also receive curbside recycling services at no additional fee," while commercial and industrial establishments may add recycling service for a fee listed in Appendix A. The pickup schedule and the materials collected are set by the city, not fixed in the Code text. Sec. 17-61(3)'s container table lists "None" under "Recycling Container Required" for single-family detached homes and single-family attached buildings of six units or less, which pairs with the automated-collection rule in Sec.

17-61(11): areas serviced by automated collection use city-approved automated receptacles for recyclables, and "all recycling material shall be placed loosely" in those city-authorized receptacles, with no bagged recycling accepted for collection. Any hazardous waste, medical waste or nonrecyclable refuse placed in a recycling receptacle is prohibited. Larger single-family-attached developments of more than six units have their container type set individually by the public works director rather than by the standard table. Commercial and industrial establishments have their own container table at Sec. 17-62, which sets a minimum bulk trash container for every listed land use and, for many uses such as schools, restaurants and offices, a companion bulk cardboard recycling container; other uses, such as animal care facilities and religious institutions, carry no recycling container requirement at all, and some are left to be determined by the public works director case by case.